Trysil-Knut

Trysil-Knut
Directed by Rasmus Breistein
Written by Rasmus Breistein
Halvor Floden
Based on a novel by by Rudolf Muus
Starring Alfred Maurstad
Eva Sletto
Karl Holter
Lars Tvinde
Ola Isene
Lydia Opøien
Jørn Ording
Bjarne Bø
Cinematography Ulf Greber
Distributed by Triangelfilm
Release dates
  • 1942 (1942)
Running time
93 minutes
Country Norway
Language Norwegian

Trysil-Knut is a Norwegian film from 1942.[1] Rasmus Breistein directed this skiing melodrama[2] during the German occupation of Norway. It tells the story of the legendary skier Knut from Trysil, an ardent patriot at the beginning of the 1800s who uses his skiing skills to prevent war from breaking out between Norway and Sweden. Knut also wins back a property that he was cheated out of and his "princess."[3]

Like many of the films from the interwar period or the occupation years, this is an adventure story. Breistein's point of departure for the story was a popular novel by Rudolf Muus from 1914, and he was also inspired by Bernt Lund's poem from 1861 and by Ole Haugen-Flermoe's story from 1909.[4]

Cast

References

  1. Sundholm, John, Isak Thorsen, Lars Gustaf Andersson, Olof Hedling, Gunnar Iversen, & Birgir Thor Møller. 2012. Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Lankam, MD: Scarecrow Press, p. 412.
  2. Da Joseph Goebbels styrte norsk filmpolitikk. 2014. Rushprint (September 15).
  3. https://www.nb.no/filmografi/show?id=791653 Norsk filmografi: Trysil-Knut.
  4. Norsk biografisk leksikon: Rasmus Breistein.

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