Film

A Happy Boy

1932 · 1h 35m · Drama

IMDb

5.3

Øjvind, a smallholder's boy, is a close friend with Marit, a farmer's girl, throughout their entire childhood. As an adolescent he one day recognizes that she has become a maiden, and that he has fallen in love with her. When he sees Marit dancing with Jon Halten, a farmer's son, he gets sad, and notices that when you start loving someone, you are not cheerful any more. He senses the social distance between himself and Marit, and tries to compensate this by becoming the best pupil in the village. Øjvind wants to study at an agricultural college, and the old schoolmaster helps him to arrange this. When he some years later returns to the village as an agronomist, he and Marit resume their romance. Because of their different social status Marit's grandfather, Ola Nordistua, tries to stop the liaison. With new agricultural methods Øjvind helps his father to get better harvests. At the same time the old Ola Nordistua sees his farm going downhill as no one really cares for it.

Hauk Aabel

Ola Nordistua

Gøril Havrevold

Tore Foss

Øyvind husmansgutt

Eugen Skjønberg

Far til Øyvind

Harald Stormoen

Bård skolemester

Ragnhild Hald

Mor til Øyvind

Andreas Bjarke

Jon Hatlen

Hjørdis Bjarke

En bondejente

Johs. Jensen

Presten

• John W. BruniusDirector
• Bjørnstjerne BjørnsonNovel
• Gunnar Nilsen-VigDirector of Photography

Release date

October 24, 1932

Status

Released

Original language

Norwegian

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

6

Genres

Drama