The Wayward Girl ( Ung Flukt )

The Wayward Girl (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Ung Flukt
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Mono )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Norway ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1959 and produced in:
Norway ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Edith Carlmar

Written By:
Otto Carlmar
Niels Johan Rud

Actors:
Liv Ullmann ..... Gerd
Atle Merton ..... Anders
Rolf Søder ..... Bendik
Nanna Stenersen ..... Mor til Gerd
Randi Brænne ..... Mor ti Anders
Tore Foss ..... Far til Anders
Egil Hjorth-Jenssen ..... Lensmannen
Ingrid Øvre Wiik ..... Sosialkurator
Ola B. Johannessen
Bjørn Jenseg

Synopsis:

Anders, who has just passed his student exam, runs away from home with Gerd, the loose-moralled daughter of an unmarried saleswoman, in the face of the parents' disapproval. In order to remove her from her bad company in the town, Anders takes her to a deserted farm where he teaches her, somewhat against her will. the joys of simple living. Anders' father and Gerd's mother trace the couple and try to persuade them to come home, but accept their decision to stay, Gerd's mother considering them a good match. One day a strange mand, Bengt, arrives who later turns out to be the owner of teh farm, and he persuades them to help him steal food from the local shop. Gerd is half attracted by him, and tries to use him to get away from Anders with whom she is getting bored. The police come to arrest Anders for the theft (Bengt and Gerd are hiding on top of the barn), but he is later released and returns to the farm convinced that Bengt has seduced Gerd. Finding Bengt sleeping in the barn, he knocks him unconscious, accidentally setting the barn on fire. Gerd appears and makes Anders drag Bengt from the fire. When he regains consciousness he says that he has had enough of their stupidities and throws them our, and they go off, reconciled, to wwait the birth of their baby.

The story of a young Gerd, played by Liv Ullman in her first leading role, who falls in love with a young boy. She is considered a 'loose' woman, and the boy's family does not accept their relationship. The young couple run away to a cabin in the woods where they meet a rogue man who tests their relationship.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 20 April, 2007.

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