Peter van Heeren
Peter van Heeren is a Norwegian crime film from 1957. It is based on Alf Bonnevie Bryn's debut crime novel, Peter van Heeren tar skeen i den anden haand. The novel was adapted for film by Sigval Maartmann-Moe, who also directed the film.
Plot
The film is about the rich, eccentric, and amiable idler Peter van Heeren and his many companies. He is persuaded to help his friend, Mrs. Kathie Winter, who is exposed to a certain appellate court attorney Halmer, who tries to win her favor though blackmail and other unorthodox methods. Peter van Heeren receives help from his inimitable butler Jeremias.Cast
- Per Skift as Peter van Heeren
- Liv Wilse as Käthie Winther
- Ernst Diesen as Jeremias, van Heeren's butler
- Knut M. Hansson as Halmer
- Ola Isene as the police chief
- Helge Essmar as the director
- Willie Hoel as a close friend of van Heeren
- Per Lillo-Stenberg as a friend of van Heeren
- Lillebil Nordrum as Miss Lyng
- Leif Enger as an auctioneer
- Erik Melbye Brekke as a night-shift worker
- Dan Fosse as a criminal
- Per Theodor Haugen as an office clerk
- Aud Schønemann as a customer
- Gustav-Adolf Hegh as a car rental employee
- Odd Borg as a taxi driver
- Tore Ween as a jeweler
- Berit Kullander as a spectator