Vårnatt (film)

Vårnatt (Spring Night) is a Norwegian film from 1976 directed by Erik Solbakken. Solbakken also wrote the script, which was based on Tarjei Vesaas's 1954 novel Spring Night. Olav Dalgard was the script consultant.

Vårnatt
Directed by	Erik Solbakken
Written by	Erik Solbakken Olav Dalgard (script consultant)
Based on	a novel by Tarjei Vesaas
Produced by	Harald Ohrvik Svein H. Toreg Lasse Glomm
Starring	Espen Skjønberg Astrid Folstad Svein Scharffenberg Bentein Baardson Anders Mordal Inger Marie Andersen
Cinematography	Hans Nord
Edited by	Edith Toreg
Music by	Olav Anton Thommessen
Distributed by	Norsk Film A/S
Release date	1976 (1976)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Norway
Language	Norwegian

Vårnatt premiered on February 26, 1976.

Plot

Hallstein and Sissel live together with their parents in a small village. One spring night they will be left alone at home for the first time while their parents are at a funeral in another village. There is a warm familiarity between them and they are looking forward to being at home. However, when they are about to eat supper, there is a knock on the door. A foreign family in need of help is standing outside. Their car has broken down, and a young woman with them is ready to give birth. They need room, beds, and a midwife. Eventually the unresolved conflicts between them lead to tension in the little house.

Cast

• Espen Skjønberg as Hjalmar
• Astrid Folstad as Kristine
• Svein Scharffenberg as Karl
• Bentein Baardson as Tore
• Anders Mordal as Hallstein
• Inger Marie Andersen as the mother
• Bente Børsum as a night-shift nurse
• Wilfred Breistrand as the father
• Maryon Eilertsen as Sissel
• Veslemøy Haslund as a midwife
• Tania Kjeldset as Gudrun
• Kirsti Kolstad as Grete
• Arne Lie as an orderly
• Svein Moen as an orderly
• Kjell Stormoen as a doctor

External links

• Vårnatt at IMDb
• Nasjonalbiblioteket: Norsk filmografi: Vårnatt.