Growth of the Soil ( Markens grøde )

Growth of the Soil (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Markens grøde
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Russian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
Silent ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
Norway ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
89 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1921 and produced in:
Norway ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Gunnar Sommerfeldt

Written By:
Knut Hamsun
Gunnar Sommerfeldt

Actors:
Amund Rydland ..... Isak
Karen Poulsen ..... Inger
Ragna Wettergreen ..... Oline
Gunnar Sommerfeldt ..... Geissler, lensmannen
Inge Sommerfeldt ..... Barbro
Almar Bjoernefjell ..... Elesius, en ung bonde
Sigurd Berg Bruland ..... Brede Olsen, en bondegutt
Siljusson av Terna ..... Os-Anders
Sivert Eliassen ..... Sivert
Ernst Vaumund ..... Aksel Strøm
Rolf Christensen
Sigurd Køvatn
Sesse Schanke

Synopsis:

Based on Norwegian author Knut Hamsun's Nobel Prize-winning novel The Growth of the Soil, this silent movie was enthusiastically received when it was first released in 1921. Assumed lost for decades The Growth of the Soil appears in a carefully restored version, in which the drama of the pioneer farmer Isak and his struggle to conquer the wilderness and wring a living out of it for himself and his family, is accompanied by the much acclaimed original music score by Leif Halvorsen, performed by the Norwegian Radio Orchestra conducted by Frank Strobel. The film appears in a carefully restored version and is considered as a pillar of European silent film.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 20 March, 2015.

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