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Growth of the Soil is a Norwegian silent film from 1921 based on Knut Hamsun's novel Growth of the Soil. The Danish filmmaker Gunnar Sommerfeldt wrote the screenplay and directed the film, and he also played the role of the bailiff Geissler in the film. Sommerfeldt invested DKK 240,00 in the film, which was a considerable sum in 1921.
Original Release
12/02/1921
US Release
09/28/1929
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Amund Rydland | Isak |
| Karen Poulsen | Inger |
| Ragna Wettergreen | Oline |
| Inge Sommerfeldt | Barbro |
| Almar Bjoernefjell | Elesius, en ung bonde |
| Sigurd Berg Bruland | Brede Olsen, en bondegutt |
| Siljusson av Terna | Os-Anders |
| Sivert Eliassen | Sivert |
| Ernst Vaumund | Aksel Strøm |
| Rolf Christensen |
Directors
Writers
Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Knut Hamsun
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Amund Rydland | Isak |
| Karen Poulsen | Inger |
| Ragna Wettergreen | Oline |
| Inge Sommerfeldt | Barbro |
| Almar Bjoernefjell | Elesius, en ung bonde |
| Sigurd Berg Bruland | Brede Olsen, en bondegutt |
| Siljusson av Terna | Os-Anders |
| Sivert Eliassen | Sivert |
| Ernst Vaumund | Aksel Strøm |
| Rolf Christensen | |
| Sigurd Eliasson | Young Peasant |
| Fordel Johnsen | Merchant |
| Sigurd Køvatn | |
| Hans A. Meyer | Lagrettemann |
| Bernt Sakrihei Ravnåmo | Sivert as a child |
| Lauritz Ravnåmo | Elesius as a child |
| Sesse Schanke | |
| Gunnar Sommerfeldt | Geissler, lensmannen |
