''5 loddrett'' (5 Down) is a
Norwegian comedy film from 1959. It was directed by
Nils Reinhardt Christensen, who also wrote the script based on a concept by
Lillebil Kjellén. The film was shot at the studio in
Jar.
Plot
Knut Jespersen (played by
Henki Kolstad) is the manager of a record company. He wants to be a man about town, and one night he meets the seductive nightclub singer Anita Daae (
Ingerid Vardund). His wife Randi (
Nanna Stenersen) seeks advice from the architect Hans Falkenberg (
Knut M. Hansson), and to win her man back she decides to change.
Cast
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Henki Kolstad as Knut Jespersen, the manager of a record company
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Nanna Stenersen as Randi Jespersen, Knut's wife
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Ingerid Vardund as the nightclub singer Anita Daae
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Carsten Winger as Åge Møller, a store manager for A/S Grammofon
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Tore Foss as Colonel Falkenberg
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Knut M. Hansson as the architect Hans Falkenberg
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Joachim Holst-Jensen
Joachim Holst-Jensen (16 June 1880 – 7 March 1963) was a Norwegian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1927 and 1960.
Partial filmography
* ''Den glade enke i Trangvik'' (1927) - Berg, telegrafist
* ''Madame b ...
as Backer, the CEO for A/S Grammofon
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Jon Heggedal
Jon Heggedal (born December 23, 1935) is a Norwegian stage director and actor.
Heggedal was born in Oslo. He made his stage debut in 1960 as Henrik in Ludvig Holberg's ''The Political Tinker'' at the Trøndelag Theater. Heggedal worked as an ac ...
as Odd Jespersen, Knut and Randi's son
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Trulte Heide Steen
Trulte Heide Steen (a.k.a. Anne Katrine Heide Steen, born 1943) is a Norwegians, Norwegian actress and singer.
Family
Heide Steen is the daughter of the actor Harald Heide Steen, the sister of the actor Harald Heide-Steen Jr., and the cousin of ...
as Mette Jespersen, Knut and Randi's elder daughter
* Elisabeth Hald as Tullemor Jespersen, Knut and Randi's younger daughter
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Ingrid Øvre Wiik as Miss Lyng, a cashier
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Øivind Bergh
Øivind Bergh (3 December 190925 January 1987) was a Norwegian violinist and orchestral leader.
Biography
Øivind Ingvard Bergh was born in Hamar, Norway. His parents were Even Johannesen Bergh (1873–1958) and Karen Hanssen (1881–1940).
He ...
as a conductor
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Odd Borg
Odd Carl Arthur Borg (May 26, 1931 – November 13, 1965) was a Norwegians, Norwegian actor and singer. He was engaged with the Centralteatret, Central Theater from 1953 to 1960, and with the National Theatre (Oslo), National Theater from 1960 un ...
as Åkerbø, a singer
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Sverre Wilberg as a butler
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Frithjof Fearnley as Pidden
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Per Skift as Jens
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Ulf Wengård as a rock singer
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Egil Ã…sman as a rock singer
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Egil Lorck as the angry customer
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Kari Simonsen as a young singer in the studio for an audition
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Helge Reiss as a salesman
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Liv Uchermann Selmer as a maid
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Ingeborg Cook as the ambitious mother
Production
In the scene where Anita Daae meets Knut Jespersen for the first time, Ingerid Vardund wore a costume made by the Norwegian fashion designer
William Duborgh Jensen. Sverre Wilberg made his film screen debut in this film. The roles of the two oldest children in the Jespersen family were played by Trulte Heide Steen and Jon Heggedal, who were both theater school students when the film was shot.
Reception
After the premiere of the film at the
Saga Cinema Saga Cinema was a theatre located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It opened in 1941 and had a seating capacity of 2,086, which at the time was the third largest cinema in Northern Europe
The northern region of Europe has several definitions. A res ...
, it received four out of six stars from one reviewer. In his assessment, the reviewer found the topic (the wife over the sink and taking care of the children) a bit off-putting, stating "This is probably a problem that will disappear with the next generation, when our government's welfare policy has completely driven all married women into working life." When the film was broadcast on
NRK television in 1974, parallels were drawn to the film ''
Støv på hjernen'', which was also from 1959.
References
External links
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''5 loddrett''at the
National Library of Norway
The National Library of Norway ( no, Nasjonalbiblioteket) was established in 1989. Its principal task is "to preserve the past for the future". The library is located both in Oslo and in Mo i Rana. The building in Oslo was restored and reopened i ...
1959 comedy films
Norwegian comedy films
1950s Norwegian-language films
Norwegian black-and-white films
Films directed by Nils Reinhardt Christensen
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