''Smuglere'' (The Smugglers) is a Norwegian

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

from 1968 directed by Rolf Clemens. The screenplay was written by Liv Clemens, who based it on Arthur Omre's 1935 novel of the same name.

Plot

In the 1920s, the unemployed architect Ernst accidentally enters a smuggling ring, and his gray and desolate existence is replaced by a lush, brazen, and colorful world. He is in love with Klara, but she leaves him. Jenny becomes his close friend. Together with Hugo and Elsa, the pair make several smuggling trips by car, with a large—but not sufficient—profit. It is only when Ernst invests in boats that the smuggling really takes off. He operates along the entire

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and all the way down to

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. He is constantly pursued by police and customs officials in their infamous torpedo boats. The viewers follow Ernst to the "Battle of

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," where smugglers and police officers collide in a brutal clash.

Cast

Elsa Lystad Elsa Lystad (9 July 1930 – 26 December 2023) was a Norwegian film and stage actress. She was a recipient of the Leonard Statuette, the King's Medal of Merit, the Amanda Honorary Award, and Gullruten. Career Lystad made her stage debut in 195 ...

as Jenny *

Baard Owe Baard Arne Owe (3 July 1936, Mosjøen, Norway – 11 November 2017, aged 81, Copenhagen, Denmark), sometimes credited Bård Owe, was a Norwegian-born Danish actor who appeared in many Scandinavian films and television series. Owe was born in Norwa ...

as Ernst * Arne Aas as Hugo * Wilfred Breistrand * Carsten Byhring *

Bjarne Bø Bjarne Bø (April 3, 1907 – August 9, 1998) was a Norwegian actor. Bø was born in Skjeberg in the municipality of Sarpsborg in Østfold county, Norway. He debuted in 1939 in the role of Sjur in the play '' Hu Dagmar'' by Ove Ansteinsson (188 ...

* Frimann Falck Clausen * Unni Evjen as Klara *

Willie Hoel Willie Hans Karsten Hoel (16 June 1920 – 15 June 1986) was a Norwegian actor and comedian. He is best known for on-stage performances and for numerous roles, mainly comedic, in Norwegian movies, including the Olsenbanden movies. References ...

*Svein Erik Kinnerød *Willy Kramer-Johansen *

Erling Lindahl Erling Lindahl (Juni 23, 1903 – August 8, 1973) was a Norwegian actor and stage director. Lindahl debuted in 1933 at the Comedy Theater () in Bergen and later performed at the National Theater. He appeared in many films and performed at vari ...

as Toller *Cecilie Løkkeberg * Birger Løvaas *

Alf Malland Alf Malland (24 January 1917 – 16 August 1997) was a Norwegian actor. Biography He was born in Bergen, Norway. He began his acting career as a student at the Det Norske Teatret in Oslo. Following the German occupation of Norway during W ...

Dagmar Myhrvold Dagmar Myhrvold (April 19, 1898 – April 21, 1972) was a Norwegian actress. After attending Sofie Bernhoft's school, Myhrvold spent a year studying theater in Copenhagen. In 1916 she was able to make her debut as a participant in Edvard Drabl ...

* Eva Opaker *

Arve Opsahl Arve Opsahl (14 May 1921 – 29 April 2007) was a Norwegian movie and stage actor, singer and stand-up comedian. Opsahl began his career as a comedian in 1942, and played numerous roles both on stage and in more than forty movies. He was then ch ...

as Karlsen, the captain *Pål Pande-Rolfsen * Rolf Schimpf *Ole A. Simensen * Henrik Anker Steen * Anne-Lise Tangstad *

Tom Tellefsen Tom Tellefsen (30 October 1931 – 17 January 2012) was a Norwegian actor. He was born in Asker. He was married to actress Rut Tellefsen from 1955 to 1962. He made his film debut in 1949, in Arne Skouen's '' Gategutter'', and also played in ...

Ottar Wicklund Ottar Wicklund (3 July 1911 – 13 March 1978) was a Norwegian actor. He made his debut in the film Sangen om Rondane. He was in over 20 Norwegian films and had his last role in the film ''Min Marion'' in (1975). He also had many roles in Radio ...

Svein Wickstrøm Svein Wickstrøm (March 17, 1936 – December 15, 2006) was a Norwegian actor and revue artist. He was employed at the Trøndelag Theater for 35 years. Wickstrøm was born in Oslo. He made his stage debut with Leif Juster at the Edderkoppen ...

Sverre Wilberg Sverre Wilberg (24 December 1929 – 19 July 1996) was a Norwegian actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional ...

Erik Øksnes Erik Øksnes (November 14, 1930 – June 15, 1998) was a Norwegian actor whose main work was on the stage. Øksnes made his stage debut in 1954 as Amos in Arthur Miller's '' The Man Who Had All the Luck'' (Norwegian title: ''Mannen som hadde ...

References

External links

* {{imdb title, 0063618
''Smuglere''
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