Vi vil oss et land... (We Want Ourselves a Country) was a 1936 election propaganda film for the Norwegian Conservative Party, directed by Leif Sinding.[1] The title is taken from a poem by Per Sivle.
| Vi vil oss et land... | |
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| Directed by | Leif Sinding Ernst Ottersen |
| Starring | Eugen Skjønberg Erna Schøyen Else Heiberg Jon Lennart Mjøen Leif Norder Sophus Dahl Einar Tveito Arne Kleve Oscar Egede-Nissen Per Kvist Ellen Siding |
| Cinematography | Ottar Gladtvet |
| Edited by | Harry Ivarson Leif Sinding |
| Music by | Erling Røberg Willie Vieth |
| Distributed by | Gladtvet film |
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Running time | 40 minutes |
| Country | Norway |
| Language | Norwegian |
Plot edit
The film showed, among other things, how unnecessary the workers' strikes were and how unnecessarily high the taxes were. In one scene, a man in a suit is pulled by trolls to Dovregubben's Hall. Dovregubben turns out to be ruled by the evil "communist" Norwegian Labor Party.
Cast edit
- Eugen Skjønberg as Kåre Fjell, a bookkeeper
- Erna Schøyen as Marie Fjell, Kåre Fjell's wife
- Else Heiberg as Dagny Fjell, daughter of Kåre and Marie
- Jon Lennart Mjøen as Frithjof Eker
- Sophus Dahl as Amund Fisker
- Oscar Egede-Nissen as a worker
- Arne Kleve as Anders, an old townsman
- Per Kvist as the treasurer
- Leif Norder as Tor Skar, the editorial secretary for Morgenrøden
- Ellen Sinding as a dancer
- Einar Tveito as Per Lium, a smallholder
References edit
- ^ "Leif Sinding". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved June 7, 2019.
