Markens Grøde (1921)
This is a very old silent film from 1921, based on Knut Hamsun's novel "Growth of the Soil". The film depicts rural life in Norway in the early 20th century. We follow the story of a solitary man who decides to settle down in the wilderness and build his homestead from scratch. “Growth of the Soil” expresses back-to-nature, old-school philosophies, and peasant life. It was directed by Gunnar Sommerfeldt who also wrote the script and played the role of Lensmand Geissler. The film is 117 minutes long and costed about 240,000 kroner to make, a very considerable sum of money at the time.
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