Godvakker-Maren (Good Pretty Maren) is a Norwegian comedy film from 1940 directed by Knut Hergel, who also wrote the film script together with Alf Sommer and Einar Tveito. The script is based on Oskar Braaten's novel Bak høkerens disk and play Godvakker-Maren. The film premiered on October 31, 1940.
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Plot
Two young girls from Hedmark get jobs at a grocery store run by Nils Andresen in Oslo. Andresen's wife is in bed with an illness, and Andresen is interested in his two young female employees. Maren, played by Eva Sletto, is also exposed to other vices in the capital before things settle down.
Cast
Eva Sletto as Maren
Pehr Qværnstrøm as Nils Andresen, a grocer
Dagmar Myhrvold as Matea, Andresen's wife
Aasta Voss as Inga
Bjarne Bø as the doctor
Harald Heide-Steen as Even
Alf Sommer as Tore
Einar Tveito as the priest
Øyvind Øyen as the constable
Helge Essmar as Aksel