Fager er lien

Fager er lien (Fair Is the Hillside) is a Norwegian romantic silent film from 1925 directed by Harry Ivarson^[1][2] (his second feature film after his debut with Til sæters in 1924). Ivarson also wrote the screenplay.^[2] The film belongs to the national romantic period of the 1920s. The title is a reference to the thirteenth-century Njáls saga.^[1]

Before the film was released, six meters of footage showing dancing were edited out. The film is now considered lost.

Plot[]

Aase lives with her grandfather in a cabin on a hill. Life seems sad and poor to her. The best thing she knows is to sit at dusk and dream. Aase is fond of Kaare, who works on a large estate nearby. The estate owner, Fredrik-August Reventlow, is also interested in Aase and does not give up even though she has rejected his invitations. Fredrik-August arranges a party at the estate, and Aase is asked to serve at the party. She is attacked by the landlord and later gives birth to a child.

Cast[]

• Aase Bye as Aase Nordhaug
• Oscar Larsen as Aase's grandfather
• Olafr Havrevold as Kaare
• Finn Lange as Kristian, a Salvation Army member
• Didi Holtermann as Hulda Stiansen
• Oscar Magnussen as Oskar
• Frithjof Fearnley as Fredrik-August Reventlow, an estate owner
• Ruth Brünings-Sandvik as Mademoiselle Wadjewska
• Rebekka Lie as a prostitute
• Britt Eriksen as a little girl
• Erling Knudsen
• Unni Torkildsen

References[]

External links[]

• Fager er lien at IMDb
• Fager er lien at the National Library of Norway