Journey to the Sea

1966 Norwegian film

November 3, 1966 (1966-11-03)

Running time

89 minutesCountryNorwayLanguageNorwegian

Journey to the Sea (Norwegian: Reisen til havet) is a Norwegian drama film from 1966 directed by Arne Skouen, who was also the screenwriter.^[1]^[2]^[3] Skouen's daughter Synne Skouen played Pinne, a teenage girl wanted by the authorities.^[4]

Plot

The truck driver Hilmar offers fifteen-year-old Pinne a ride. The girl, who seems frightened and withdrawn, does not say much other than that she wants to go to the sea. At a gas station, Hilmar learns from the radio that Pinne is wanted. She has escaped from the school where she was placed. Hilmar faces a dilemma: whether to call the sheriff or not.^[5]

Cast

Erik Bye as Hilmar, the truck driver
Synne Skouen as Pinne, the wanted teenager
Frimann Falck Clausen as the sheriff
Oddvar Einarson as the boy that finds Pinne's furniture
Bonne Gauguin as Johanne
Vegard Hall as Niri
Anne-Vibekke Hansen as a girl
Peter Lindbæk as Biggen
Egil Lorck as Tønna
Wenche Medbøe as the curator
Anne-Lise Tangstad as the supervisor
Carsten Winger as the bartender

References

^ Cowie, Peter; Buquet, Françoise; Pitkänen, Risto; Talboom, Godfried (1992). Scandinavian Cinema: A Survey of the Films and Film-Makers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. London: Tantivy Press. p. 275.
^ Elnan, Cathrine; Svåsand, Maria Pile (March 2, 2016). "Arvinger stanset filmvisning – mener filmen er for dårlig". NRK. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
^ Krawc, Alfred (1986). International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (from the Beginnings to 1984). Munich: Saur. p. 282.
^ Vibe, Nils (1977). Filmen i Norge etter krigen: historikk og innholdsanalyse. Stavanger: Eget Forlag. p. 116.
^ "Reisen til havet". Filmweb. Retrieved November 21, 2021.