Det brenner i natt! is a 1955 Norwegian drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Arne Skouen. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival

1955 Cannes Film Festival

-Jury:*Marcel Pagnol *Marcel Achard *Juan Antonio Bardem *A. Dignimont *Jacques-Pierre Frogerais *Leopold Lindtberg *Anatole Litvak *Isa Miranda *Leonard Mosley...

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Plot

Tim is a proofreader at a newspaper in Oslo by day, and a pyromaniac at night. Only one other knows about Tim's dark side: his childhood friend and editor of the newspaper. The two have kept the secret for years until the secretary, Margrethe, finds out. Eager to help she becomes Tim's confidant.

Cast

• Claes Gill
  Claes Gill
  Claes Gill was a Norwegian author, poet and actor.Born in Odda, but spent his childhood years in Bergen, before moving to Oslo permanently....
  
   - Tim
• Elisabeth Bang
  Elisabeth Bang
  Elisabeth Bang was a Norwegian actress.She was born in Skedsmo. She made her stage debut for Bærum Studiescene during World War II, and met her future husband Pål Skjønberg here. They married in 1946, and as such Bang became a daughter-in-law of Henny Skjønberg and sister-in-law of Espen Skjønberg...
  
   - Margrethe, sosialsekretær
• Harald Heide Steen
  Harald Heide Steen
  Harald Heide Steen was a Norwegian film actor. He appeared in 32 films between 1933 and 1977. He was the father of actor Harald Heide-Steen Jr.-Selected filmography:* Det brenner i natt!...
  
   - Tims barndomsvenn
• Gudrun Waadeland
  Gudrun Waadeland
  Gudrun Waadeland is a Norwegian actress and theatre director.She was born in Oslo, made her film debut in 1955 in Arne Skouen's Det brenner i natt! and her stage debut at Det Norske Teatret in 1959. She then worked in Fjernsynsteatret from 1960 to 1963, Riksteatret from 1963 to 1964 and 1970 to...
  
   - Korrekturass
• Thor Hjorth-Jenssen - Journalist
• Helge Essmar - Redaksjonssekretær
• Harald Aimarsen - Redaksjonsmedarb