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romantic drama film from 1928 directed by Ragnar Westfelt. Westfelt also wrote the script and was the production manager. The script was based on a story by Bertil Lundquister. The indoor scenes were recorded in the Spisesalen in Fossheim Sæter and the outdoor scenes in Fosheim Sæter, Nystuen,

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, and

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. The film premiered at the Admiral-Palads cinema in

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on December 26, 1928.

Plot

The film tells about a

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couple that fall in love with each other against the wishes of the woman's father. The woman in the couple, Nina, is enchanted to believe that her chosen one, Lapp-Nils, is a murderer, and she reluctantly agrees to marry the man her father has chosen, Mats. When the wedding day comes, Mats drinks himself senseless and sets fire to the tent they live in. While this is going on, Lapp-Nils manages to say to Nina that he wants to meet her later at Storevaren. Mats thinks that Lapp-Nils is dead, and he is so frightened when he sees him that he confesses to having committed the reindeer thefts that Lapp-Nils was accused of, and then he staggers out into the night to a cliff, where he falls and dies. Lapp-Nils and Nina meet, and together with a herd of 100 reindeer they go to other regions. In the censorship of the film, a number of bloody scenes were cut.

Cast

Mona Mårtenson Monica Ingeborg Elisabeth "Mona" Mårtenson (4 May 1902 – 8 July 1956) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in 28 films between 1923 and 1949. She was born and died in Stockholm, Sweden. Early career Mona grew up in Helsingborg and s ...

as Nina *

Einar Tveito Einar Tveito (April 14, 1890 – January 19, 1958) was a Norwegian actor. Tveito was born in Lårdal, Norway. He debuted as an actor in 1920 in '' Fante-Anne'', and he appeared in 13 films until 1944. Filmography Actor * 1920: '' Fante-Anne ...

as Lapp-Nils *

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as Borka, Nina's father *

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as Mats *

Sigurd Eldegard Sigurd Eldegard (10 July 1866 – 30 January 1950) was a Norwegian actor, playwright and theatre director. He was born in Årdal to farmers Sjur Ingebrigtsen Eldegard and Johanne Jørgensdatter Vetti. He made his stage debut at Christiania T ...

as the judge * Snefrid Aukland as a sorceress

References

External links

*
''Viddenes folk''
at the

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''Viddenes folk''
at Filmfront
''Viddenes folk''
at the

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