Sangen til livet

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Sangen til livet
Directed by Leif Sinding
Written by Leif Sinding
Based on Johan Bojer's play Sigurd Braa
Produced by Leif Sinding
Starring Erling Drangsholt
Else Budde
Finn Lange
Cinematography Kåre Bergstrøm
Edited by Olav Engebretsen
Music by Jolly Kramer-Johansen
Distributed bySkandinavisk film-central
Release date
  • 1943 (1943)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryNorway
LanguageNorwegian

Sangen til livet (The Song of Life) is a Norwegian film from 1943 based on Johan Bojer's play Sigurd Braa. [1] [2] [3] It was directed by Leif Sinding. [2] The film premiered on October 25, 1943.

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Plot

The film is a melodrama about a factory director who is loved by his workers and a power struggle between a good and evil capitalist.

Cast

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References

  1. Sinding, Leif (1943). Sangen til livet: etter Johan Bojers skuespil "Sigurd Braa". Oslo: Norden Forlag.
  2. 1 2 Bjørn Sørenssen (2012). "Norwegian Film during the Nazi Occupation 1940-45". In Vande Winkel, Roel; Welch, David (eds.). Cinema and the Swastika: The International Expansion of Third Reich Cinema. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 227.
  3. "Frislipp av 2600 stillbilder fra norske langfilmer". Rushprint. August 13, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2019.