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Godvakker-Maren

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Godvakker-Maren
Directed byKnut Hergel
Written byKnut Hergel
Alf Sommer
Einar Tveito
Based onOskar Braaten's novel Bak høkerens disk and play Godvakker-Maren
Produced byAlf Sommer
StarringEva Sletto
Aasta Voss
Pehr Qværnstrøm
CinematographyReidar Lund
Edited byTitus Vibe-Müller
Music byAdolf Kristoffer Nielsen
Distributed byKommunenes filmcentral
Release date
  • October 31, 1940 (1940-10-31)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryNorway
LanguageNorwegian

Godvakker-Maren (Good Pretty Maren) is a Norwegian comedy film from 1940 directed by Knut Hergel,[1] who also wrote the film script together with Alf Sommer and Einar Tveito.[2] The script is based on Oskar Braaten's novel Bak høkerens disk and play Godvakker-Maren.[3] The film premiered on October 31, 1940.

Plot

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Two young girls from Hedmark get jobs at a grocery store run by Nils Andresen in Oslo. Andresen's wife is in bed with an illness, and Andresen is interested in his two young female employees. Maren, played by Eva Sletto, is also exposed to other vices in the capital before things settle down.[4]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Krawc, Alfred (1986). International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (from the Beginnings to 1984). Munich: Saur. p. 290.
  2. ^ Oskar Braaten 1881–1981: en filmografi. Oslo: Norsk filminstitutt. 1985. p. 6.
  3. ^ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. London: Bowker Saur. p. 51. ISBN 1-85739-229-9.
  4. ^ Heltberg, A. (1943). Norsk film gjennom 35 år. Oslo: Centralforlaget.
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