''Ung frue forsvunnet'' (Young Woman Missing) is a 1953 Norwegian drama film directed by

Edith Carlmar Edith Carlmar (born Edith Mary Johanne Mathiesen; 15 November 1911 – 17 May 2003) was a Norwegian actress and Norway's first female film director. She is known for films such as ''Aldri annet enn bråk'' (1954), ''Fjols til fjells'' (1957), and ...

. The film stars

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, Adolf Bjerke,

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, and

Guri Stormoen Guri Stormoen (10 September 1901 – 1 November 1974) was a Norwegian actress. She was active both on stage and in film. Biography She was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway as a daughter of actor Harald Stormoen (1872–1937) and his first w ...

Plot

The university instructor Berger ( Adolf Bjerke) returns home from a mountain hike and discovers that his young wife, Eva (

), has disappeared. The maid has neither heard nor seen anything from the woman since the day the Berger left. What Berger does not know about his wife's past is that she was addicted to drugs and that her disappearance was due to a relapse. In desperation, she sought out her old friend, the decrepit pharmacist Møller (

) who previously led her into drug abuse. On the surface, the marriage seemed to be going well, but no one understood how much it tormented the young woman to feel mentally inferior to her husband.

Cast

as Eva Berger * Adolf Bjerke as Arne Berger, a university instructor *

as Johanne Antonsen, the maid * Kåre Siem as Dr. Krogh * Vesla Christensen as Ingrid Lindstrøm *

as Tora Haug, a detective *

as Einar Møller, a pharmacist *

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–?) ...

as Birgit Lie, a pharmacist and friend *

Egil Hjorth-Jenssen Egil Hjorth-Jenssen (18 April 1893 – 8 November 1969) was a Norwegian actor and theatre director, playwright, children's writer and translator. Personal life Hjorth-Jenssen was born in Fredrikshald as a son of editor Gunnar Olaves Jenssen ...

as Olsen *

as Thea * Signe Bernau as a curious neighbor * Lisbeth Bull as the detective on duty * Bjarne Hansen as a police driver *

Arne Hestenes Arne Hestenes, pen name Plut (29 January 1920 – 3 January 1995) was a Norwegian journalist and author. He wrote feature pieces (literary journalism) and was a restaurant critic and film critic. Biography Arne Magnus Hestenes was born in Troms� ...

as a police lawyer * Kåre Løwing as an impatient man

References

External links

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