The Child

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 6, 1938

Original language

Norwegian

Spoken languages

Norwegian

Countries

Norway

Cast

Eva Sletto,Harald Heide Steen,Ragnhild Hald,Tove Bryn,Astrid Sommer,Agnethe Schibsted-Hansson,Hans Bille,Hauk Aabel,Hauk Gisti,Liv Uchermann Selmerand 14 more

Director

Rasmus Breistein

Writer

Oskar Braaten

Cinematography

Gunnar Nilsen-Vig

Music

Anton Holme

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0030912