The Child (1938)
1h 40m
Running Time
October 6, 1938Release Date
Plot.
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.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Eva Sletto
Milja
Harald Heide Steen
Julius
Ragnhild Hald
Hønse-Lovisa
Tove Bryn
Petrina
Rasmus Breistein
Director
Hans Bille
Doktoren
Oskar Braaten
Writer
Hauk Aabel
Krestoffer
Anton Holme
Composer
Gunnar Nilsen-Vig
Cinematographer
Hauk Gisti
Engebret
Liv Uchermann Selmer
Lagreta, mor til Julius
Astrid Sommer
Krestena
Agnethe Schibsted-Hansson
Gurina
Signe Ramberg
Olina
Maj Nielsen-Sæther
Sesjant-Petra
Ellinor Borg
Pasient
Ellen Bugge
Pasient
Bjarne Bø
Pasient
Helge Essmar
Olaf
Marie Hedemark
En arbeiderkone
Joachim Holst-Jensen
En kelner
Ole Leikvang
Pasient
Kirsten Monrad-Aas
En vestkantfrue
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Ungen (The Child or The Kid) is a Norwegian drama film from 1938 directed by Rasmus Breistein. The lead roles are played by Eva Sletto, Harald Heide Steen, and Ragnhild Hald. It is a film adaptation of Oskar Braaten's 1911 play Ungen: folkeliv i fire akter (The Child: Everyday Life in Four Acts). A new version of the film was made in 1974 as a musical.