Millionær for en aften

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Millionær for en aften
Directed by Øyvind Vennerød
Written byBent Christensen, Werner Hedmann,
Jørn Ording,
Øyvind Vennerød
Produced byAnne Vennerød
Starring Henki Kolstad
Unni Bernhoft
Willie Hoel
Cinematography Ragnar Sørensen
Edited by Øyvind Vennerød
Music by Maj Sønstevold
Distributed by Kommunenes Filmcentral
Release date
  • August 18, 1960 (1960-08-18)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryNorway
LanguageNorwegian

Millionær for en aften (Millionaire for an Evening) is a Norwegian comedy film from 1960 directed by Øyvind Vennerød. [1] [2] It stars Henki Kolstad, Unni Bernhoft, and Willie Hoel. Jørn Ording [3] and Vennerød arranged the screenplay, which was written by Bent Christensen and Werner Hedmann.

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Plot

A shipowner is appointed to save a theater that is making a loss. A female ballet dancer thinks the shipowner is a journalist, and she asks him to play a shipowner to trick the theater director into putting on a play with her as the prima donna. [4]

Cast

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