I moralens navn | |
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Directed by | Olav Engebretsen |
Written by | Sigurd Hoel, Rune Lindström |
Based on | Finn Bø's play I moralens navn |
Produced by | Vilhelm Bjørset |
Starring | Eva Lunde Fridtjof Mjøen Anita Thallaug |
Cinematography | Reidar Lund |
Edited by | Ragnar Engström |
Music by | Carl Chr. Bøyesen Laurie Mackenzie |
Distributed by | Norenafilm |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | Norway |
Language | Norwegian |
I moralens navn (The Moral Reputation) is a Norwegian comedy film from 1954 directed by Olav Engebretsen.[1] It stars Eva Lunde, Fridtjof Mjøen, and Anita Thallaug.[2]
The film is based on Finn Bø's play with the same name,[3] which premiered at the National Theatre in Oslo on September 22, 1937 and was directed by Bø himself. It was later performed that same year at the Trøndelag Theater.
Mona and Egil have grown up with a jumble of parents and stepparents. Now they have a total of three pairs of parents. Mona gets pregnant, and all her parents want her to get married. During the engagement party, the parents cheat on each other one by one, which leads to Mona escaping with her fiancé. They decide not to get married. The parents travel to Copenhagen to look for the escaped young people.[4]