() is a 1939 Norwegian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Leif Sinding Leif Sinding (19 November 1895 – 13 May 1985) was a Norwegian film director and journalist. He worked for the newspapers ''Verdens Gang (1868–1923), Verdens Gang'', ''Aftenposten'', and ''Morgenbladet''. Among his silent films are ''Himme ...

, based on a book by

Gabriel Scott Gabriel Scott (8 March 1874 – 9 July 1958) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer. Personal life Gabriel Scott Jensen was born in Leith in Scotland as the son of sailors' priest Svend Holst Jensen and his wife wri ...

, that stars Georg Richter and Karin Meyer.

Plot

Albert ( Georg Richter) is placed in an

orphanage An orphanage is a residential institution, total institution or group home, devoted to the care of orphans and children who, for various reasons, cannot be cared by their biological families. The parents may be deceased, absent, or abusi ...

, where he is treated like a slave. He tries to escape, but is caught. Then a young girl, Gunda ( Eva Lunde), appears.

Cast

* Georg Richter as Albert * Karin Meyer as Albert's mom * Eva Lunde as Gunda *

Tryggve Larssen Tryggve Larssen (October 3, 1887 – June 28, 1967) was a Norwegian actor. Larssen debuted as an actor in Ludovica Levy's touring theatre in 1911, after which he was engaged with the National Theater in Bergen and the Norwegian Theater in O ...

as Flugum, gårdbruker * Kjell Willy Johansen as Anton * Irene Thomsen Lie as Dina * Per Kvist as Mathias * Asbjørn Toms as Lorang * Henry Nyrén as Petter * Harry Braude as Doffen * Aage Johansen as Kalle * P. Steenfeldt Foss as Emil * Ole Johansen as Jakob * Frank Martinsen as Nils * Hans Bille as Inspektøren *

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 Wollert * Harald Steen as Sjømannen

External links

* *
''De vergeløse''
at the Norwegian Film Institute *
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at

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