A Happy Boy

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Hauk Aabel

Ola Nordistua

Age : 92 | Popularity : 4%

Gøril Havrevold

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Tore Foss

Øyvind husmansgutt

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Eugen Skjønberg

Far til Øyvind

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Harald Stormoen

Bård skolemester

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ragnhild Hald

Mor til Øyvind

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Andreas Bjarke

Jon Hatlen

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Hjørdis Bjarke

En bondejente

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Novel	Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Directing	Director	John W. Brunius
Camera	Director of Photography	Gunnar Nilsen-Vig
Department	Role	Name

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