''Unge hjerter'' (Young Hearts) is a

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from 1917. It is considered lost. According to the cinematographer

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, who described the filming in his autobiography, parts of the film were shot outside

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at Easter. The film premiered at the Palace Theater on June 9, 1917.

Plot

An engaged couple (Harriet Wold and Ragnar Berntzen) have both fallen in love with someone else: Wang and Anna. They confess this to each other, worried about the other's reaction. However, when it turns out that both are in the same situation, there are new engagements and joy.

Cast

* ? Kittelsen as Harriet Wold * Henning Eriksen as Ragnar Berntzen *

Jens Selmer Jens Andreas Ludvig Selmer (July 14, 1845 – May 21, 1928) was a Norwegian stage actor and a film actor from the silent-film era. Selmer made his debut in 1865 at the Christiania Theater, where he remained until 1899, except for two seasons at ...

as the priest * Gunvor Arntzen as Anna, the priest's daughter * Kaare Knudsen as Wang *

Robert Sperati Robert Kristian Paolo Sperati (July 27, 1872 – October 12, 1945) was a Norwegian stage actor and film actor from the silent-film era. Career Sperati was born in Bergen. He made his debut at the National Theater in Bergen as the aristocrat in ...

as a Sami * Hildur Øverland as the priest's housekeeper

References

External links

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