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MARKENS GRØDE (Original title)GROWTH OF THE SOIL (Alternative title)
Date: 1921 (Release)

Country: Norway

Director: Gunnar Sommerfeldt

Synopsis: A pioneer farmer overcomes all difficulties even when his wife is jailed for kil ling their child. Based on a novel by Knut Hamsum

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: 1921not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 16mm Film - SilentRuntime: 93 mins Length: 2014 Feet

Credits (7)
Production Company: Norrona, Production Manager: Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Screenplay: Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Author of the Original Work: Knut Hamsun, Photography: George Schnéevoight, Music: Leif Halvorsen
Cast (9)
Amund Rydland (Isak), Karen Thalbitzer (Inger), Ragna Wettergreen (Oline), Gunnar Sommerfeldt (Geissler), Almar BjØrnefjell (Elesius), Sigurd Berg Bruland (Brede Olsen), Siljusson av Terna (Os-Anders), Sivert Eliassen (Sivert), Ernst Vaumund (Aksel Strøm)