Simen Mustrøens besynderlige opplevelser | |
Director: | Harry Ivarson |
Producer: | Leif Sinding |
Based On: | Johan Falkberget's story Simen Mustrøen |
Starring: | Martin Gisti Didi Holtermann Sophus Dahl Haakon Hjelde Kolbjørn Skjefstad Arne Svendsen Ellen Astrup Arthur Barking Sæbjørn Buttedahl Marit Haugan Oscar Magnussen Helga Rydland |
Cinematography: | Erling Knudsen Johannes Bentzen |
Editing: | Harry Ivarson |
Distributor: | Skandinavisk film-central |
Runtime: | 82 minutes |
Country: | Norway |
Language: | Norwegian |
Simen Mustrøens besynderlige oplevelser (Simen Mustrøen's Strange Adventures) is a Norwegian film from 1926 based on a story by Johan Falkberget.[1] [2] The film was directed by Harry Ivarson with cinematography by Erling Knudsen and Johannes Bentzen. It is now considered lost.
The film tells the story of a woodcarver named Simen, who is cheated by a wealthy farmer out of some silver that he has inherited. Simen starts a rumor about his own death, and he starts acting like a ghost. After frightening the wealthy farmer and the sexton, who has begun wooing Simen's wife, the wealthy farmer's fraud is discovered, and the bailiff arrests him. Simen is "resurrected" from the dead and is recognized for his artwork.