Flicker Alley will release the rarely seen 1929 Norweigan silent film epic Laila on DVD on May 17.
Alice O’Fredericks (l.) and Mona Mårtenson share a moment in Laila.
The romantic melodrama movie stars Mona Martenson as Laila, a young girl separated from her parents as a baby and raised by a wealthy reindeer owner Aslag (Peter Malberg) in the frozen tundra of Scandinavia. Though she is returned a year later, Laila grows into a young woman of two worlds, at home with both her settled and nomadic upbringings. Laila soon finds herself in a love triangle with her foster brother Mellet (Henry Gleditsch) and her cousin Anders (Harald Schwenzen), played out against the backdrop of an encroaching plague.
Directed by Danish-German filmmaker and noted cinematographer George Schnéevoigt, Laila was digitally restored by the Norwegian Film institute in 2006 and is now being presented in this new edition with the cooperation of...
Alice O’Fredericks (l.) and Mona Mårtenson share a moment in Laila.
The romantic melodrama movie stars Mona Martenson as Laila, a young girl separated from her parents as a baby and raised by a wealthy reindeer owner Aslag (Peter Malberg) in the frozen tundra of Scandinavia. Though she is returned a year later, Laila grows into a young woman of two worlds, at home with both her settled and nomadic upbringings. Laila soon finds herself in a love triangle with her foster brother Mellet (Henry Gleditsch) and her cousin Anders (Harald Schwenzen), played out against the backdrop of an encroaching plague.
Directed by Danish-German filmmaker and noted cinematographer George Schnéevoigt, Laila was digitally restored by the Norwegian Film institute in 2006 and is now being presented in this new edition with the cooperation of...
- 4/22/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
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