Movies: Alfred Helgeby

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Based on the novel by Alexander Kielland....

A young violinist dies during a concert being sick with tuberculosis, and his concert conducting father takes the blame and starts to drink. He is cured, but they find he has an illness ruining his conducting. This leads to a tragedy....

The film deals with poverty in Oslo in the 1930s...

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In beautiful Telemark, a young boy grows up on a rich farm. To his fathers dislike, he wants to be a fiddle player, just like the son at the poorer neighboring farm. One day the father is found dead....