Vi vil oss et land...

Vi vil oss et land... (We Want Ourselves a Country) was a 1936 election propaganda film for the Norwegian Conservative Party, directed by Leif Sinding.[1] The title is taken from a poem by Per Sivle.

Vi vil oss et land...
Directed byLeif Sinding
Ernst Ottersen
StarringEugen Skjønberg
Erna Schøyen
Else Heiberg
Jon Lennart Mjøen
Leif Norder
Sophus Dahl
Einar Tveito
Arne Kleve
Oscar Egede-Nissen
Per Kvist
Ellen Siding
Music byErling Røberg
Willie Vieth
CinematographyBaard Hjelde
Edited byHarry Ivarson
Leif Sinding
Distributed byGladtvet film
Release date
  • 1936 (1936)
Running time
40 minutes
CountryNorway
LanguageNorwegian

Plot

The film showed, among other things, how unnecessary the workers' strikes were and how unnecessarily high the taxes were. In one scene, a man in a suit is pulled by trolls to Dovregubben's Hall. Dovregubben turns out to be ruled by the evil "communist" Norwegian Labor Party.

Cast

  • Eugen Skjønberg as Kåre Fjell, a bookkeeper
  • Erna Schøyen as Marie Fjell, Kåre Fjell's wife
  • Else Heiberg as Dagny Fjell, daughter of Kåre and Marie
  • Jon Lennart Mjøen as Frithjof Eker
  • Sophus Dahl as Amund Fisker
  • Oscar Egede-Nissen as a worker
  • Arne Kleve as Anders, an old townsman
  • Per Kvist as the treasurer
  • Leif Norder as Tor Skar, the editorial secretary for Morgenrøden
  • Ellen Sinding as a dancer
  • Einar Tveito as Per Lium, a smallholder
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gollark: There's a formula.
gollark: If you never get confused at things you probably aren't learning much.
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References

  1. "Leif Sinding". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved June 7, 2019.
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