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The Child 1938 Directed by Rasmus Breistein Ungen

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.

Country Norway
Production Country Norway
Language Norwegian
Spoken Language Norwegian
Gnere Drama
Release Date 6 October 1938
100 mins
Cast
Ragnhild Hald Hønse-Lovisa
Tove Bryn Petrina
Astrid Sommer Krestena
Hans Bille Doktoren
Hauk Aabel Krestoffer
Hauk Gisti Engebret
Liv Uchermann Selmer Lagreta, mor til Julius
Maj Nielsen-Sæther Sesjant-Petra
Ellinor Borg Pasient
Ellen Bugge Pasient
Bjarne Bø Pasient
Marie Hedemark En arbeiderkone
Ole Leikvang Pasient
Kirsten Monrad-Aas En vestkantfrue
Pehr Qværnstrøm En resturatør
Jan Vaage Pasient
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