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Hjem går vi ikke (We're Not Going Home) is a Norwegian film from 1955 directed by Walter Fyrst. It is about living conditions along the Aker River. It is based on the story "En gutts dag" (A Boy's Day) by Eva Seeberg. In addition to the film's originally planned title En gutts dag, the title Jan – en dag av en gutts liv (Jan: A Day in a Boy's Life) was also considered.

Plot

The film begins with a short film about Le Corbusier's modern residential building Unité d'habitation in Marseille. Then the scene changes to a three-room apartment owned by an elderly woman played by Ella Hval. The apartment is inhabited by a three-generation family: five adults and one child. Early in the plot, the six-year-old main character Jan, played by Bjørn Olav Cook, escapes from home for a few summer weeks, together with his large St. Bernard, which the adults intend to have put down. The boy's parents are played by Eva Strøm Aastorp and Carsten Byhring. The young couple Toralv Maurstad and Kari Sundby also live in the apartment, but they want to move out. The last resident is a seamstress, played by Rønnaug Alten, who is the boy's aunt. Various cross-cuts show another couple, a car workshop owner played by Jack Fjeldstad and his girlfriend played by Ingerid Vardund. Other roles are played by Einar Vaage and Alf Malland. The young Arve Opsahl had a minor role in the film.

Reception

One of the reviewers praised the beautiful scenes from the Aker River but thought the action was too rambling and that Sverre Arvid Bergh's music did little to bring rhythm to an uncertain cinematic composition. The film was aired on NRK television in 1973. The film rights were acquired by Nordisk Film in 2007.

Cast

• Toralv Maurstad as Einar, a car mechanic, Bitten's fiancé
• Kari Sundby as Bitten, Marie's daughter
• Eva Strøm Aastorp as Randi, Roar's wife
• Rønnaug Alten as Marie, Roar's sister
• Carsten Byhring as Roar, the grandmother's son, a crane operator
• Bjørn Olav Cook as Jan, Roar and Randi's son
• Oscar Egede-Nissen
• Jack Fjeldstad as a car workshop owner
• Ella Hval as the grandmother
• Einar Vaage as Olsen, a caretaker
• Ingerid Vardund as the car workshop owner's girlfriend

References

1. Sundholm, John; Thorsen, Isak; Andersson, Lars Gustaf; Hedling, Olof; Iversen, Gunnar; Møller, Birgir Thor (2012). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 169.
2. 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. 268.
3. "Den nye norske filmen: Brennende stoff i vakker form". Friheten. No. 44. February 22, 1955. p. 6. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
4. "Krigstid og kvardag i norsk film". Norsk tidend. No. 8. February 26, 1955. p. 11. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
5. "Vi går inn i en innholdsrik filmesong". Rjukan Arbeiderblad. No. 234. October 8, 1954. p. 4. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
6. "7-åring har hovedrollen i helaftens spille-film". Arbeiderbladet. No. 130. June 10, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
7. "Enda en norsk film om boligproblemer". Verdens Gang. May 28, 1954.
8. Borthen, Leif (February 22, 1955). "Trangbodd ved Akerselva". Verdens Gang.
9. "Blandet mottakelse for TV-filmen 'Men hjem går vi ikke'". Verdens Gang. May 16, 1973.

External links

• Hjem går vi ikke at IMDb
• Hjem går vi ikke at the National Library of Norway

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