| Lucie | |
| Director: | Jan Erik Düring |
| Producer: | Harald Ohrvik |
| Based On: | Amalie Skram's novel Lucie |
| Starring: | Inger Lise Rypdal Gösta Ekman Kari Simonsen Nils Sletta |
| Music: | Terje Rypdal |
| Cinematography: | Hans Nord |
| Editing: | Bente Kaas |
| Distributor: | Norsk Film |
| Runtime: | 99 minutes |
| Country: | Norway |
| Language: | Norwegian |
Lucie is a Norwegian drama film from 1979 directed by Jan Erik Düring.[1] It stars Inger Lise Rypdal, Gösta Ekman,[2] Kari Simonsen, and Nils Sletta. The film is based on Amalie Skram's novel Lucie,[3] [4] which dealt with the conditions and limitations of women at the end of the 19th century in Norway.
In the second half of the 19th century, Kristiania (now Oslo) offered a varied entertainment life. There were a number of variety theaters, and the city also had its own brothel district. Prostitution was legal, and it was considered justified for a woman to obtain financial and other benefits from her body and physical advantages.
The beautiful variety theater actress Lucie (played by Inger Lise Rypdal) is certainly aware of this fact. She has made the acquaintance of the lawyer Gerner (Gösta Ekman), a fine and educated gentleman in the city. This all develops into an erotic relationship, and Lucie knows how to play on Gerner's jealousy and masculine pride. She eventually manages to marry into good society, but it proves difficult to be accepted without the right class background. Her life does not turn out as she expected and, after a pregnancy in which the relationship with her husband is constantly deteriorating, she dies in childbirth.[5]
The film received a mixed reception from both Aftenposten