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Som natt og dag (1972)

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Runtime
54 min
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How it feels

This TV film from 1972 pieces together archival materials and philosophical texts to reflect on the arrival of a new era. It draws from historical sources about the Norwegian working class, religious writings, and socialist thinkers to depict a changing society.

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What happens

Som natt og dag (med undertittelen Bilete frå inngangen til ei ny tid) er en norsk TV-film, regissert av Eva Chr. Nilsen og skrevet av Paal-Helge Haugen. Den ble sendt i Fjernsynsteatret 15. februar 1972. I filmen inngikk materiale fra Knut Jonson Heddis samlinger, Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv, Johann Arndt (Den sande Christendom), Edvard Bull d.y. (Arbeiderklassen i norsk historie), Norsk Folkemuseum, Hærmuseet, G. M. Høyes sosialmedisinske studier, Otto Lilienthal, Simen Skappel (Om husmandsvæsenet i Norge), Eilert Sundt (Sædeligheds-Tilstanden i Norge), Det gamle testamente (Profeten Esaias, Jobs bok), Carl-Herman Tillhagen (Folklig läkekonst), Mikhail Bakunin, Friedrich Engels, William Goodwin og Karl Marx' skrifter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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