''Den store barnedåpen'' (The Great Christening) is a 1931 Norwegian

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

. It was directed by

Tancred Ibsen Tancred Ibsen (11 July 1893 – 4 December 1978) was a Norwegian military officer, aviator, film director and screenwriter. Background Ibsen was the son of Sigurd Ibsen and Bergljot Bjørnson. He was the grandson of both Henrik Ibsen and Nobel ...

and featured Einar Sissener, Aase Bye and Unni Torkildsen. It was the first feature-length Norwegian

sound film A sound film is a Film, motion picture with synchronization, synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, bu ...

. It was based on the 1925 play of the same name written by Oskar Braaten (1881–1939). The lacklustre Harald (Sissener) is taken in by Alvilde (Bye), and charged with looking after her bastard child. It soon dawns on both of them that Harald has more potential than previously assumed.

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at the Norwegian Film Institute 1931 films 1931 comedy films Films directed by Tancred Ibsen Norwegian black-and-white films Norwegian comedy films 1930s Norwegian-language films Norwegian-language comedy films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub