{{short description|1925 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Himmeluret | image = | caption = | director = Amund Rydland<br>Leif Sinding | producer = | writer = Leif Sinding | based_on = Gabriel Scott's play and novella ''Himmeluret'' | starring = David Knudsen<br>Gunvor Fjørtoft<br>Hjalmar Fries | music = | cinematography = Reidar Lund | editing = | distributor = Cinema A/S | released = {{Film date|1925}} | runtime = 95 minutes | country = Norway | language = Norwegian | budget = }}
'''''Himmeluret''''' (The Clock of Heaven<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rahbek |first1=Birgitte |last2=Bähncke |first2=Mogens |title=Faith and Fate in Jerusalem |url=http://www.birgitterahbek.dk/faith_fate.pdf |website=Birgitte Rahbek |accessdate=July 2, 2019 |date=1996}}</ref> or The Celestial Clockwork<ref name="Sundholm">{{cite book |last1=Sundholm |first1=John |display-authors=etal |title=Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema |date=2013 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Lanham, MD |page=344}}</ref>) is a Norwegian silent film from 1925 directed by Amund Rydland and Leif Sinding.<ref name="Sundholm"/><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |title=Norsk film |url=https://snl.no/norsk_film |access-date=July 2, 2019 |language=no}}</ref> Sinding also wrote the screenplay, which is based on Gabriel Scott's comedy ''Himmeluret'' (play 1905, novella 1908).<ref>{{cite news |title=Da Josef Goebbels styrte norsk filmpolitikk |url=https://rushprint.no/2014/09/da-joseph-goebbels-styrte-norsk-filmpolitikk/ |accessdate=July 2, 2019 |work=Rushprint |date=September 15, 2014}}</ref> David Knudsen, Gunvor Fjørtoft, and Hjalmar Fries appeared in the main roles. Footage described as a "closeup of a naked woman" (''naken kvinne forstørret'') was cut from the film by censors. The film is now considered lost.
==Plot== In Rørland, the ship owner Gutter Fladen is the dominant personality in the town. His daughter Nina has just returned from Paris, and she spends the spring evenings with her childhood love Salve, a skipper on Gutter's boat ''Haabet''.
==Cast== * David Knudsen: Gutter Fladen, a ship owner * Gunvor Fjørtoft: Nina, the ship owner's daughter * Hjalmar Fries: Salve, a skipper * Amund Rydland: Brother Daniel * Katie Rolfsen: Theodine (credited as Käthie Rolfsen) * Lars Tvinde: Lars Timiansbakken * Eugen Skjønberg: Andresen, a general store operator * Josef Sjøgren: Kristensen, a watchmaker * Ragnvald Wingar: Rasmussen, a cobbler * Johanne Voss: Gurine on the stairs, a gossip * Aagot Nissen: Johanne in the door, a gossip * Martin Gisti: Ola Ormestøl * Ingse Gude Caprino: Conchita * Ruth Brünings-Sandvik: Juanita, a dancer in a restaurant * Kolbjørn Skjefstad: a bartender
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0015913}} *[https://www.nb.no/filmografi/show?id=791558 ''Himmeluret''] at the National Library of Norway
{{DEFAULTSORT:Himmeluret}} Category:1925 films Category:1925 drama films Category:1925 lost films Category:1920s Norwegian-language films Category:Films directed by Leif Sinding Category:Lost Norwegian films Category:Lost silent drama films Category:Norwegian black-and-white films Category:Norwegian films based on plays Category:Norwegian silent drama films Category:Norwegian silent feature films