The Dangerous Game (1942 Film)
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''The Dangerous Game'' (Norwegian: ''Den farlige leken'') is a 1942 Norwegian
comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
Tancred Ibsen Tancred Ibsen (11 July 1893 – 4 December 1978) was a Norwegian military officer, aviator, film director and screenwriter. Background Ibsen was the son of Sigurd Ibsen and Bergljot Bjørnson. He was the grandson of both Henrik Ibsen and Nobel ...
, starring
Lauritz Falk Lauritz Falk (15 November 1909 – 1 February 1990) was a Swedish-Norwegian actor, film director, singer and painter. He appeared in about 60 roles in films and TV between 1923 and 1989. He is the cousin of the Swedish artist Bertram Schmiterlö ...
,
Nanna Stenersen Inga Kristine "Nanna" Stenersen (January 26, 1914 – June 22, 1977) was a Norwegian actress. Stenersen was born in Oslo, the daughter of the artillery captain Fredrik Christian Krohg Stenersen (1877–1965) and Regine née Johansen (1878–?) ...
and
Per Aabel Per Pavels Aabel (25 April 1902 – 22 December 1999) was a Norwegian actor, artist, dancer, choreographer and instructor.
. The film is based on
Alex Brinchmann Alexander Brinchmann (15 June 1888 – 18 April 1978) was a Norwegian pediatrician. He was also a songwriter, novelist, playwright and crime fiction writer. He chaired the Norwegian Pediatric Society from 1933 to 1934 and the Norwegian Autho ...
's successful stage comedy ''Karusell'' (Merry-Go-Round). A Swedish version of the film was made in 1943, titled ''
Som du vill ha mej Som du vill ha mej (As You Want Me) is a Swedish romantic comedy film from 1943 directed by Gösta Cederlund. The script was written by Kid Bruncrona based on Tancred Ibsen's film script for ''The Dangerous Game (1942 film), The Dangerous Game'', ...
'', directed by
Gösta Cederlund Gösta Cederlund, ''Gustaf ("Gösta") Edvard Cederlund'', (6 March 1888 – 4 December 1980) was a Sweden, Swedish actor and film director. He was a popular character actor from the 1930s to the 1950s. He married to actress Anna-Lisa Ryding s ...
, with the Swedish script was by Tancred Ibsen and Kid Bruncrona.


Plot

The lively and sociable Jean Blom (Falk) likes to party and feels held back by his wife (Stenersen), whom he considers boring, for being homely by nature, and preferring to spend time with her family. He plots to give her a recently developed experimental hormone injection to make her more lively. She overhears the plan and switches the drug with water. The only desire she then develops is one of revenge.


External links

* * 1942 films 1942 comedy films Films directed by Tancred Ibsen Norwegian comedy films Norwegian black-and-white films 1940s Norwegian-language films {{1940s-comedy-film-stub