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Hvem eier Tyssedal? (1975)

Hvem eier Tyssedal? poster
Directed by
Malte Wadman, Sølve Skagen
Genre
documentary film
Country
Norway
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
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This documentary examines labor conflicts at an aluminum factory in Tyssedal, Norway in 1973. Workers faced dangerous conditions and pollution from the foreign-owned plant. They demanded that the owners either modernize or lose their special power agreements with the government.

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What happens

Hvem eier Tyssedal? er en norsk dokumentarfilm fra 1975 regissert av Sølve Skagen og Malte Wadman. Filmen handler om konflikter arbeiderne på industristedet Tyssedal var involvert i. I flere generasjoner hadde folk på stedet arbeidet på den lokale aluminiumsfabrikken DNN Aluminium som hadde utenlandske eiere. De utenlandske eierne var ikke så interessert i å modernisere og investere i fabrikkanlegget. Filmen fokuserer på året 1973. Arbeidsmiljøet var da helsefarlig, og naturen i området sterkt skadet av utslipp fra fabrikken. Arbeiderne krevde da at eierne enten skulle modernisere, eller så skulle eierne bli fratatt de gunstige kraftkonsesjonene og kraftavtalene de hadde med staten. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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