Vårnatt (film)
Vårnatt (Spring Night) is a Norwegian film from 1976 directed by Erik Solbakken.[1][2] Solbakken also wrote the script, which was based on Tarjei Vesaas's 1954 novel Spring Night.[1] Olav Dalgard was the script consultant.
| Vårnatt | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Erik Solbakken |
| Written by | Erik Solbakken Olav Dalgard (script consultant) |
| Based on | a novel by Tarjei Vesaas |
| Produced by | Harald Ohrvik Svein H. Toreg Lasse Glomm |
| Starring | Espen Skjønberg Astrid Folstad Svein Scharffenberg Bentein Baardson Anders Mordal Inger Marie Andersen |
| Cinematography | Hans Nord |
| Edited by | Edith Toreg |
| Music by | Olav Anton Thommessen |
| Distributed by | Norsk Film A/S |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Norway |
| Language | Norwegian |
Vårnatt premiered on February 26, 1976.[1]
Plot
Hallstein and Sissel live together with their parents in a small village. One spring night they will be left alone at home for the first time while their parents are at a funeral in another village. There is a warm familiarity between them and they are looking forward to being at home. However, when they are about to eat supper, there is a knock on the door. A foreign family in need of help is standing outside. Their car has broken down, and a young woman with them is ready to give birth. They need room, beds, and a midwife. Eventually the unresolved conflicts between them lead to tension in the little house.[1]
Cast
- Espen Skjønberg as Hjalmar[3]
- Astrid Folstad as Kristine[4]
- Svein Scharffenberg as Karl
- Bentein Baardson as Tore
- Anders Mordal as Hallstein
- Inger Marie Andersen as the mother
- Bente Børsum as a night-shift nurse
- Wilfred Breistrand as the father
- Maryon Eilertsen as Sissel[5]
- Veslemøy Haslund as a midwife[6]
- Tania Kjeldset as Gudrun
- Kirsti Kolstad as Grete
- Arne Lie as an orderly
- Svein Moen as an orderly
- Kjell Stormoen as a doctor