Kristine Valdresdatter

Kristine Valdresdatter
Directed by Rasmus Breistein
Written by Rasmus Breistein
Based on Kristine: En fortælling fra Valdres, by Hans Andersen Foss
Starring Aase Bye
Rasmus Rasmussen
Tore Foss
Sigurd Eldegard
Hjalmar Fries
Signe Johansen
Per Haldor
Emma Juel
Music by Adolf Kristoffer Nielsen
Cinematography Gunnar Nilsen-Vig
Release dates
  • 1930 (1930)
Running time
 93 minutes
Country Norway
Language Norwegian

Kristine Valdresdatter is a Norwegian silent film from 1930.[1] This was the last silent film produced in Norway[2] and it was directed by Rasmus Breistein.[1] Breistein also wrote the script,[1] which was based on Hans Andersen Foss's novel Kristine: En fortælling fra Valdres (Kristine: A Tale from Valdres). The film premiered on December 26, 1930[1] and it has been aired several times by NRK.

Plot

Every year, Lord Wakefield comes to Vang in the Valdres district to go fishing on the lakes. He stays at the Solbjør farm, which is owned by the bailiff Erik Solbjør. There the lord meets the beautiful Anne and falls in love with her. The next spring she gives birth to a daughter. In despair, Anne places the child on the steps of the Solbjør farm and then drowns herself in a lake.[1]

Erik cares for the girl and raises her as his own. He names her Kristine Valdresdatter (i.e., Kristine, daughter of Valdres). As she grows up, Kristine falls in love with her schoolmate Harald. In adulthood, Harald becomes difficult to deal with, prone to drinking and fighting. Kristine tries to change his behavior without success. Harald is also an accomplished fiddler, and he goes on the road to perform. Kristine travels to England with Lord Wakefield, where her beautiful singing voice develops. The lord's great dream is to hear her sing at Vang Church. However, Kristine and Harald cannot forget each other, and they start exchanging letters. Harald writes that he has stopped drinking, and one summer they meet again at the home in Vang. Lord Wakefield is also there. He is seriously ill, and on his deathbed he reveals to Kristine that he is her father and that he has made her his heiress.[1]

Cast

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ingjerd Skrede (ed.). 2012. Kristine Valdresdatter at Norsk filmografi.
  2. ↑ Iversen, Gunnar. 2005. Norway. In: Tytti Soila, Gunnar Iverson, & Astrid Söderbergh Widding (eds.). Nordic National Cinemas, pp. 97–134. London: Routledge, p. 103.

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