Ungen

Ungen
Directed byRasmus Breistein
Oskar Braaten
Written byRasmus Breistein
Oskar Braaten
Based onOskar Braaten's play Ungen: folkeliv i fire akter
Produced byJohannes Jensen
StarringEva Sletto
Harald Heide Steen
Ragnhild Hald
CinematographyGunnar Nilsen-Vig
Edited byGunnar Nilsen-Vig
Distributed byNorsk film A/S
Release date
  • 1938 (1938)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryNorway
LanguageNorwegian

Ungen (The Child[1] or The Kid[2]) is a Norwegian drama film from 1938 directed by Rasmus Breistein.[1] The lead roles are played by Eva Sletto, Harald Heide Steen, and Ragnhild Hald. It is a film adaptation of Oskar Braaten's 1911 play Ungen: folkeliv i fire akter (The Child: Everyday Life in Four Acts).[1] A new version of the film was made in 1974 as a musical.[3]

Plot

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Julius and Milja are in love with each other and they also work at the same factory. Petrina, a girl from Oslo's Grønland neighborhood, flirts with Julius and tricks him into stealing from the factory, which causes him to be fired. A year passes, and Julius has left Milja for Petrina. Milja has had a child and during the day, when she works, she leaves the child with Hønse-Lovisa. A doctor, who has been sent out by rich people to find children to adopt, persuades Milja to give away her child. After she has given her child up, she realizes what she has done and becomes desperate. However, Hønse-Lovisa does not think it was a wise decision to give up the child and has therefore kept the child with her. When Milja returns after a night of dancing, she finds the child at home.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Norway". Review of Foreign Film Markets. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce: 110. 1939.
  2. ^ Ove Solum (2016). "The Rise and Fall of Norwegian Municipal Cinemas". In Hjort, Mette; Lindqvist, Ursula (eds.). A Companion to Nordic Cinema. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 195.
  3. ^ Costello, Tom (1994). International Guide to Literature on Film. London: Bowker-Saur. p. 31.
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