Sangen til livet

1943 Norwegian film
  • 1943 (1943)
Running time
108 minutesCountryNorwayLanguageNorwegian

Sangen til livet (The Song of Life) is a Norwegian film from 1943 based on Johan Bojer's play Sigurd Braa.[1][2][3] It was directed by Leif Sinding.[2] The film premiered on October 25, 1943.

Plot

The film is a melodrama about a factory director who is loved by his workers and a power struggle between a good and evil capitalist.

Cast

  • Erling Drangsholt as Sigurd Braa, the director general
  • Else Budde as Eli Braa, his wife
  • Lilleba Svenssen as Gerda Braa, his daughter
  • Liv Uchermann Selmer as Mrs. Kamp, Eli Braa's mother
  • Finn Lange as Jørgen Roll, a factory director
  • Einar Vaage as Brahm, a lawyer
  • Oscar Amundsen as Rud, overingeniør
  • Folkman Schaanning as Storm, a doctor
  • Joachim Holst-Jensen as Graali, an editor
  • Ragnhild Østerbye as Laura Graali, the editor's wife
  • Tryggve Larssen as Lars Utgaren
  • Henny Skjønberg as Amanda Sivertsen, the housekeeper at the Braa home
  • Gunnar Simenstad as Nordahl
  • Erna Schøyen as Miss Dahle, a teacher

References

  1. ^ Sinding, Leif (1943). Sangen til livet: etter Johan Bojers skuespil "Sigurd Braa". Oslo: Norden Forlag.
  2. ^ a b Bjørn Sørenssen (2012). "Norwegian Film during the Nazi Occupation 1940-45". In Vande Winkel, Roel; Welch, David (eds.). Cinema and the Swastika: The International Expansion of Third Reich Cinema. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 227.
  3. ^ "Frislipp av 2600 stillbilder fra norske langfilmer". Rushprint. August 13, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2019.

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