Balladen om mestertyven Ole Høiland (1970)

Balladen om mestertyven Ole Høiland (1970). 1h 44m

“Ole Høiland is a legendary Norwegian thief and jailbreaker, often compared to Robin Hood. He even is the only one who has broken into The Norwegian Banks reserves successfully in 1834.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOle Høiland became a legend, evn being a simple thief, as he was a charming man, often romacing women on his roads in Southern Norway. Many times he was jailed, and almost just as many times he managed to break of of jail.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhen this film was made it was quite surprising it wasnu0026#39;t made earier in Norwegian film history, due to his famousness.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSuccessful director Knut Andersen got a solid cast with him in this film, produced by Øyvind Wam. Script was written by Harald Tusberg who has a cameo in this film, and music made by Egil Monn-Iversen, sung by reknown Alf Cranner.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie is quite entertaining, and vibrant, and keeps interest, and is well played as a movie which could be seen of all generations, even if theseu0026#39;s some sensual nudity. The weekness i s the editing, which seems done to save seconds.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis movie is made available in 2024 when it was released on interregional Blu-Ray Disk by Norwegian Film Classics as the fifth release in a new series with classics, NFK0023, with subtitles in English, and is supposed to be held in stock for film lovers.”