Fager er lien
| Fager er lien | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Harry Ivarson |
| Written by | Harry Ivarson |
| Produced by | Erling Eriksen Leif Sinding |
| Starring | Aase Bye Oscar Larsen Olafr Havrevold Finn Lange Didi Holtermann |
| Cinematography | Johannes Bentzen |
| Edited by | Harry Ivarson |
| Distributed by | Skandinavisk film-central |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Norway |
| Language | Norwegian |
Fager er lien (Fair Is the Hillside) is a Norwegian romantic silent film from 1925 directed by Harry Ivarson[1][2] (his second feature film after his debut with Til sæters in 1924). Ivarson also wrote the screenplay.[2] The film belongs to the national romantic period of the 1920s. The title is a reference to the thirteenth-century Njáls saga.[1]
Before the film was released, six meters of footage showing dancing were edited out. The film is now considered lost.
Plot
[edit]Aase lives with her grandfather in a cabin on a hill. Life seems sad and poor to her. The best thing she knows is to sit at dusk and dream. Aase is fond of Kaare, who works on a large estate nearby. The estate owner, Fredrik-August Reventlow, is also interested in Aase and does not give up even though she has rejected his invitations. Fredrik-August arranges a party at the estate, and Aase is asked to serve at the party. She is attacked by the landlord and later gives birth to a child.
Cast
[edit]- Aase Bye as Aase Nordhaug
- Oscar Larsen as Aase's grandfather
- Olafr Havrevold as Kaare
- Finn Lange as Kristian, a Salvation Army member
- Didi Holtermann as Hulda Stiansen
- Oscar Magnussen as Oskar
- Frithjof Fearnley as Fredrik-August Reventlow, an estate owner
- Ruth Brünings-Sandvik as Mademoiselle Wadjewska
- Rebekka Lie as a prostitute
- Britt Eriksen as a little girl
- Erling Knudsen
- Unni Torkildsen
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bachmann, Anne (September 29, 2017). "Nordic Landscape Discourse in Scandinavian Silent Cinema: 'Morænen,' Nature, and National Characters". Kosmorama. Det Danske Filminstitut. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
- ^ a b Krefting, Ruth (1963). Skuespillerinnen Aase Bye. Oslo: Gyldendal. p. 201.