Op med hodet!
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| name = Op med hodet!
| image =
| caption =
| director = Tancred Ibsen
| producer = Erling Bergendahl
| writer = Tancred Ibsen
| based_on =
| starring = Lillebil Ibsen
Tore Foss
Julie Lampe
Egil Hjorth-Jenssen
Leif Amble-Næss
David Knudsen
Gogo Mowinckel-Nilsen
Sverre Arnesen
Carsten Carlsen
Lalla Carlsen
Leif Enger
Herbert Herding-Herberth
Leif Juster
Olaf Kronstad
Per Kvist
Ella Peaters
Einar Vaage
| music = Kristian Hauger
| cinematography = Harald Berglund
| editing = Tancred Ibsen
| distributor = Specialfilms AS
| released = {{Film date|1934|1|22}}
| runtime = 86 minutes
| country = Norway
| language = Norwegian
| budget =
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Op med hodet! (literally, Up with Your Head!, or Cheer Up!){{cite journal |last1=Lunde |first1=Arne |title=Op med hodet: Tancred Ibsen's 1933 Experiment in Cinematic Modernism |journal=Scandinavian-Canadian Studies |date=2010 |volume=19 |pages=56–71 |url=https://scancan.net/pdf/lunde_1_19.pdf |accessdate=July 30, 2019}}{{cite web |title=Cheer Up! |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025604/ |website=IMDb |accessdate=July 30, 2019}} is a Norwegian comedy film from 1934. It was directed by Tancred Ibsen and produced by Erling Bergendahl. The actors appearing in the film include Lillebil Ibsen, Lalla Carlsen, and Leif Juster.{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |title=Tancred Ibsen|url=https://snl.no/Tancred_Ibsen |access-date=July 30, 2019 |language=no}}{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |title=Leif Juster|url=https://snl.no/Leif_Juster |access-date=July 30, 2019 |language=no}} The film was very experimental for its time, and it included special effects, multiple exposures, reverse motion, and color sequences.
The title of the film is a reference to the opening line of a poem in Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's novel En glad Gut (A Happy Boy): "Løft ditt hode, du raske gutt!" (Lift your head, you restless youth!), spoken by a Bjørnson statue in the film.
Cast
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- Lillebil Ibsen as Lill, a ballet dancer
- Tore Foss as Theobald Tordenstam
- Julie Lampe as Theobald's mother
- Egil Hjorth-Jenssen as the theater manager
- Leif Amble-Næss as a ballet instructor
- David Knudsen as the bartender
- August Mowinckel-Nilsen as the theater director
- Sverre Arnesen as a stage worker
- Carsten Carlsen as the music director
- Lalla Carlsen as an actress
- Leif Enger as a scriptwriter
- Herbert Herding as an actor
- Leif Juster as an actor
- Olaf Kronstad as an actor
- Per Kvist as an actor
- Ella Peaters as Gerda, a dancer and singer
- Eugen Skjønberg (not credited)
- Einar Vaage as an audience member
- Finn Bø as himself
- Arne Svendsen as himself
- Kristian Hauger as a pianist
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0025604}}
- [https://www.nb.no/filmografi/show?id=791609 Op med hodet!] at the National Library of Norway
Category:Norwegian black-and-white films