Fager er lien
Fager er lien is a Norwegian romantic silent film from 1925 directed by Harry Ivarson. Ivarson also wrote the screenplay. The film belongs to the national romantic period of the 1920s. The title is a reference to the thirteenth-century Njáls saga.
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