The Child (1938)
1h 40m
Running Time
October 6, 1938Release Date
Plot.
The classic movie from 1938 is an adaptation of Oscar Braatens play. Eva Sletto plays the young factory worker Milja, and Harald Heide Steen as her unfaithful boyfriend Julius.Milja and Julius are a happy couple working at the factory, and everything is good until Petrina shows up at the arena. Julius is bewitched by the girl, who gets him to drink and steal.Milja is soon left alone with the shame - and a bastard child. The child is placed with Hønse-Lovisa while Milja is at the factory, but a doctor casts his eyes on Milja`s young. He's looking for children to adopt to rich westside people. In her desperation, Milja gives away the dearest thing she owns, for the kid to have better conditions than she manages to give him.It is Hønse-Lovisa that convinces her that the material benefits can never compensate for real love and care.
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Cast & Crew.

Eva Sletto
Milja

Harald Heide Steen
Julius

Ragnhild Hald
Hønse-Lovisa

Tove Bryn
Petrina

Astrid Sommer
Krestena

Agnethe Schibsted-Hansson
Gurina

Hans Bille
Doktoren

Hauk Aabel
Krestoffer

Hauk Gisti
Engebret

Liv Uchermann Selmer
Lagreta, mor til Julius

Signe Ramberg
Olina

Maj Nielsen-Sæther
Sesjant-Petra

Ellinor Borg
Pasient

Ellen Bugge
Pasient

Bjarne Bø
Pasient

Helge Essmar
Olaf

Marie Hedemark
En arbeiderkone

Joachim Holst-Jensen
En kelner

Ole Leikvang
Pasient

Kirsten Monrad-Aas
En vestkantfrue

Pehr Qværnstrøm
En resturatør

Guri Stormoen
Pasient

Jan Vaage
Pasient

Kåre Wicklund
Elias

Rasmus Breistein
Director

Gunnar Nilsen-Vig
Director of Photography

Anton Holme
Original Music Composer

Johs. Jensen
Production Manager

Oskar Braaten
Novel
Media.


Details.
Release DateOctober 6, 1938
Original NameUngen
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
norway
dysfunctional marriage
Wiki.
Ungen (The Child or The Kid) is a Norwegian drama film from 1938 directed by Rasmus Breistein. 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). A new version of the film was made in 1974 as a musical.
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