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En vinternat (1917)

En vinternat poster
Directed by
Oscar Gustafson, Peter Lykke-Seest
Genre
silent film, crime film
Country
Norway
Runtime
1h 19m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An author named Wollert Berg retires to a cabin to write. He lets two vagrants stay overnight, but they steal from neighbors and Wollert is framed. His wife hires a detective to prove his innocence.

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What happens

En vinternat (English: A winter night) is a 1917 Norwegian crime film written by Peter Lykke-Seest, and directed by Lykke-Seest and Oscar Gustafson, starring Oscar Gustafson, Helen Storm, Moltke Garmann, and Thurid Hetland. Wollert Berg (Gustafson) is an author who has retired to his cabin in the woods to write. He offers lodging to a couple of vagrants, but when they steal from the neighbours, Wollert gets accused and convicted. His wife (Storm) then enlists the help of a detective to clear his name. The film is considered lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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