''Støv på hjernen'' is a 1959 Norwegian comedy film directed by

Øyvind Vennerød Øyvind Vennerød (22 July 1919 – 27 September 1991) was a Norwegian film director and producer. He was born in Kristiania, and was the father of Petter Vennerød Petter Vennerød (25 September 1948 – 19 September 2021 Inger Marie Andersen Inger Marie Andersen (25 November 1930 – 29 April 1995) was a Norwegian actress who was the most popular female film star in her native country during the 1950s. Starring as both romantic and comedic leads, she appeared in 17 films between 1951 ...

and

Odd Borg Odd Carl Arthur Borg (May 26, 1931 – November 13, 1965) was a Norwegian actor and singer. He was engaged with the Central Theater from 1953 to 1960, and with the National Theater from 1960 until his death. Borg was found dead behind the Amphi ...

. It was based on a novel by Eva Ramm, and shot on location in

Lambertseter Lambertseter () is a suburb of the city of Oslo, Norway, and is part of the borough of Nordstrand. Lambertseter was built over a short period starting from 1951, and was the very first modern suburb of Oslo. A Tram line was built to the neighborho ...

. The film's title translates into "''dust on the brain''" and the story centers around the busybody housewives of a modern Norwegian working-class neighbourhood of the 1950s. It became an immediate smash hit, was seen by 1.5 million people in Norwegian cinemas, making it one of the most successful Norwegian movies in history (the population of Norway at the time was under 4 million). It has since been repeated often on television. It was followed by two sequels, ''Sønner av Norge'' (1961) and ''Sønner av Norge kjøper bil'' (1962), and remade in Denmark as '' Støv på hjernen''.

Cast

Inger Marie Andersen Inger Marie Andersen (25 November 1930 – 29 April 1995) was a Norwegian actress who was the most popular female film star in her native country during the 1950s. Starring as both romantic and comedic leads, she appeared in 17 films between 1951 ...

as Randi Svendsen *

as Gunnar Svendsen *

Kari Diesen Kari Diesen (née Heide-Steen; 24 June 1914 – 18 March 1987) was a Norwegian singer and revue actress. She worked for the revue theatre Chat Noir from 1937 to 1953, and for the Edderkoppen Theatre from 1954 to 1959. She participated in 24 fi ...

as Fru Hansen *

Willie Hoel Willie Hans Karsten Hoel (16 June 1920 – 15 June 1986) was a 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 na ...

as Herr Hansen *

Lalla Carlsen Lalla Carlsen (née Haralda Petrea Christensen) (17 August 1889 – 23 March 1967) was a Norwegian singer and actress. She is regarded as one of the most legendary female revue artists in Norway. Personal life Lalla Carlsen was born in Svelvik ...

as Fru Svenkerud *

Unni Bernhoft Unni Elisabeth Bernhoft (born 4 March 1933) is a Norwegian actress and tobacco retailer. Personal life Bernhoft was born in Oslo to singer and revue writer Bias Bernhoft and Margit Haug, and is a granddaughter of Tobias Bernhoft. She is married ...

as Fru Sørensen *

Wenche Foss Eva Wenche Steenfeldt Stang (5 December 1917 – 28 March 2011), better known as Wenche Foss (), was a leading Norwegian actress of stage, screen and television. Personal life Wenche Foss was born to engineer Christian August Steenfeldt-Foss ( ...

as Edna Grindheim *

Per Theodor Haugen Per Theodor Haugen (8 October 1932 – 14 October 2018) was a Norwegian actor. Haugen was theater manager at Oslo Nye Teater from 1985 to 1988. Haugen was born at Kongsberg. He was the son of Trygve Haugen (1897–1943) and his wife Hjørdis ...

as Herr Sørensen *

Sverre Holm Sverre Holm Gundersen (24 July 1931 – 17 March 2005) was a Norwegian stage and film actor. He is probably best known for playing "Benny" in the Olsenbanden-movies (1969–1999), and as station master O. Tidemann the Norwegian children's progr ...

as Ole Berg *

Liv Wilse Liv Wilse (née Liv Ingebrigtsen, May 27, 1931 – August 17, 1994) was a Norwegian actress and singer. In the 1950s, she was briefly married to Arve Opsahl and was known as Liv Opsahl; she and Opsahl had a daughter together, Line Janiche Opsahl ...

as Bitten Helgesen *

Turid Balke Turid Balke (25 July 1921 – 5 January 2000) was a Norwegian actress, playwright and artist. Biography Born in Kirkenes, she started her professional career at Trøndelag Teater in 1949. She would spend many of her years as an actress at Fol ...

as En husmor *

Arne Bang-Hansen Arne Bang-Hansen (September 8, 1911 – February 23, 1990) was a Norwegian actor that performed at the National Theater in Oslo for many years. Acting career Arne Bang-Hansen played a total of 155 roles at the National Theater, where he worked ...

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* 1959 films Norwegian comedy films 1950s Norwegian-language films Films directed by Øyvind Vennerød {{Norway-film-stub