''Jomfru Trofast'' (Miss Faithful) is a Norwegian film from 1921IMDb: ''Jomfru Trofast''
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.Krag, Vilhelm. 1906. ''Jomfru Trofast: folkekomedie i 4 akter''. Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Company.Waldekranz, Rune. 1985. ''Filmens historia: de första hundra åren från zoopraxiscope till video'', vol. 1: ''Pionjäråren 1880–1920''. Stockholm: Norstedt, p. 551. The film is a story from

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and was directed by

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. The sets were designed by Egil Sætren. The film is fully preserved, and it has been restored and digitized.

Plot

Tone, who lives with her uncle Albertus, is in love with the Tellef, a poor sailor. Albertus sends Tellef to sea to prevent the relationship from developing. Tone becomes upset and promises eternal faithfulness to Tellef, and she rejects every suitor that comes to her. Albertus sends a letter to Tellef, who is in

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, and says that Tone is planning to marry the bailiff. Tellef leaves the ship he is working on and then the ship is wrecked, and so everyone assumes that he has died. Tone holds herself to her promise of fidelity and moves in with Tellef's mother. A few years later, Tellef meets a friend from home in Pensacola, and he tells Tellef that the ship sank, Tone is still unmarried, and Albertus lied to him. Tellef travels home immediately, arriving just in time to prevent a foreclosure on his mother's house, and he and Tone are reunited.

Cast

* Aasta Nielsen as Tone (Miss Faithful) * Henrik Børseth as Tellef *

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as Albertus Kvalhei, Tone's uncle *

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as Killingland, the bailiff *

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as Stine, Tellef's mother *

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as Peder Flotten *

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as Mary, a bar girl in Pensacola * Johannes Jensen as the priest * Egil Sætren as a sailor

References

External links

* 1921 films Norwegian silent films Films directed by Rasmus Breistein Norwegian black-and-white films 1920s rediscovered films {{silent-film-stub