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Gryr i Norden
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Wikipedia article
'Gryr i Norden' (Dawn in the North) is a Norwegian film from 1939 that was directed by Olav Dalgard. 'Gryr i Norden' is the last film in the "worker trilogy." The other two films are 'Det drnner gjennom dalen' (1938) and 'Lenkene brytes' (1938).
The film is about the first major women's strike in Norway, the match workers' strike in Kristiania (now Oslo) in 1889. On the morning of October 23, 1889, the match workers at the Bryn and Grnvold match factories in the city went on strike. Working conditions were miserable, and most of the young women ended up with ruined health after a short period of performing the hazardous work, affected by phosphorus necrosis.
Cast
* Martin Gisti as Karlsen, a stevedore
* Betzy Holter as Andrine, Karlsen's wife
* Ragnhild Hald as Halldis, a manager
* Solveig Haugan as Maja
* Gunvor Hall as Svart-Anna
* Ragnhild Hagen as Nilsine
* Kolbjrn Brenda as Adolf
* Jack Fjeldstad as Krestian
* Tryggve Larssen as Oscar Nissen, a doctor
* Joachim Holst-Jensen as Christian H.
* Ingjald Haaland as Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson
* Olav Dalgard as Hans Jger
* Bjarne B as Carl Jeppesen, an editor
* Astri Steiwer as Ernanda Holst
* Hans Bille as a director
* Sigurd Magnussn as a factory manager
* Pehr Qvrnstrm as the chairman
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