''Millionær for en aften'' (Millionaire for an Evening) is a
Norwegian comedy film from 1960 directed by
Øyvind Vennerød
Øyvind Vennerød (22 July 1919 – 27 September 1991) was a Norwegian film director and producer. He was born in Oslo, Kristiania, and was the father of Petter Vennerød.
Filmography
*1959: ''Støv på hjernen (1959 film), Støv på hjernen ...
. It stars
Henki Kolstad
Henki Kolstad (3 February 1915 – 14 July 2008) was a Norway, Norwegian actor and pop-cultural national treasure. With his debut at the National_Theatre_(Oslo), Oslo national theater, he was known for his appearances in ''Olsenbanden'', the child ...
,
Unni Bernhoft
Unni Elisabeth Bernhoft (born 4 March 1933) is a Norwegian actress and tobacco retailer. Among her best known appearances is the role as bellhop in the comedy film ''Fjols til fjells''. She is also known for her song recording "Lille Frøken Sta ...
, and
Willie Hoel
Willie Hans Karsten Hoel (16 June 1920 – 15 June 1986) was a Norwegian actor and comedian.
He is best known for on-stage performances and for numerous roles, mainly comedic, in Norwegian movies, including the Olsenbanden movies.
References ...
.
Jørn Ording and Vennerød arranged the screenplay, which was written by Bent Christensen and Werner Hedmann. It is an uncredited remake of the German film ''
And Who Is Kissing Me?'' written by
Friedrich Dammann
Friedrich Dammann (1901–1969) was a German screenwriter and playwright.Paietta p.119
Filmography
* ''Mädchen in Uniform'' (1931) – Screenplay based on a play by Christa Winsloe
* ''Wrong Number, Miss'' (uncredited, credit for Herbert Rosenfe ...
and
Herbert Rosenfeld.
Plot
A shipowner is appointed to save a theater that is making a loss. A female ballet dancer thinks the shipowner is a journalist, and she asks him to play a shipowner to trick the theater director into putting on a play with her as the prima donna.
Cast
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Henki Kolstad
Henki Kolstad (3 February 1915 – 14 July 2008) was a Norway, Norwegian actor and pop-cultural national treasure. With his debut at the National_Theatre_(Oslo), Oslo national theater, he was known for his appearances in ''Olsenbanden'', the child ...
as the shipowner
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Unni Bernhoft
Unni Elisabeth Bernhoft (born 4 March 1933) is a Norwegian actress and tobacco retailer. Among her best known appearances is the role as bellhop in the comedy film ''Fjols til fjells''. She is also known for her song recording "Lille Frøken Sta ...
as Maj Grønlien Granner, the prima donna
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Willie Hoel
Willie Hans Karsten Hoel (16 June 1920 – 15 June 1986) was a Norwegian actor and comedian.
He is best known for on-stage performances and for numerous roles, mainly comedic, in Norwegian movies, including the Olsenbanden movies.
References ...
as the director of the Phoenix Theater
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Harald Aimarsen
Harald Aimarsen (June 9, 1881 – January 5, 1966) was a Norwegian actor.
Aimarsen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. Among other venues, he worked at the Oslo New Theater. He acted in many films from 1919 until his death. Aimarsen di ...
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Arne Bang-Hansen
Arne Bang-Hansen (September 8, 1911 – February 23, 1990) was a Norwegians, Norwegian actor that performed at the National Theatre (Oslo), National Theater in Oslo for many years.
Acting career
Arne Bang-Hansen played a total of 155 roles at t ...
as Rasmus Christian Frederik Bloch, the theater's commercial director
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Jon Berle as a dancer
*Kari Bjønnes as a dancer
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Reidar Bøe
Reidar Bøe (7 May 1921 – 9 August 1969) was a Norwegian singer and composer.
He was born in Bergen, and is known for his collaboration with Kurt Foss. He made his stage debut at Den nationale scene in 1939, and also participated in radio s ...
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Lalla Carlsen
Lalla Carlsen (née Haralda Petrea Christensen) (17 August 1889 – 23 March 1967) was a Norwegian singer and actress. She was a very popular singer in Norway.
Personal life
Lalla Carlsen was born in Svelvik as the daughter of shipmaster Carl A ...
as Maison Stella's proprietor
*Karin Dahl as a dancer
*
Rolf Daleng as a dancer
*
Andreas Diesen
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Kari Diesen
Kari Diesen (née Heide-Steen; 24 June 1914 – 18 March 1987) was a Norwegian singer and revue actress. She worked for the revue theatre Chat Noir from 1937 to 1953, and for the Edderkoppen Theatre from 1954 to 1959. She participated in 24 ...
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Johannes Eckhoff
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Leif Enger
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Egil Hjorth-Jenssen
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Sverre Holm
Sverre Holm Gundersen (24 July 1931 – 17 March 2005) was a Norwegian stage and film actor. Gundersen was best known for playing Benny in the Olsenbanden-movies (1969–1999), and as station master O. Tidemann in the Norwegian children's progr ...
*
Joachim Holst-Jensen
Joachim Holst-Jensen (16 June 1880 – 7 March 1963) was a Norwegian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1927 and 1960.
Partial filmography
* ''Den glade enke i Trangvik'' (1927) - Berg, telegrafist
* ''Madame b ...
*Topsy Irgens-Olsen as a dancer
*Anne-Lise Karstensen as a dancer
*Helge Krüger as a dancer
*
Lothar Lindtner
*Gerd Mundal as a dancer
*Mette Møller as a dancer
*
Grethe Nilsen as a dancer
*
Arvid Nilssen as Wang-Knutsen, a review author
*
Lillebil Kjellén
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Arve Opsahl
Arve Opsahl (14 May 1921 – 29 April 2007) was a Norwegian movie and stage actor, singer and stand-up comedian.
Opsahl began his career as a comedian in 1942, and played numerous roles both on stage and in more than forty movies. He was then ch ...
as Knut Møller
*Sissel Ramberg as a dancer
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Egil Ã…sman as a dancer
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Rolf Sand
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Ingebjørg Sem
*Mette Marit Sem-Andersen as a dancer
*Jo Stang as a dancer
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Nanna Stenersen
Inga Kristine "Nanna" Stenersen (January 26, 1914 – June 22, 1977) was a Norwegian actress.
Stenersen was born in Oslo, the daughter of the artillery captain Fredrik Christian Krohg Stenersen (1877–1965) and Regine née Johansen (1878–?) ...
as Mrs. Hammer, a boarding house operator
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Hanne Thorstensen as a dancer
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Ulf Wengård
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Carsten Winger
References
External links
*
''Millionær for en aften''at the
National Library of Norway
The National Library of Norway () was established in 1989. Its principal task is "to preserve the past for the future". The library is located both in Oslo and in Mo i Rana. The building in Oslo was restored and reopened in 2005.
Prior to the e ...
''Millionær for en aften''at
Filmfront
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1960 films
1960s Norwegian-language films
Norwegian comedy films
Films directed by Øyvind Vennerød
1960 comedy films
Remakes of German films
Films based on And Who Is Kissing Me?
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