Fante-Anne

{{short description|1920 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Fante-Anne | image = | caption = | director = Rasmus Breistein | producer = | writer = Rasmus Breistein | based_on = ''Fante-Anne'', by Kristofer Janson | starring = Aasta Nielsen<br>Einar Tveito<br>Johanne Bruhn<br>Lars Tvinde<br>Dagmar Myhrvold | music = Halldor Krogh | cinematography = Gunnar Nilsen-Vig | editing = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1920}} | runtime = 93 minutes | country = Norway | language = Norwegian intertitles | budget = }}

'''''Fante-Anne''''' (Gypsy Anne) is a Norwegian silent film from 1920 directed by Rasmus Breistein.<ref>[https://www.nb.no/filmografi/show?id=791543 Ingjerd Skrede (ed.). 2012. ''Fante-Anne'' at ''Norsk filmografi''.]</ref> The film is based on a rural story by Kristofer Janson from 1868.<ref name="Høiby">[http://montages.no/2012/04/da-norsk-filmkultur-ble-fodt-fante-anne/ Høiby-Nikolaisen, Magnus. 2012. Da norsk filmkultur ble født – Fante-Anne. ''Montages'' (April 11).]</ref>

==Film history== ''Fante-Anne'' is considered to mark the beginning of the national breakthrough in the Norwegian film culture.<ref name="Høiby"/> This was the first Norwegian film to feature professional actors. Unlike previous films made in Norway, ''Fante-Anne'' was also made with professionals working at all levels behind the camera. It is also noteworthy as one of the few Norwegian films from this period with Norwegians participating at all levels because Norwegian films were often created by Swedes, Danes, and Germans. ''Fante-Anne'' is therefore regarded as the first professional Norwegian feature film.<ref name="Høiby"/>

The film makes use of the Norwegian landscape and rural lifestyle where the action takes place. The film was the first for which the distributor Kommunenes Filmcentral and Norwegian cinema owners were involved in the production. ''Fante-Anne'' was also the start of the over three-decade career of Rasmus Breistein, one of the most prominent Norwegian directors of the 20th century.<ref name="Høiby"/>

The film was restored and reissued in 2011, with new music written by Halldor Krogh. Originally, the director Rasmus Breistein himself played the fiddle during screenings of the film.<ref name="Høiby"/>

==Plot== thumb|''Fante-Anne'' (1920) Anne, an orphan girl, is raised by the Storlein family on a large farm. After the family's son breaks his promise to live with her and marries another, jealousy causes her to set fire to the farmhouse. Another young man, Jon, is in love with her; he takes the blame for the fire and serves several years of hard labor at Akershus Fortress. After he is released Anne meets him on the road and he persuades Anne and his mother to travel to America together to begin a new life.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011173/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl ''IMDb'': Gipsy Anne (1920) Plot Summary.]</ref>

==Cast== *Aasta Nielsen: Anne ("Fante-Anne") *Einar Tveito: Jon Sandbakken, the cottager *Johanne Bruhn: the farmwife *Lars Tvinde: Haldor, her son *Dagmar Myhrvold: Anne's mother *Henny Skjønberg: Jon's mother *Kristine Ullmo: Margit Moen, the wealthy farm girl *Magnus Falkberget: the neighbor boy *Anders Skrede: the bailiff *Edvard Drabløs: the judge *Elsa Vang: Anne as a child *Olaf Solberg: Haldor as a child *Olav Øygard: the priest

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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0011173}} * [https://www.nb.no/filmografi/show?id=791543 ''Norsk filmografi'': ''Fante-Anne''] * [http://montages.no/2012/04/da-norsk-filmkultur-ble-fodt-fante-anne/ ''Montages'': article with scenes from ''Fante-Anne'']

Category:1920 films Category:Norwegian silent films Category:Films directed by Rasmus Breistein Category:Norwegian black-and-white films Category:1920s rediscovered films Category:Rediscovered Norwegian films