Gylne ungdom (Golden Youth) is a Norwegian drama film from 1956. It was directed by Leif Sinding, who also wrote the screenplay.[1][2][3]

Gylne ungdom
Directed byLeif Sinding
Written byLeif Sinding
Produced byMartin S. Knutsen
StarringOdd Borg
Urda Arneberg
Tom Tellefsen
Tore Foss
Gretelill Fries
Randi Brænne
CinematographyRagnar Sørensen
Edited byOlav Engebretsen
Music byFrank Cook
Distributed byElite-Film
Release date
  • August 20, 1956 (1956-08-20)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryNorway
LanguageNorwegian

Plot

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The high school student Tom Polden does not have it easy at home. His mother lives in the memories of her husband, the lawyer Ernst Polden. Her hat shop is doing poorly, and her finances are meager. Tom constantly hears about his great father, and it therefore comes as a shock to him when one day he hears that his father shot himself because he had embezzled a substantial amount of money. At the same time, his mother is threatened with eviction from the apartment because she has not paid rent for several months. In his despondency, Tom break into a grocery store in desperation to obtain money. Then the web starts tightening around him. A cynical young boy gets Tom in his power, and against his will he is forced into theft, stealing from cottages, and brazen burglary. However, Tom's bright spot in life is Eva, a girl in his class that he is infatuated with. The film was seen as the Norwegian version of Rebel Without a Cause with James Dean.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ Hagen, Thomas V. H. (2021). "'Hero and Villain': Leif Sinding as a Mediator of Cinema Politics in Occupied Norway". In Skopal, Pavel; Vande Winkel, Roel (eds.). Film Professionals in Nazi-Occupied Europe: Mediation Between the National-Socialist Cultural "New Order" and Local Structures. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 41.
  2. ^ Cowie, Peter; Buquet, Françoise; Pitkänen, Risto; Talboom, Godfried (1992). Scandinavian Cinema: A Survey of the Films and Film-Makers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. London: Tantivy Press. p. 275.
  3. ^ Rasmussen, Bjørn (1968). Filmens hvem-vad-hvor: Udenlanske film 1950–1967. Copenhagen: Politikens Forlag. p. 769.
  4. ^ "Gylne ungdom". Norsk filmografi. Nasjonalbiblioteket. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
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