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Jeppe paa bjerget (1933)
Character: Jesper ridefogd
The drunk Jeppe has a life changing moment when he thinks he is in heaven when he wakes up in a rich man's bed.
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Unge viljer (1943)
Character: Bjorn Storhaug, a farmer
In the difficult 30'ies, the poor working family Jensen is struggling in affording their sons education, and it ends in tragedy. The son befriends the daughter of the, not liked by the rich employer West, which sends his daughter away.
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Norge for folket (1936)
Character: Berg, handlesmann
The film was commissioned by the Workers' Information Association to motivate rural voters to vote.
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Vi vil oss et land... (1936)
Character: Per Lium, småbruker
The Conservative party's election film for 1936. It showcased, among other things, how unnecessary the workers' strikes were and how unnecessarily high taxes were.
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Godvakker-Maren (1940)
Character: N/A
Two young girls go to the big city to work in a food store. The owner's wife believes she's sick, and the owner is more than interested in the two girls. Based on Oscar Braathen's Novel.
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Villmarkens lov (1944)
Character: Jo Waldor
A reindeer company is being robbed for reindeer. The police hasn't got a clue, and a new investigator is sent. The thieves want to get rid of him, but things don't go as planned.
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Viddenes folk (1928)
Character: N/A
A young couple is in love, but Nina's father has seen another young man as her future man. It doesn't help when Nina's lover is convicted.
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Sangen om Rondane (1934)
Character: en hestehandler
A wealthy wholesaler-family Oslo lives every summer on his beautiful property up in the high mountains. One day in a mountain lake, Greta has a seizure and is close to drowning. A love affair develops with her savior and even a pregnancy.
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Troll-Elgen (1927)
Character: Gunnar Sløvika, hestehandler
This the story of a wizard elk - Rauten, as people called him. He was a human being in animal guise. The story begins in Ré Valley, which lies like a yawning gap between mountains, long and flat with borders of forests so dark that they look as though part of the blackness of night lingered in them. A river moves sluggishly along the bottom of the valley, making its way slowly and carefully between stretches of light-red sand. It runs northwards, a rare thing in Norway.
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Fant (1937)
Character: Josefas onkel
An orphan, Josefa, runs away from her threatening uncle with whom she is living, and stows away on traveller Fændrik's boat. She is no better off with him, however, as he forces himself on her and makes her steal and beg for a living. Meanwhile Fændrik's sister, who has been left penniless on shore by her deceitful brother, joins forces with Josefa's fiancé, Oscar, in a search for the missing pair.
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Fante-Anne (1920)
Character: Jon Sandbakken
The story of an orphaned girl brought up by the Storlein family. Young Anne (Asta Nielsen) is brought as an infant to the Storlein farm by her mother, who has been traveling and is in need of a rest. The two are turned away at the door, and the mother takes her young daughter to the barn to sleep. The farmhand Jon discovers them in the morning but the mother has not made it through the night, so young Anne is taken in and raised by the family.
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Gjest Baardsen (1939)
Character: Mathias Strandvik
The film takes place during a time of famine. Norway has been at war with England and Sweden, and times are tough. Gjest Baardsen has gotten into trouble with the law, apparently over a trivial matter. But Gjest breaks free, and instead it is the sheriff who is locked up in handcuffs. And Gjest continues to flee, with sheriffs and good people in tow.
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Glomdalsbruden (1926)
Character: Gjermund Haugsett, hans sønn
Tore, son of a poor farmer, loves Berit, daughter of a rich one, but she's promised to another man whom she does not love and thus refuses to marry.
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