The Big Christening (1931)
Den store barnedåpen (English: The great christening) is a 1931 Norwegian comedy film directed by Tancred Ibsen, starring Einar Sissener, Aase Bye and Agnete Schibsted-Hansson. It was the first feature-length Norwegian sound film. The lacklustre Harald (Sissener) is taken in by Alvilde (Bye), and charged with looking after her bastard child. It soon dawns on both of them that Harald has more potential than previously assumed.
- Released
- 1931-12-26
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Tancred Ibsen
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 from 3 votes
Cast
- Einar Sissener as Harald
- Aase Bye as Alvilde
- Agnethe Schibsted-Hansson as Dobbelt-Petra
- Hjalmar Fries as Hans - "Gjøken"
- Hauk Aabel as Evensen, kirketjener
- Theodor Berge as Sognepresten
- Tore Segelcke as Astrid
- Finn Lange as Kapellanen
- Leif Amble-Næss as Gjendøperen
- Thorleif Klausen as Legpredikant
- Johs. Jensen as Legpredikant
- Unni Torkildsen as Georgine
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