''Freske fraspark'' (Fresh Push-Offs) is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

comedy film from 1963 directed by

Bjørn Breigutu Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

. The script was written by

Kjell Aukrust Kjell Aukrust (19 March 1920 – 24 December 2002) was a Norwegian author, poet, artist and humorist. Aukrust is principally known for his Flåklypa stories and Flåklypa drawings. Personal life Aukrust was born in Alvdal in Hedmark, Norway a ...

and Breigutu. The story was previously arranged for stage for the Norwegian Theater in Oslo as the play ''Dobbeltsats og freske fraspark'' (Double Takeoff and Fresh Push-Offs), which was based on scenes from Aukrust's books ''Simen'' and ''Bror min'', published in 1958 and 1960. Filming of ''Freske fraspark'' took place in

Alvdal Alvdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Alvdal. Other villages include Barkald, Plassmoen, and Strømmen ...

, Tolga, and

Vingelen Vingelen is a village in Tolga Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the northwestern part of the municipality, about to the west of the village of Tolga. The Forollhogna National Park lies about north of the vil ...

. The film was very poorly received by the reviewer at ''

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'', who gave it one star out of six.

Plot

An old village dispute between Alvdal and Tynset has flared up again in the winter of 1936. The reason is that Per Sætermyrmoen has won the

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cross-country ski race, and both villages would like to claim him as one of their own and celebrate the skier upon his return home.

Cast

* Henki Kolstad as Embret Trondsbakken *

Einar Vaage Einar Vaage (March 1, 1889 – June 11, 1973) was a Norwegian actor. Vaage was active in Oslo from 1921 onward, where he was engaged with the Central Theater (from 1925 to 1931) and the Oslo New Theater. The comedy roles that Vaage played i ...

as the father-in-law *

Birger Løvaas Birger Løvaas (November 24, 1901 – June 5, 1977) was a Norwegian actor and comedian. Løvaas played Karl Anton over 2,000 times in Gideon Wahlberg's play ''Skjærgårdsflirt'' from 1928 to 1944, and he traveled throughout Norway with his the ...

as Martin * Alf Malland as Ollvar *

Frank Robert Frank Robert (né Frank Robert Olstad; 12 October 1918 – 13 July 2007) was a Norwegian singer, dancer and actor. He is particularly remembered for playing the title character in the popular audio play ''Dickie Dick Dickens''. Personal life ...

as Jostein *

Ragnhild Michelsen Ragnhild Michelsen Steen (23 June 1911 – 30 September 2000) was a Norwegian actress. Life Ragnhild Michelsen was born in Narvik on 22 June 1911, the daughter of Carl F. Michelsen and Clara Kokmann. Her first stage experience came while attend ...

as Oline, Embret's wife * Turid Balke as Martin's wife *

Elsa Lystad Elsa Lystad (born 9 July 1930) is a Norwegian actress. She made her stage debut in 1956, and her breakthrough as actress came in the mid-1960s. She has since been a central actress in Norwegian film, theatre, television and radio. She was awarded ...

as Ollvar's wife * Kari Diesen as Jostein's wife * Carsten Byhring as the editor * Leif Juster as Torgrim Skarpjordet * Svein Byhring one of the Alvdal residents

References

External links

* {{imdb title, 0216758
''Freske fraspark''
at the

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1963 films Norwegian comedy films Norwegian black-and-white films Films set in Norway 1963 comedy films