() is a 1939

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

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 G ...

, based on a book by

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 wri ...

, that stars

Georg Richter Georg Lüddeckens Alexander Richter (27 December 1915 – 10 May 1972) was a German-born Norwegian actor. Personal life Richter was born in Berlin to German actor Georg Alexander and Norwegian actress Aud Egede-Nissen. His stepfather was ...

and

Karin Meyer Karin Meyer (née ''Karin Eugenea Johansson'', January 9, 1897 – August 9, 1963) was a Swedish–Norwegian actress. Meyer was born in Dalarna, Sweden. She performed at the National Theater in Oslo from 1922 to 1943. This was interrupted by a ...

Plot

Albert (

) is placed in an

orphanage An orphanage is a Residential education, residential institution, total institution or group home, devoted to the Childcare, care of orphans and children who, for various reasons, cannot be cared for by their biological families. The parent ...

, where he is treated like a slave. He tries to escape, but is caught. Then a young girl, Gunda (

Eva Lunde Eva Lunde (April 23, 1922 – October 14, 1996) was a Norwegian actress. She played roles in several Norwegian films, including ''Tante Pose'' and '' Den forsvundne pølsemakere''. From 1948 to 1952 she was engaged with the Trøndelag Theater, wh ...

), appears.

Cast

as Albert *

as Albert's mom *

as Gunda *

Tryggve Larssen Tryggve Larssen (October 3, 1887 – June 28, 1967) was a Norwegian actor. Larssen debuted as an actor in Ludovica Levy's touring theatre in 1911, after which he was engaged with the National Theater in Bergen and the Norwegian Theater in Osl ...

as Flugum, gårdbruker * Kjell Willy Johansen as Anton * Irene Thomsen Lie as Dina *

Per Kvist Per Kvist was the artist name of Vidar Wexelsen (4 April 1890 – 23 May 1947), a Norwegian revue writer, entertainer, stage actor, film actor and children's writer. Personal life Wexelsen was born in Overhalla as a son of vicar, politician a ...

as Mathias *

Asbjørn Toms Asbjørn Toms (20 October 1915 – 2 April 1990) was a Norwegian actor, stage director and playwright. Toms was born in Bodø. He was assigned to the theatre Det Norske Teatret from 1940 to 1986, when he retired. His breakthrough as dramatis ...

as Lorang * Henry Nyrén as Petter * Harry Braude as Doffen * Aage Johansen as Kalle * P. Steenfeldt Foss as Emil * Ole Johansen as Jakob * Frank Martinsen as Nils * Hans Bille as Inspektøren *

Joachim Holst-Jensen Joachim Holst-Jensen (16 June 1880 – 7 March 1963) was a Norwegian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1927 and 1960. Partial filmography * '' Den glade enke i Trangvik'' (1927) - Berg, telegrafist * '' Madame ...

as Wollert *

Harald Steen Harald Steen (April 2, 1886 – April 18, 1941) was a Norwegian tenor and actor. Steen debuted at the National Theater in Oslo in 1902 and remained there until 1908. He was engaged with the Central Theater from 1908 to 1927. With his spirited m ...

as Sjømannen

External links

* *
''De vergeløse''
at the Norwegian Film Institute *
De vergeløse
at

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