|
Jorden Rundt På To Timer
''Jorden rundt på to timer'' (Around the World in Two Hours) is a documentary film from 1949 directed by Rasmus Breistein. He traveled the world with the photographer Arild Nybakken and put the clips together into a full-length feature film. The film was edited by Rasmus Breistein and Olav Engebretsen. This was the first full-length color film made in Norway. The film has a running time of 105 minutes. References External links * ''Jorden rundt på to timer''at the 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 i ... ''Jorden rundt på to timer''at Filmfront 1949 films Films directed by Rasmus Breistein {{Norway-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasmus Breistein
Rasmus Breistein (November 16, 1890 – October 16, 1976) was a Norwegian film director.Sundholm, John et al. ''Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema''. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, p. 88. Life Breistein was born in Åsane in the city of Bergen in Hordaland county, Norway. He was a farmer's son and learned to play fiddle in his youth, playing for dances at weddings in Western Norway. Later in life, in addition to directing films, he also performed on the Hardanger fiddle. When the Norwegian Theater opened in 1913, he started acting at the theater. He became engaged with the new medium of film after seeing Peter Lykke-Seest's productions, and he decided to produce films in a completely different way. His first film was '' Fante-Anne'' (Gypsy Anne, 1920). In an interview he stated that "the film was the beginning of something, a Norwegian production with a more national character." This marked the beginning of the Norwegian heyday of the silent film age. Breistein is con ... [...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: ''Andrine og Kj ... [...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 sovereign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949 Films
The year 1949 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1949 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *April 26–June 21 – Ealing comedies ''Passport to Pimlico'', '' Whisky Galore!'' and ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'' are released in the UK, leading to 1949 being remembered as one of the peak years of the Ealing comedies. *November 15 – Following the prior year's Supreme Court decision in ''United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.'', Paramount Pictures is split into two separate companies with the creation of Paramount Pictures Corporation for production-distribution and United Paramount Theaters for the theater operations. *December 21 – Cecil B. DeMille's ''Samson and Delilah'', starring Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, and Henry Wilcoxon, receives its televised world premiere at the Paramount and Rivoli theatres in New York City. The film opens in Los Angeles on Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
