Gryr i Norden (1939)
- Directed by
- Olav Dalgard
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Norway
- Runtime
- 1h 07m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This Norwegian drama is about the first major women's strike in Norway in 1889. The match workers at two factories went on strike because working conditions were miserable and the hazardous work was ruining the young women's health.
historicalserioussturdygrittyearnestslow-pacedpolitically charged
What happens
Gryr i Norden (Dawn in the North) is a Norwegian film from 1939 that was directed by Olav Dalgard. Gryr i Norden is the last film in the "worker trilogy." The other two films are Det drønner gjennom dalen (1938) and Lenkene brytes (1938). The film is about the first major women's strike in Norway, the match workers' strike in Kristiania (now Oslo) in 1889. On the morning of October 23, 1889, the match workers at the Bryn and Grønvold match factories in the city went on strike. Working conditions were miserable, and most of the young women ended up with ruined health after a short period of performing the hazardous work, affected by phosphorus necrosis. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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