Growth of the Soil (film)
| Growth of the Soil | |
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| Norwegian | Markens grøde |
| Directed by | Gunnar Sommerfeldt |
| Written by | Gunnar Sommerfeldt |
| Based on | Growth of the Soil, by Knut Hamsun |
| Produced by | Gunnar Sommerfeldt |
| Starring | Amund Rydland Karen Thalbitzer Almar Hamsun Sivert Eliassen Gunnar Sommerfeldt |
| Cinematography | George Schnéevoigt |
| Music by | Leif Halvorsen |
| Distributed by | Norrøna Film |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | Norway |
| Language | Norwegian |
Growth of the Soil (Norwegian: Markens grøde) is a Norwegian silent film from 1921 based on Knut Hamsun's novel Growth of the Soil. The Danish filmmaker Gunnar Sommerfeldt wrote the screenplay and directed the film, and he also played the role of the bailiff Geissler in the film. Sommerfeldt invested DKK 240,00 in the film, which was a considerable sum in 1921.