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I Moralens Navn
''I moralens navn'' (The Moral Reputation) is a Norwegian comedy film from 1954 directed by Olav Engebretsen. It stars Eva Lunde, Fridtjof Mjøen, and Anita Thallaug. The film is based on Finn Bø's play with the same name, which premiered at the National Theatre in Oslo on September 22, 1937 and was directed by Bø himself. It was later performed that same year at the Trøndelag Theater. Plot Mona and Egil have grown up with a jumble of parents and stepparents. Now they have a total of three pairs of parents. Mona gets pregnant, and all her parents want her to get married. During the engagement party, the parents cheat on each other one by one, which leads to Mona escaping with her fiancé. They decide not to get married. The parents travel to Copenhagen to look for the escaped young people. Cast * Eva Lunde as Sussie Krahn-Johnsen, Alf Mowitz's former wife *Fridtjof Mjøen as Birger Krahn-Johnsen, a director, formerly married to Ella *Anita Thallaug as Mona Mowitz (Krahn-John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olav Engebretsen
Olav Engebretsen, also Olaf Engebretsen (December 25, 1905 – March 30, 1988) was a Norwegian film editor and director. Engebretsen was primarily active as a film editor from 1941 to 1962. The films that he edited include '' Den forsvundne pølsemaker'' (1941), ''Jeg drepte!'', (1942), and '' Line'' (1961). He received the Norwegian Film Critics Award () in 1961 for his editing of ''Line''. In 1954 he directed the films '' Troll i ord'' and '' I moralens navn''. Engebretsen is buried in the Cemetery of Our Saviour in Oslo. Filmography Editor *1941: '' Den forsvundne pølsemaker'' *1942: ''Jeg drepte!'' *1942: '' Det æ'kke te å tru'' *1943: '' Vigdis'' *1943: ''Sangen til livet'' *1944: ''Kommer du, Elsa?'' *1946: ''Om kjærligheten synger de'' *1947: ''Sankt Hans fest'' *1948: ''Trollfossen'' *1949: '' I takt med tiden'' *1949: '' Jorden rundt på to timer'' *1951: '' Vi gifter oss'' *1951: '' Skadeskutt'' *1952: '' Haakon VII – Norges konge i krig og fred'' *1952: '' An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synnøve Gleditsch
Synnøve Gleditsch (née Synnøve Tanvik, June 16, 1908 – December 7, 1980) was a Norwegian actress. Life and work Synnøve Gleditsch was the daughter of the arsenal manager Nils Tanvik (1872–1969) and Kristine Eian (1875–1925). She debuted at the National Theater in 1928, where she was engaged until 1932. After this, Gleditsch was engaged at the Søilen Theater from 1934 to 1935, the Trøndelag Theater from 1937 to 1942, and the Edderkoppen Theater from 1949 to 1953; during this time she also had guest performances at many other theaters. Gleditsch also worked as a cabaret and revue artist, including at Chat Noir. During the Second World War, Synnøve Gleditsch had been scheduled to perform the song "Det skal lyse igjen over byen" (The Light Will Shine Again over the City) as the closing number in the Chat Noir revue ''Fra tid til annen'' in 1941. The state censorship body (), established by the occupying forces, intervened after the rehearsal and stopped further perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Comedy Films
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1950s Norwegian-language Films
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1954 Films
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Filmfront
Filmfront is a Norwegian website for films and television series similar to Internet Movie Database. Filmfront also covers various news on movie and celebrity material from both within and outside Norway. It has information on over 28,000 films, 3,000 short films, 220,000 actors and 6,500 TV shows. A community website with the option for users to share their information in a profile, it is modeled after Facebook Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Mosk .... Filmfront is owned by Filmfront AS, a Norwegian company owned Pål Frostad and Omega Media AS. References External links * Online film databases Norwegian film websites {{film-website-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Library Of Norway
The National Library of Norway ( no, Nasjonalbiblioteket) was established in 1989. Its principal task is "to preserve the past for the future". The library is located both in Oslo and in Mo i Rana. The building in Oslo was restored and reopened in 2005. Prior to the existence of the National Library, the University Library of Oslo was assigned the tasks that normally fall to a national library. The Norwegian ISBN Agency, responsible for assigning ISBNs with prefix 82- and 978-82-, is part of the National Library of Norway. The National Library is also responsible for legal deposits made from publishers in Norway. All material is to be submitted free of charge. History On 15 August 2005, Norway opened a fully functioning national library for the first time in its history. This occurred exactly 100 years after Norway dissolved its union with Sweden. Although gaining independence in 1905 marked the peak of Norwegian nationalism, it took Norway a century to go from being a soverei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne-Lise Wang
Anne-Lise Wang (March 2, 1920 – March 20, 1967) was a Norwegian actress. Career Wang performed at Chat Noir and the Oslo New Theater. She also appeared in seven feature films between 1942 and 1958. Personal life Wang was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of Fritz Wang (1888–1952) and Hertha Olsen (1891–1959). In 1948 she became the second wife of the theatre director Johan Henrik Wiers-Jenssen. Wang died of heart failure at age 47 in Hammerfest, Norway. Filmography *1942: ''Det æ'kke te å tru'' as Vera *1946: ''Et spøkelse forelsker seg'' as Tyttebæret *1947: ''Sankt Hans fest'' as Emma Sørensen *1953: '' Brudebuketten'' as a model *1954: '' I moralens navn'' as Agathe Mowitz, Alf's wife *1957: ''Fjols til fjells ''Fjols til fjells'' or ''Fools in the Mountains'' is a Norwegian situation comedy film released in 1957. It is one of the most popular Norwegian films of all time. It is considered one of Edith Carlmar's best films and is one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Thue (actor)
Axel Thue (3 June 1904 – 28 October 1985) was a Norwegian actor. He was born in Oslo. He made his stage debut at the trial stage of Det Nye Teater and was employed there in 1933. He worked at Trøndelag Teater from 1936 to 1943 and Nationaltheatret The National Theatre in Oslo ( no, Nationaltheatret) is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts. History The theatre had its first performance on 1 September 1899 but can trace its origins to Christia ... from 1945 to 1974. References 1904 births 1985 deaths Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male film actors 20th-century Norwegian male actors Male actors from Oslo {{Norway-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Struve
Carl Struve (April 12, 1887 – November 26, 1974) was a Norwegian actor and singer. He studied singing with Wilhelm Kloed and made his debut at the National Theater in Oslo in 1908. Struve was engaged with the theater until 1919, when he also made his US debut. He also performed at a number of theaters in Stockholm, Finland, and the UK from 1921 to 1928. From 1935 to 1959 he worked as an actor at the Central Theater. As a singer, Struve mastered a demanding repertoire, and he was praised for his role as Canio in ''Pagliacci''. Lead roles in operas * ''Carmen'' as Don José * ''Mignon'' as Wilhelm Meister * ''Madama Butterfly'' as B. F. Pinkerton * ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' as Hoffmann Roles as a stage actor * '' Pygmalion'' as Alfred Doolittle * ''Rosmersholm'' as Ulrik Brendel Filmography * 1936: '' Morderen uten ansikt'' as Berge, a country merchant * 1940: ''Tørres Snørtevold'' as a lawyer * 1941: ''Hansen og Hansen'' as Blunke * 1943: ''Den nye lægen'' as Øy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorleif Reiss
Thorleif Dymling Reiss (May 22, 1898 – April 14, 1988) was a Norwegian actor. Career Reiss made his debut at the National Theater in Oslo in 1918. From 1931 to 1939, he was employed at the Carl Johan Theater, where he also served as co-director. From 1942 onward he was employed at the New Theater. Family Reiss was the son of the lawyer, composer, and musicologist Georg Reiss and Elisabeth Dymling (1861–1920). He was the brother of the pianist and cabaret performer Elisabeth Reiss and the father of the actor Helge Reiss. He played opposite his son in the 1970 crime comedy ''Skulle det dukke opp flere lik er det bare å ringe''. His first marriage was in 1920 to Esther Colbjørnsen Dahl (1896–1941). After her death, he remarried in 1944 to Gunborg Kristiane Skistad (1911–2001). Filmography *1922: ''Die Gezeichneten'' as Alexander Krasnow (Sasha) *1933: ''Jeppe på bjerget'' as Victor *1941: ''Gullfjellet'' as Pettersen *1942: ''Den farlige leken'' as Mr. Holt *1942: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Nordrum
Lars Einar Nordrum (October 28, 1921 – January 25, 1973) was a Norwegian theater and film actor. He is especially remembered for acting the voice of Jennings ( no, Stompa) in a series of Norwegian radio plays in the 1950s and 1960s. Biography Nordrum debuted in 1935 at the Central Theater, and from 1938 onward was engaged with the National Theater, except for two seasons at the People's Theater. He also played roles in film and on radio. Nordrum was a gifted character artist that created unique stage characters with a strong personal pithiness. He was noted for his comic characters in works by Shakespeare and Holberg, his strong stage presence in ''The Merry Widow'', and his performances in the musical ''Fantasticks'' at Chat Noir. As an artist, however, he had his greatest impact in tragic roles, such as the title role in Strindberg's ''Erik XIV'', Oswald in '' Ghosts'', and Earl Harald in ''Sigurd Slembe''. Nordrum had his film debut with a minor role in ''Tante Pose'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
