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Himmeluret
''Himmeluret'' (The Clock of Heaven or The Celestial Clockwork) is a Norwegian silent film from 1925 directed by Amund Rydland and Leif Sinding. Sinding also wrote the screenplay, which is based on Gabriel Scott's comedy ''Himmeluret'' (play 1905, novella 1908). David Knudsen, Gunvor Fjørtoft, and Hjalmar Fries appeared in the main roles. Footage described as a "closeup of a naked woman" (''naken kvinne forstørret'') was cut from the film by censors. The film is now considered lost. Plot In Rørland, the ship owner Gutter Fladen is the dominant personality in the town. His daughter Nina has just returned from Paris, and she spends the spring evenings with her childhood love Salve, a skipper on Gutter's boat ''Haabet''. Cast * David Knudsen: Gutter Fladen, a ship owner * Gunvor Fjørtoft: Nina, the ship owner's daughter * Hjalmar Fries: Salve, a skipper * Amund Rydland: Brother Daniel * Katie Rolfsen: Theodine (credited as Käthie Rolfsen) * Lars Tvinde: Lars Timiansbakken * Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Tvinde
Lars Tvinde (11 September 1886 – 25 June 1973) was a Norwegian stage and film actor. Biography Tvinde was born at Voss in Hordaland, Norway. He was the son of Knut Haldorsen (1843–1927) and Eli Jørgensdotter Leidal (1842–1927). He attended Voss folkehøgskule and for eight years, he worked for his uncle at a store in Vossevangen. He also appeared at amateur theater in Bergen. He started working for Det Norske Teatret in Oslo during 1912. He said the first lines at the theatre's opening performance, Ivar Aasen's ''Ervingen'', on 2 January 1913. He is regarded as one of the driving forces at Det Norske Teatret, from its first season until his retirement in 1958. During his time on stage, he created memorable characters in both comic and the tragic roles. He also had a number of roles in film. He made his film debut in 1920 as Haldor in ''Fante-Anne'' directed by Rasmus Breistein. He played in ''Himmeluret'' (1925), ''Bra mennesker'' (1937) and ''Godvakker-Maren'' (194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leif Sinding
Leif Sinding (19 November 1895 – 13 May 1985) was a Norwegian film director and journalist. He worked for the newspapers ''Verdens Gang'', ''Aftenposten'', and ''Morgenbladet''. Among his silent films are ''Himmeluret'' from 1925, based on Gabriel Scott's comedy, and ''Fjeldeventyret'' from 1926. He directed the film ''Bra mennesker'' (1937), based on a play by Oskar Braaten, and the films ''De vergeløse'' (1939) and ''Tante Pose'' (1940), both based on novels by Gabriel Scott. In 1941 he directed the comedy '' Kjærlighet og vennskap''. During the German occupation of Norway Sinding collaborated with the Axis forces, was a member of Nasjonal Samling, and was sentenced to four years forced labour after the war. Filmography * '' Himmeluret'' (1925) * '' Simen Mustrøens besynderlige opplevelser'' (1926) * '' Den nye lensmannen'' (1926) * '' Syv dage for Elisabeth'' (1927) * '' Fjeldeventyret'' (1927) * ''Fantegutten'' (1932) * ''Jeppe på bjerget'' (1933) * '' Morderen uten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aagot Nissen
Aagot Nissen (née Kavli; May 2, 1882 – December 16, 1978) was a Norwegian actress. Biography She was born in Bergen, Norway. She was the daughter of Kristoffer Kavli (1845–1888) and Agnes Texnes (1851–1937). She was the sister of painter Arne Kavli (1878–1970) and was married to pianist Karl Nissen (1879–1920). She made her stage debut in 1899 at Oslo's National Theatre. She worked continuously for the National Theatre until she retired in 1950. She was the only actor that worked continuously for more than fifty seasons at the National Theatre from its start in 1899. According to historian Nils Johan Ringdal, Nissen was the most employed actress at the National Theatre from the theatre's establishment, with a total of more than 200 assigned tasks. Among her favorite roles was the "princess" in various forms, both in ordinary plays and in children's plays. Filmography * 1925: ''Himmeluret ''Himmeluret'' (The Clock of Heaven or The Celestial Clockwork) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amund Rydland
Amund Rydland (25 November 1888 – 16 February 1967) was a Norwegian stage and film actor and theatre director. Born in the village of Alversund, Lindås municipality in Hordaland, he made his stage debut at Det Norske Teatret in 1913, and served as the theatre's director from 1916 to 1922. He was best known for his comedy characters. Selected filmography *''Growth of the Soil'' (1921) *'' Farende folk'' (1922) *'' Himmeluret'' (1925) *''Ugler i mosen ''Ugler i mosen'' is a 1959 Norwegian mystery and adventure family film directed by Ivo Caprino. The title, which literally means 'Owls in the Moss', is based on the idiom ''det er ugler i mosen'' 'I smell a rat; there is mischief afoot'. The film ...'' (1959) References External links * 1888 births 1967 deaths Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male silent film actors 20th-century Norwegian male actors Norwegian theatre directors People from Lindås People from Nordhordland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johanne Voss
Johanne Voss (née Paulsen, January 13, 1868 – July 27, 1946) was a Norwegian actress from Bergen. Family Johanne Voss was the daughter of the carpenter Peter Olay Paulsen and Johanne Severine Jørgensen, and the sister of the actress Anna Paulsen (1858–1895). On October 24, 1891, she married the actor Olav Voss (1864–1912) in Bergen. Life and work After graduating from high school in 1883, Voss debuted on April 12, 1887, at her hometown theater, the National Theater in Bergen, as Pauline Protat in the play ''L'Héritage de Monsieur Plumet'' (Mr. Plummet's Bequest) by Théodore Barrière and Fritz Holst. She was engaged with this theater until about 1893. Later she accompanied her husband Olav Voss to the theater stages in Kristiania (now Oslo). She was initially engaged at the Carl Johan Theater until it went bankrupt in 1895. She then toured with the Swedish theater director August Lindberg's company in Sweden and Norway for two years, after which she performed at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugen Skjønberg
Conrad Eugen Skjønberg (March 27, 1889 – July 25, 1971) was a Norwegian actor. Eugen Skjønberg was married to the actress Henny Skjønberg. They resided at Ramstad. He was the father of Per Skjønberg, Pål Skjønberg, and Espen Skjønberg, and the grandfather of Hennika Skjønberg, Siv Skjønberg, and Jo Skjønberg, all of whom were actors and actresses. Skjønberg started his career in the banking industry in Kragerø and Skien, but in his twenties he was discovered in the amateur theater by a dance teacher, who recommended him to Alma Fahlstrøm in 1913. Fahlstrøm referred him to Sophie Reimers for training, as well as for singing lessons with Maja Flagstad. Then he received a job at the Stavanger Permanent Theater (''Stavanger faste scene'') with Thora Hansson, and he made his debut as Johan Tønnessen in Henrik Ibsen's ''The Pillars of Society''. He remained there until 1920. He was then engaged with the National Theater from 1920 to 1924 before he went to Chat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Gisti
Martin Gisti (December 9, 1889 – January 18, 1971) was a Norwegian actor. He made his film debut in '' Kaksen paa Øverland'' in 1920. Together with Amund Rydland, he wrote the script for the 1922 film '' Farende folk''. He was also responsible for the rehearsal of the audio play '' Fridtjof Nansen – en helt fra vår egen tid'' ( Fridtjof Nansen: A Hero of Our Own Time), which premiered on NRK radio, which was then directed by Nasjonal Samling, on December 1, 1941. Filmography * 1920: '' Kaksen paa Øverland'' as Halvor, a servant boy * 1922: '' Farende folk'' as Mjøltraavaren * 1925: '' Himmeluret'' as Ola Ormestøl * 1926: '' Simen Mustrøens besynderlige opplevelser'' as Simen Mustrøen * 1932: ''Deception'' (never completed) * 1938: ''Det drønner gjennom dalen'' as a strikebreaker * 1938: ''Ungen'' as Engebret * 1939: '' Gryr i Norden'' as Karlsen, a stevedore * 1939: ''Hu Dagmar'' as Embret Storberget * 1941: '' Gullfjellet'' as Jørgen Krullerstugun * 1942: ''Trysil-K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Rolfsen
Katie Rolfsen (10 November 1902 – 22 September 1966) was a Norwegian-Swedish film actress. She appeared in 25 films between 1925 and 1965. She was born in Oslo, Norway and died in Rådmansö, Sweden. Selected filmography * '' Himmeluret'' (1925) * ''Black Rudolf'' (1928) * ''Colourful Pages'' (1931) * '' The Women Around Larsson'' (1934) * ''65, 66 and I'' (1936) * '' Russian Flu'' (1937) * ''Oh, Such a Night!'' (1937) * ''Julia jubilerar'' (1938) * ''Just a Bugler'' (1938) * ''His Majesty Must Wait'' (1945) * ''Sju svarta be-hå'' (1954) * ''Congress in Seville'' (1955) * ''Docking the Boat ''Docking the Boat'' ( sv, Att angöra en brygga, or sometimes: ''To Go Ashore'') is a Swedish dark comedy film from 1965 directed by Tage Danielsson. The film stars Gösta Ekman, Monica Zetterlund, Hans Alfredson, Lars Ekborg and Birgitta Anders ...'' (1965) References External links * * 1902 births 1966 deaths Swedish film actresses Norwegian film actresses Norwegian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reidar Lund
Reidar Lund (3 June 1897 – 19 March 1978) was a Norwegian cinematographer. Filming his first sports event at Frogner stadion in 1920, Lund participated as a cameraman on expeditions to Novaya Zemlya in 1921 and Alaska in 1924. He was a cinematographer for his first motion picture in 1925, ''Himmeluret'', and was especially active between 1938 and 1946, with films such as ''Hu Dagmar'' (1939), ''Godvakker-Maren'' (1940), ''Jeg drepte!'' (1942), and ''Kommer du, Elsa?'' (1944). His last motion picture was ''Flukt fra paradiset'' (1955). Then, until his retirement in 1968 he worked in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. He received the King's Medal of Merit in gold. He resided in Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral .... Selected filmography *'' Song of Rondane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hjalmar Fries
Hjalmar Fries Schwenzen (April 16, 1891 – December 14, 1973) was a Norwegian actor and theater director. He had his film debut in '' Pan'' in 1922. Fries was employed at the National Theater in the 1920s, and he was the theater director at the Oslo New Theater from 1934 to 1935. Hjalmar Fries was the brother of the actor Harald Schwenzen and screenwriter Per Schwenzen, and the father of the actress Gretelill Fries. Filmography *1922: '' Pan'' *1924: ''Til sæters'' *1925: ''Himmeluret'' *1930: '' Kristine Valdresdatter'' *1931: ''Den store barnedåpen'' *1953: ''Den evige Eva'' *1953: ''Selkvinnen'' *1954: ''Heksenetter ''Heksenetter'' (Witch Nights) is a Norwegian drama film from 1954, directed by Leif Sinding. Georg Løkkeberg appears in the main role as Major General Arthur Ranlow. Plot The great war is in its final stages, and Major General Arthur Ranlow ord ...'' *1966: ''Nederlaget'' (TV) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fries, Hjalmar 1891 birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Knudsen
David Knudsen (8 August 1875 – 3 July 1952) was a Norwegian actor. He made his stage debut on Den Nationale Scene in 1902, and played for the National Theatre from 1911 to 1960. He made his film debut in 1925 in '' Himmeluret'', and later participated in several films, including '' Kampen om tungtvannet'' from 1948. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, Iowa, a ci ... in 1945. References External lminks * 1875 births 1952 deaths Male actors from Oslo Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male silent film actors 20th-century Norwegian male actors {{Norway-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Scott
Gabriel Scott (8 March 1874 – 9 July 1958) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer. Personal life Gabriel Scott Jensen was born in Leith in Scotland as the son of sailors' priest Svend Holst Jensen and his wife writer and composer Caroline Mathilde Schytte. The name Scott was originally a first name, and he was named after both Scotland and the writer Walter Scott. He moved to Norway when he was seven years old, his father being a parish priest in Høvåg. In 1901, Scott married Ellen Johansen (1871–1914), but this marriage was dissolved in 1912. In 1915, he married secondly Dagmar Marie Jensen, but in 1918 this marriage also ended in divorce. Finally, in 1918, he married Birgit Gabrielsen (1897–1981). He died in Arendal in 1958. Career Scott made his literary debut in 1894 with the poetry collection ''Digte'' ('Poems'), and followed up with a second collection, ''Dag'' ('Day') in 1895. In 1896 he published the love story ''Aftenrøde. Arkitek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
