''I moralens navn'' (The Moral Reputation) is a

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comedy film from 1954 directed by

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. It stars Eva Lunde,

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 ...

, and

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. The film is based on

Finn Bø Finn Bø (4 July 1893 – 24 April 1962) was a Norwegian songwriter, revue writer, playwright, journalist, instructor and theatre critic. Career Bø is particularly remembered for his song Norge i rødt, hvitt og blått, which became extreme ...

's play with the same name, which premiered at the National Theatre in

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on September 22, 1937 and was directed by Bø himself. It was later performed that same year at the

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Plot

Mona and Egil have grown up with a jumble of parents and stepparents. Now they have a total of three pairs of parents. Mona gets pregnant, and all her parents want her to get married. During the engagement party, the parents cheat on each other one by one, which leads to Mona escaping with her fiancé. They decide not to get married. The parents travel to Copenhagen to look for the escaped young people.

Cast

* Eva Lunde as Sussie Krahn-Johnsen, Alf Mowitz's former wife *

as Birger Krahn-Johnsen, a director, formerly married to Ella *

as Mona Mowitz (Krahn-Johnsen), Sussie's daughter from her first marriage *

Jan Voigt Jan Voigt (24 June 1928 – 5 December 1997) was a Norwegian actor, dancer and museum director. Biography He was born in Bærum as a son of Charles Antonius Voigt (1891–1962) and Nathalie Reuter Sande (1896–1986). He became a student at t ...

as Egil Krahn-Johnsen, the director's son from his first marriage * Egil Åsman as Fredrik *

Tore Foss Tore Foss (21 February 1901 – 6 August 1968) was a Norwegian singer, actor and theatre director. He made his stage début at Chat Noir in 1927. He played at Balkongen from 1927 to 1928, and later worked for the National Theatre, Det Nye Teat ...

as Otto Heymann, Ellas mann * Synnøve Gleditsch as Ella Heymann, Otto's wife, Egil's mother *Tage Lüneborg as the conductor at

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Sigurd Magnussøn Sigurd Konrad Magnussøn (December 14, 1889 – November 12, 1961) was a Norwegian theater director and actor. On August 14, 1912 he married the actress Abigael Heber. Magnussøn was a student at the Fahlstrøm Theater from 1906 to 1907. From ...

as old Krahn-Johnsen *Lillemor Nerem as Annelise * Lars Nordrum as Rolf Hagen *

Thorleif Reiss Thorleif Dymling Reiss (May 22, 1898 – April 14, 1988) was a Norwegian actor. Career Reiss made his debut at the National Theater in Oslo in 1918. From 1931 to 1939, he was employed at the Carl Johan Theater, where he also served as co-dire ...

as Alf Mowitz, formerly married to Sussie, Mona's father, and Agathe's husband *

Carl Struve Carl Struve (April 12, 1887 – November 26, 1974) was a Norwegian actor and singer. He studied singing with Wilhelm Kloed and made his debut at the National Theater in Oslo in 1908. Struve was engaged with the theater until 1919, when he also ...

as Balthazar Krahn-Johnsen *

Axel Thue Axel Thue (; 19 February 1863 – 7 March 1922) was a Norwegian mathematician, known for his original work in diophantine approximation and combinatorics. Work Thue published his first important paper in 1909. He stated in 1914 the so-calle ...

as Consul Helm *

Anne-Lise Wang Anne-Lise Wang (March 2, 1920 – March 20, 1967) was a Norwegian actress. Career Wang performed at Chat Noir and the Oslo New Theater. She also appeared in seven feature films between 1942 and 1958. Personal life Wang was born in Kristiania ( ...

as Agathe Mowitz, Alf's wife

References

External links

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at the

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