Op med hodet! (1933)

Directed by

Tancred Ibsen

Genre

comedy film

Country

Norway

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

A

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Norwegian comedy from 1933 follows a young man who is encouraged by a talking statue of a poet to lift his spirits. The film uses experimental techniques like reverse motion, multiple exposures, and color sequences to tell the story.

quirkyplayfullightheartedinventivewhimsicalupbeatnostalgicfast-paced

What happens

Op med hodet! (literally, Up with Your Head!, or Cheer Up!) is a Norwegian comedy film from 1934. It was directed by Tancred Ibsen and produced by Erling Bergendahl. The actors appearing in the film include Lillebil Ibsen, Lalla Carlsen, and Leif Juster. The film was very experimental for its time, and it included special effects, multiple exposures, reverse motion, and color sequences. The title of the film is a reference to the opening line of a poem in Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's novel En glad Gut (A Happy Boy): "Løft ditt hode, du raske gutt!" (Lift your head, you restless youth!), spoken by a Bjørnson statue in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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