''Den evige Eva'' () is a 1953 Norwegian

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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by Rolf Randall, photographed by Reidar Lund, production designed by Knut Yran. The film is based on a novel by

Sigbjørn Obstfelder Sigbjørn Obstfelder (21 November 1866 – 29 July 1900) was a 19th-century Norwegian writer and poet. Background Obstfelder was born in Stavanger, Norway on November 21, 1866. He was the eighth child in a family of sixteen children, being one ...

, and starring

Hjalmar Fries Hjalmar Fries Schwenzen (April 16, 1891 – December 14, 1973) was a Norwegian actor and theater director. He had his film debut in '' Pan'' in 1922. Fries was employed at the National Theater in the 1920s, and he was the theater director at t ...

, Mona Hofland, Astri Jacobsen and

Fridtjof Mjøen Fridtjof Mjøen (3 August 1897 – 21 October 1967) was a Norwegian actor and theatre director. He made his stage debut at Centralteatret in 1927. He was artistical director at Det Nye Teater from 1936 to 1937. During the 1940s and 1950s he ...

. Rebekka (Jacobsen) is in a loveless marriage, and leaves her husband for the author Sigurd Winge (Mjøen). Also this relationship runs into problems, however, because of Winge's uncontrollable jealousy.

Plot

A young woman, Rebekka Berge (Jacobsen), gets married ''"''well''"'' without having found the right one. After her marriage to real estate agent Berge, she has a child. Her desire for order and fulfillment becomes so strong that she leaves her husband and child. In the meantime, Rebekka meets and falls deeply in love with the sculptor Bredo Barre. She then meets the writer Sigurd Winge (Mjøen) at a party and is drawn to him by a force stronger than her will. Together, Rebekka and Sigurd live out the fairy tale that genuine happiness has to offer, but he ends up ruining it with his suspicions and jealousy. By the end, Rebekka no longer believes that the world she has sought exists. She weaves a cross from a cut-off lock of hair, and with this last greeting and a letter, she leaves Winge.

Cast List

* Astri Jacobsen - ''Rebekka Berge'' *

- ''Sigurd Winge, author'' * Carl Lauritz Børseth Rasmussen - ''Bredo Barre, sculptor'' *

Gunnar Simenstad Gunnar Simenstad (May 14, 1914 – February 2, 1986) was a Norwegian actor. In addition to his stage career, he appeared in several films. Filmography * 1935: '' Du har lovet mig en kone!'' as Marlow * 1937: ''By og land hand i hand'' as Adolf ...

- ''Einar Berge, real estate agent'' *

Britta Lech-Hanssen Britta Lech-Hanssen (born Karin Anna Britta Ericsson; February 10, 1916 – February 22, 2007) was a Norwegian actress. Career Lech-Hanssen was engaged with the New Theater and then its successor, the Oslo New Theater, from 1947 to 1967. She a ...

- ''The Maid'' * Mona Hofland - ''Berge's first friend'' * Edel Stenberg - ''Berge's other friend'' * Sven von Düring - ''A pool player'' *

Harald Schwenzen Harald Schwenzen (18 May 1895 – 16 April 1954) was a Norwegian actor and director. Born in Glücksberg, Germany, he relocated to Norway where he made his stage debut at Nationaltheatret in 1918, and played for this theatre for many years. ...

- ''The host of the party'' *

- ''Rebekah's father'' * Jan Voigt - ''Rebekka's dance partner''

References

External links

* * 1953 films 1953 drama films Norwegian drama films Norwegian black-and-white films 1950s Norwegian-language films Norwegian-language drama films {{Norway-film-stub