Gjest Baardsen
Directed byTancred Ibsen
Written byTancred Ibsen
Produced byTancred Ibsen
StarringAlfred Maurstad
Vibeke Falk
Joachim Holst-Jensen
Lauritz Falk
Jens Holstad
Karl Bergmann
Sophus Dahl
Lars Tvinde
Martin Linge
CinematographyPer G. Jonson
Ulf Greber
Music byAdolf Kristoffer Nielsen
Distributed byNorsk Film A/S
Release date
  • 1939 (1939)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryNorway
LanguageNorwegian

Gjest Baardsen is a Norwegian film from 1939 directed by Tancred Ibsen.[1][2] Alfred Maurstad played the title role.[2] The film is based on the life of the outlaw Gjest Baardsen, but it is a blend of fact and fiction. The plot is taken from a chapbook published by Holger Sinding under the pseudonym Halle Sira.[3]

The film was shot at the Fuhr farm in Luster, at Turtagrø in the Sogn Mountains, and at Videseter in the Stryn Mountains.

The film was screened in the United States with English subtitles in the 1940s.[4][5][6]

Plot

The film is set in a time of famine. Norway has been at war with England and Sweden, and times are difficult. Gjest Baardsen has gotten into trouble with the law, apparently due to a trifle. But Gjest breaks free, and instead it is the sheriff that is handcuffed while Gjest escapes.

Reviews

Newspapers have written the following about the film: "Meet the master thief and the folk hero Gjest Baardsen, who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. He tricks the constable and bailiff into a fight, and no prisons or chains can hold him."[7] "Maurstad plays the folk hero with an obsessive freshness, with daring moves and a Hardanger fiddle, and escapes over fjords and mountains."[8]

Cast

Songs

  • "Fjellsangen" (lyrics by Holger Sinding, melody by Adolf Kristoffer Nielsen), sung by Alfred Maurstad
  • "Svarterabben" (lyrics and melody by Alfred Maurstad), sung by Alfred Maurstad

Alfred Maustad and an orchestra directed by Adolf Kristoffer Nielsen also recorded these two songs in Oslo on February 20, 1940. They were released on the Telefunken 78 rpm record T-8261,[9] and the first song also on the Sonora 78 rpm record 3748.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Hjort, Mette; Lindqvist, Ursula (2016). A Companion to Nordic Cinema. Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell. p. 195.
  2. 1 2 Iverson, Gunnar; Soderbergh Widding, Astrid; Soila, Tytti (2005). Nordic National Cinemas. London: Routledge. p. 107.
  3. ↑ Sira, Halle (1891). Gjest Baardsen: en Forbryders Livsroman: Fortælling fra Aarhundredets Begyndelse: Efter Forhørsakter, Optegnelser og Meddelelser, 1.-2. Del. Kristiania: Folkeskriftselskabet.
  4. ↑ Sorensen, Sterling (May 4, 1943). "Drama". The Capital Times. Madison, WI. p. 9. Retrieved October 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ↑ "Norwegian Film 'Gjest Baardsen' Here April 21–22". Leader-telegram. Eau Claire, WI. April 21, 1942. p. 5. Retrieved October 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ↑ "'Gjest Baardsen' Norwegian Talking Picture Coming". The Havre Daily News. Havre, MT. June 18, 1943. p. 3. Retrieved October 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ↑ "Film i dag: Gjest Baardsen". Dagsavisen. No. 204. August 3, 2006. p. 41. Retrieved October 23, 2020. Møt mestertyven og folkehelten Gjest Baardsen – som stjeler fra de rike og gir til de fattige. Han lurer lensmann og fut opp i stry – og ingen fengsler eller lenker kan holde ham.
  8. ↑ "Verdal kino: Gjest Baardsen". Innherreds Folkeblad Verdalingen. No. 37. May 13, 1969. p. 2. Retrieved October 23, 2020. Maurstad spiller folkehelten med en besettende friskfyraktighet, med kjempesleng og hardingfele og rømninger over fjord og fjell.
  9. ↑ "78 RPM – Alfred Maurstad – Fjellsangen / Svarterabben". 45worlds. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Alfred Maurstad". Musiknostalgi. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
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