Gryr i Norden (Dawn in the North) is a Norwegian film from 1939 that was directed by Olav Dalgard. Gryr i Norden is the last film in the "worker trilogy." The other two films are Det drønner gjennom dalen (1938) and Lenkene brytes (1938).
The film is about the first major women's strike in Norway, the match workers' strike in Kristiania (now Oslo) in 1889. On the morning of October 23, 1889, the match workers at the Bryn and Grønvold match factories in the city went on strike. Working conditions were miserable, and most of the young women ended up with ruined health after a short period of performing the hazardous work, affected by phosphorus necrosis.
Cast Martin Gisti as Karlsen, a stevedore Betzy Holter as Andrine, Karlsen's wife Ragnhild Hald as Halldis, a manager Solveig Haugan as Maja Gunvor Hall as Svart-Anna Ragnhild Hagen as Nilsine Kolbjørn Brenda as Adolf Jack Fjeldstad as Krestian Tryggve Larssen as Oscar Nissen, a doctor Joachim Holst-Jensen as Christian H. Ingjald Haaland as Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Olav Dalgard as Hans Jæger Bjarne Bø as Carl Jeppesen, an editor Astri Steiwer as Ernanda Holst Hans Bille as a director Sigurd Magnussøn as a factory manager Pehr Qværnstrøm as the chairman
References
External links
Gryr i Norden at the National Library of Norway Gryr i Norden at Filmweb