Hans Nielsen Hauge (film)

Hans Nielsen Hauge is a Norwegian film from 1961 directed by Kåre Bergstrøm. It is a dramatization of the life of the lay minister Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771–1824). The film received a lukewarm reception from Verdens Gang's reviewer, who gave it three out of six stars.

Plot

The film opens in 1804, when Crown Prince Regent Frederick is ruling Denmark–Norway. The Royal Danish Chancellery has issued an arrest warrant for Hans Nielsen Hauge. The arrest warrant is sent to all the county governors in Norway, and Hauge is taken to Christiania in irons. The film follows the trial against Hauge. An impression of his past life and work is given in retrospect. The case against Hauge lasted many years because Copenhagen found no reason to hurry. This was a turning point in Norway, and Napoleon was building an empire in Europe. The case was not concluded until 1813.

Cast

Preben Lerdorff Rye as King Frederick VI

Per Sunderland as Hans Nielsen Hauge

Harald Aimarsen as a farmer

Oscar Amundsen as Radich, the judge in Moss and Tune

Eilif Armand as Lange, a bookbinder in Bergen

Haakon Arnold as a police officer

Beate Berntsen as the waitress at the club

John Birkehoel as a prison guard

Wilfred Breistrand as a lieutenant in Fredrikstad

Erik Melbye Brekke as a coachman

Hans Coucheron-Aamot as Aars, the judge

Oscar Egede-Nissen as a man arrested for drunkenness

John Eide as a singer outside the prison

Helge Essmar as the prison director in Christiania

Lauritz Falk as Blom, a court justice

Tore Foss as Wulfsberg, a policeman

Arvid Furulund as a man serving soup

Jens Gunderssen as Peter Collett, the assessor

Ulf Gustavsen as Mikkel Nielsen Hauge as a boy

Egil Hagen as the man with news at the club

Sverre Hansen as a merchant in Bergen

Olafr Havrevold as Seeberg, the parish priest in Tune

Egil Hjorth-Jenssen as a printer in Christiania

Thor Hjorth-Jenssen as Gram, the sheriff in Eiker

Randi Holst-Jensen as the woman at the front of the food line

Ola Isene as Lausen Bull, the mayor

Ellen Iversen as a woman

Ola B. Johannessen as a man arrested for drunkenness

Lasse Kolstad as Ole Nielsen, the sheriff

Jolly Kramer-Johansen as a guard

Einar Nic. Kristensen as the boys' father

Lars Kristensen as Hans Nielsen Hauge as a boy

Bernt Erik Larssen as Doctor Müller

Erik Lassen as the man in the wagon

Gunnar Lauring as Kaas

Per Lillo-Stenberg as the judge Hans Hagerup Falbe

Erling Lindahl as Hoffgaard, the bailiff in Smålenene

Lothar Lindtner as a merchant in Bergen

Georg Løkkeberg as Bishop Schønheyder

Egil Lorck as a man arrested for drunkenness

Leidulv Lothe as a singer outside the prison

Fridtjof Mjøen as Pavel, the castle priest in Christiania

Harald Myhrbråten as a prison guard

Rolf Nannestad as a prisoner

Ole-Jørgen Nilsen as a sergeant in Fredrikstad

Nils Nittel as a man

Teddy Nordgren as a policeman in Bergen

Rolf Nordland as a clerk and secretary

Ragnar Olason as a prison guard

Carl Børseth Rasmussen as Bishop Nordahl Brun

Helge Reiss as the prosecutor

Ingolf Rogde as Kreydal, the judge in Lillesan

Rolf Sand as a peddler

Aud Schønemann as a woman

Ragnar Schreiner as a prisoner

Espen Skjønberg as Mikkel Nielsen Hauge

Ada Skolmen as a woman

Rolf Søder as a farmer

Alfred Solaas as Urdahl, the parish priest in Tune

Astrid Sommer as the farmer's wife

Harald Heide Steen as a man in Bjørnstad

Henrik Anker Steen as Feiermann, the parish priest in Fredrikstad

Siv Stokland as Ragnhild, the farmer's daughter

Svend Svendsen as a tenant farmer

Roy Thorsrud as a sheriff's deputy

Stevelin Urdahl as a neighbor

Kåre Wicklund as the man at the front of the food line

Carsten Winger as Ludvig Ingstad, a councilor

References

External links

Hans Nielsen Hauge at the National Library of Norway

1961 films

Norwegian drama films

Norwegian black-and-white films

Films set in the 19th century

Films set in Norway

1961 drama films

Films directed by Kåre Bergstrøm