Viddenes folk

Viddenes folk (The People of the Mountain Plateau)[1][2] is a Norwegian romantic drama film from 1928 directed by Ragnar Westfelt.[3] Westfelt also wrote the script and was the production manager. The script was based on a story by Bertil Lundquister.[4]

Viddenes folk
Directed byRagnar Westfelt
Written byRagnar Westfelt
Based onA story by Bertil Lundquister
Produced byRagnar Westfelt
StarringMona Mårtenson
Einar Tveito
Tryggve Larssen
CinematographyGeorge Schnéevoigt
Edited byRagnar Westfelt
Distributed byNorsk Film AS
Release date
December 26, 1928
Running time
102 minutes
CountryNorway
LanguageNorwegian

The indoor scenes were recorded in the Spisesalen in Fossheim Sæter and the outdoor scenes in Fosheim Sæter, Nystuen, Filefjell, and Nordland. The film premiered at the Admiral-Palads cinema in Oslo on December 26, 1928.[5][6]

Plot

The film tells about a Sámi couple that fall in love with each other against the wishes of the woman's father. The woman in the couple, Nina, is enchanted to believe that her chosen one, Lapp-Nils, is a murderer, and she reluctantly agrees to marry the man her father has chosen, Mats. When the wedding day comes, Mats drinks himself senseless and sets fire to the tent they live in. While this is going on, Lapp-Nils manages to say to Nina that he wants to meet her later at Storevaren. Mats thinks that Lapp-Nils is dead, and he is so frightened when he sees him that he confesses to having committed the reindeer thefts that Lapp-Nils was accused of, and then he staggers out into the night to a cliff, where he falls and dies. Lapp-Nils and Nina meet, and together with a herd of 100 reindeer they go to other regions.[7]

In the censorship of the film, a number of bloody scenes were cut.

Cast

References
  1. Dancus, Adriana Margareta (2014). "Ghosts Haunting the Norwegian House: Racialization in Norway and The Kautekeino Rebellion". Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media. 55 (1): 121–139.
  2. Korynta, Kyle A. (2014). "Norsk filmhistorie: spillefilmen 1911–2011 by Gunnar Iversen (review)". Scandinavian Studies. 86 (1): 109–113.
  3. Krawc, Alfred (1986). International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (from the Beginnings to 1984). Munich: Saur. p. 272.
  4. "Bertil Lundquister". Filmfront. Filmfront AS. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  5. "Direktør Gundersen om kinoenes juleforestillinger". Aftenposten. No. 639. December 17, 1928. p. 4. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  6. "Kinematograferne 2den juledag". Morgenbladet. No. 403. December 24, 1928. p. 6. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  7. "Viddenes folk". Norsk filmografi. Nasjonalbiblioteket. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
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