Hurra for Andersens!
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| director = Knut Andersen
| producer = Olof Thiel
| writer =
| screenplay = Sigbjørn Hølmebakk
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| based_on = Sigbjørn Hølmebakk's novel Hurra for Andersens
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| music = Egil Monn-Iversen
| cinematography = Mattis Mathiesen
| editing = Knut Andersen
| studio = Teamfilm AS
| distributor = Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS
| released = {{Film date|1966|09|01}}
| runtime = 108 minutes
| country = Norway
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Hurra for Andersens! (Hurrah for the Andersens!){{cite book |title=Contemporary Norwegian Prose Writers |date=1985 |publisher=Norwegian University Press |location=Oslo |page=85}} is a 1966 Norwegian romantic comedy film directed by Knut Andersen.{{cite book |last1=Krawc |first1=Alfred |title=International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (from the Beginnings to 1984) |date=1986 |publisher=Saur |location=Munich |page=508}}{{cite book |last1=Soila |first1=Tytti |title=Stellar Encounters: Stardom in Popular European Cinema |date=2009 |publisher=John Libbey |location=New Barnet, UK |pages=48, 275}} It stars Arve Opsahl, Aud Schønemann, Rolv Wesenlund, and Elsa Lystad. The film is based on Sigbjørn Hølmebakk's novel of the same name.
Plot
Father and mother Andersen and their four children live in a closed country store on the outskirts of Oslo. They are thriving there, but many of the neighbors that live in the modern townhouse are outraged by the Andersen family and their lack of respect for the community's rules of order. The district committee chairman Alf Hermansen (Rolv Wesenlund) and neighbor Salvesen (Elsa Lystad) have had many pleasant times together over the years around the shared indignation they feel for the Andersen family. Matters do not improve when the Andersens win a large amount in betting and people find out that they are getting married. They therefore invite all the neighbors to the wedding party, but complications arise when they schedule it on the same date as the district committee's five-year anniversary. People in the housing association therefore start to form camps. The housing association's leader hires professional musicians in an attempt to sabotage the Andersens' event. Despite the strife, everything ends with a large wedding and peace and reconciliation.
Reception
The film was well received by reviewers. The newspapers Dagbladet, Aftenposten, and Verdens Gang gave it four stars out of six, and Dagsavisen gave it three.{{cite news |title=VGs film-barometer |url=https://www.retriever-info.com/proxy/?id=055016196609144CbNyr1IDqmp2VBR491yB56y100201010i0n&x=6011bb33c135810b6d512b221b8fd368 |access-date=September 16, 2021 |work=Verdens Gang |date=September 14, 1966 |page=19}}{{cite web |title=Anmeldelse av Hurra for Andersens!, norsk film fra 1966 |url=https://www.filmfront.no/omtale/3361/hurra-for-andersens |website=Filmfront |publisher=Filmfront AS |access-date=September 16, 2021}}
NRK wrote in connection with a broadcast of the film in 2003 that "Arve Opsahl and Aud Schønemann score high as a couple team in this film, with a screenplay by Sigbjørn Hølmebakk. So do Rolv Wesenlund and Elsa Lystad as the neighborhood's prestige seekers." The paper further wrote: "Hurra for Andersens! is definitely related to predecessors such as Støv på hjernen and Sønner av Norge."{{cite news |title=Familie mot strømmen |work=NRK |date=May 17, 2003}}
Music
The film contains a live musical performance by the Norwegian blues group Public Enemies. Wenche Sandnæs performs the song "Hurra for Andersens," composed by Egil Monn-Iversen and with lyrics by Alfred Næss. It was released on the single Nor-Disc NOR 146.{{cite web |title=NORDISKO: 1119879460 |url=http://nabo.nb.no/bok?_t=0&_b=nordisko&_r=1119879460 |website=Norsk nasjonaldiskografi |access-date=September 17, 2021}} The song was also released on the compilation album Norske filmklassikere (Norwegian Film Classics) by PolyGram in 1993.{{cite web |title=Norske filmklassikere |url=http://www.diskografi.no/utgivelse.asp?id=1848 |website=Diskografi.no |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070303041324/http://www.diskografi.no/utgivelse.asp?id=1848|access-date=September 17, 2021|archive-date = 2007-03-03}}
Arve Opsahl performs the song "Carl Alfred Andersens vuggevise" (Carl Alfred Andersen's Lullaby), composed by Egil Monn-Iversen and with lyrics by Alfred Næss. The song was also released on the single Nor-Disc NOR 146.
Cast
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- Arve Opsahl as Carl Alfred Andersen
- Aud Schønemann as Hildur Evensen, Andersen's fiancée
- Wenche Sandnæs as Tone Andersen, 17 years old
- Kristine Reymert as Sylvi Andersen, 10 years old
- Peter Reymert as Roger Andersen, 7 years old
- Agnete Reymert as Vesla Andersen, 3 years old
- Rolv Wesenlund as Hermansen
- Elsa Lystad as Mrs. Salvesen
- Gard Øyen as Erik Hermansen
- Randi Kolstad as Mrs. Hermansen
- Kaare Zachariassen
- Carsten Byhring as Andersen's colleague
- Kari Diesen as the seamstress
- Tore Foss as the mayor
- Bernt Erik Larssen as the headmaster
- Rolf Sand as the board member
- Hans Stormoen as the priest
- Ottar Wicklund as the lighting engineer
- Hans Marius Stormoen as a musician (in Public Enemies)
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0060525}}
- [http://www.nb.no/filmografi/show?id=792521 Hurra for Andersens] at Norsk filmografi
Category:1966 romantic comedy films
Category:Films directed by Knut Andersen