''Om Tilla'' (About Tilla) is a Norwegian drama film from 1963 directed by

Arne Skouen Arne Skouen (18 October 1913 – 24 May 2003) was a Norwegian journalist, author, film director and film producer. Biography Arne Skouen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. His parents were Peder Nikolai Skouen (1883-1978) and Jenny ...

. Skouen wrote the screenplay, which was based on his 1959 novel ''Bare om barn''. It contained a series of articles from the newspaper ''

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'', in which Skouen pointed out that children with

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and children with behavioral difficulties did not receive sufficient financial support or professional help.

Plot

The child psychologist Ivar visits Tilla's mother, Maria, one day at the Botanical Garden in Oslo. Ivar had Tilla under observation a few months earlier, but Maria did not return with her daughter. The child psychologist manages to persuade Maria to come with Tilla to the children's psychiatric clinic so that they can start treating her. At the clinic, they meet the chief physician Mimi Backer. Tilla has not spoken in a year and a half. In the observation room at the clinic, the first small glimmer of light falls on the mystery. There, the girl builds up her secret world through toys she chooses to express herself.

Cast

* Eva Henning as Maria * Toralv Maurstad as Ivar * Wenche Foss as Mimi Backer, the chief physician * Synne Skouen as Tilla, Maria's daughter * Egil Lorck as Bernhard, a gardener * Tore Foss as Haugen, the ship inspector * Erik Gløersen as Terje * Johannes Eckhoff as the school psychologist * Pål Virik as a teenager *

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as a gardener *

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as a teenager * Bonne Gauguin

References

External links

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''Om Tilla''
at the

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''Om Tilla''
at the

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1963 films Norwegian drama films 1960s Norwegian-language films Films directed by Arne Skouen 1963 drama films {{Norway-film-stub