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Growth of the Soil (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Growth of the Soil' is a Norwegian silent film from 1921 based on Knut Hamsun's novel 'Growth of the Soil'. The Danish filmmaker Gunnar Sommerfeldt wrote the screenplay and directed the film, and he also played the role of the bailiff Geissler in the film. Sommerfeldt invested DKK 240,00 in the film, which was a considerable sum in 1921.
Story
The film opens with images from a forest under a glacier, where Isak Sellanr is clearing the land. Eventually, however, the perspective begins to change, and smaller stories break in and toward the story of Isak and Inger. A modern society is emerging around the two. The story of young Barbro walking into the river with her child, but still ending with Aksel, also receives significant attention.
Filming
The filming took place in the Rana district and was a very big event. A number of locals were used as extras and for minor roles. Isaac's clearing was filmed in Rvassdalen, and other parts were filmed at Tvernes in Mo i Rana, and Hemnesberget and Korgen. A couple of Sami were also hired from the neighboring Swedish municipality of Trna.
Rediscovery
For many years, the film was presumed lost. It then reappeared in several places. An American professor owned shortened edition, and it is believed that this 60-minute film was the version that was screened in the United States in 1928. A longer version surfaced in the Netherlands. These two copies were combined to create the version that was screened in 2009 during Hamsun Days.
Cast
*Amund Rydland: Isak
*Karen Poulsen: Inger (credited as Karen Thalbitzer)
*Ragna Wettergreen: Oline
*Gunnar Sommerfeldt: Geissler, the bailiff
*Inge Sommerfeldt: Barbro
*Almar Bjrnefjell: Elesius, a young farmer
*Sigurd Berg Bruland: Brede Olsen, a farmboy
*Siljusson av Terna: Os-Anders
*Sivert Eliassen. Sivert
*Ernst Vaumund: Aksel Strm
*Rolf Christensen
*Sigurd Kvatn
*Sesse Schanke
References
Category:1921 films
Category:Norwegian silent feature films
Category:Films based on works by Knut Hamsun
Category:Norwegian black-and-white films
Category:Norwegian drama films
Category:1921 drama films
Category:Silent drama films
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