A Boom Through the Valley

A Boom Through the Valley

52 mins | Drama | Jan. 15, 1938

An interesting look into 1931, a year of unemployment and misery in the forests of Norway. The movie is important as both film history and social portrayal. We get insight into working conditions class differences between loggers and forest owners. Based on the events of the Julussa conflict the movie depicts early labour organization, unity and strike.

A Boom Through the Valley

52 mins | Drama | Jan. 15, 1938

A Boom Through the Valley
An interesting look into 1931, a year of unemployment and misery in the forests of Norway. The movie is important as both film history and social portrayal. We get insight into working conditions class differences between loggers and forest owners. Based on the events of the Julussa conflict the movie depicts early labour organization, unity and strike.
Producers Norsk Lydfilm AS
Original title Det drønner gjennom dalen
Directors Olav Dalgard
Writers Olav Dalgard

Cast

Tryggve Larssen

as Knut Slettås, lumberjack

Ragnhild Hald

as Laura, Knuts wife

Ida Rothmann

as Tordis, Knut and Lauras daughter

Kåre Wicklund

as Per, Knut and Lauras son

Astrid Sommer

as Grandmother

Harald Steen

as The Doctor

Martin Linge

as Sheriff

Finn Bernhoft

as Lumberjack

Hans Bille

as Forest Owner

Jens Bolling

as Strikebreaker

Kolbjørn Brenda

as Lumberjack

Bjarne Bø

as Strikebreaker

Jack Fjeldstad

as Strikebreaker

Martin Gisti

as Strikebreaker

Turid Haaland

as The Doctors Maid

Johs. Myhrdal

as Forest Owner

Rolf Nannestad

as Lumberjack

Johan Norlund

as Forest Owner

Åge Pedersen

as Lumberjack

Pehr Qværnstrøm

as Forest Owner