{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox film | name = Ukjent mann | image = | caption = | director = Astrid Henning-Jensen | producer = Ernst Ottersen | writer = Astrid Henning-Jensen | based_on = Arthur Omre's novel ''Flukten'' | starring = Alfred Maurstad<br>Urda Arneberg<br>Jørn Ording | music = Gunnar Sønstevold | cinematography = Arthur J. Ornitz | editing = | distributor = Norsk Film A/S | released = {{Film date|1951|11|19}} | runtime = 104 minutes | country = Norway | language = Norwegian | budget = }}
'''''Ukjent mann''''' (Unknown Man) is a 1951 Norwegian crime film written and directed by Astrid Henning-Jensen.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Gwendolyn A. |title=Women Film Directors: An International Bio-Critical Dictionary |date=1995 |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=Westport, CT |page=182}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Commire |first1=Anne |last2=Klezmer |first2=Deborah |title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia |date=2000 |publisher=Yorkin Publications |location=Waterford, CT |page=208}}</ref> The film is based on Arthur Omre's 1936 novel ''Flukten''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Goble |first1=Alan |title=The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film |date=1999 |publisher=Bowker Saur |location=London |isbn=1-85739-229-9 |page=996}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Piil |first1=Morten |title=Gyldendals danske filmguide |date=2008 |publisher=Gyldendal |location=Copenhagen |page=297}}</ref> Alfred Maurstad appears in the title role.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Béranger |first1=Jean |title=Le Nouveau cinéma scandinave, de 1957 à 1968 |date=1968 |publisher=E. Losfeld |location=Paris |page=259}}</ref>
The outdoor scenes, which make up approximately 90% of the film, were shot in Åndalsnes, Bergen, and Copenhagen.
==Plot== Erik Dahl, who has been convicted of smuggling, escapes from prison and seeks out his wife. She breaks up with him because he does not want to serve his sentence. Dahl still gets to meet his son at the circus the next day, where the police recognize him and he has to flee. Dahl seeks out his old friend, the plumber Jensen, who has kept some money for him. Dahl then manages to flee the city. He tries to change his appearance, dyes his hair and grows a mustache, and travels for a while in the forest. Eventually, he becomes braver, takes a coastal boat, and meets Tone. She gets off in a coastal town, and he follows her. Dahl checks into the local hotel, where he registers as a fishmonger. Soon the whole town believes that he has come there to start a fishing business. Josefsen, who has run such a business before, offers him company membership. The business is going brilliantly, and, when they get an offer to export eels to Denmark, Dahl takes the opportunity. He does this because, among other things, he can obtain a fake passport in Copenhagen. Tone meets him in Copenhagen, where they spend a few lovely days together. They travel home to the coastal town, where the local policeman has discovered that Dahl is wanted. He flees to Bergen to see his son for the last time before he goes abroad, but the police have been keeping an eye on the family the whole time and arrest him.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ukjent mann |url=https://www.nb.no/filmografi/show?id=50696 |website=Norsk filmografi |publisher=Nasjonalbiblioteket |access-date=October 8, 2023}}</ref>
==Cast== {{colbegin}} * Alfred Maurstad as Erik (Berg) Dahl * Urda Arneberg as Tone * Jørn Ording as Josefsen * Helen Brinchmann as Mona Dahl * Lulu Ziegler as the cabaret singer * Preben Neergaard as the waiter * Lars Henning-Jensen as Knut {{colend}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{imdb title|0124182}} * [https://www.nb.no/filmografi/show?id=50696 ''Ukjent mann''] at the National Library of Norway * [https://filmfront.no/utgivelse/3416/ ''Ukjent mann''] at Filmfront * [https://www.dfi.dk/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/50348 ''Ukjent mann''] at the Danish National Film Institute
Category:1951 drama films Category:Norwegian drama films Category:Norwegian crime films Category:1960s Norwegian-language films Category:Norwegian black-and-white films Category:Films based on Norwegian novels Category:Films based on works by Arthur Omre
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