Unge viljer (1943)

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Unge viljer is a Norwegian film from 1943 written and directed by Walter Fyrst. It is about an upper-class girl and a working-class boy that join forces and become members of Nasjonal Samling (NS), Vidkun Quisling's far-right political party before and during World War II. Unge viljer is a "state political" propaganda film that purports to depict the difficult social conditions in Norway in the 1930s that led to the formation of the NS in 1933. This is the only Norwegian film produced during the war with a Nasjonal Samling ideology. The film premiered at the Victoria Cinema in Oslo on February 8, 1943.

Background

Walter Fyrst (1901–1993) was a film and advertising man that took the initiative in 1932 to form the Labor Array (Norwegian: Arbeidsfylkingen), an organization for voluntary work among unemployed young people. He was strongly involved in issues of unemployment and class struggle, and Unge viljer is largely about these issues. Fyrst was responsible for the script, direction, and production of the film.

The male lead role of Tor Jansen, the worker's son that falls in love with Liv West, the daughter of his father's employer, was played by Karl Aagaard Østvig Jr. (1925–1944). The amateur actor was the son of the opera singer Karl Aagaard Østvig (1889–1968), who himself played a lawyer in the film. The young protagonist was killed as a soldier on the Eastern Front the year after the film premiered, only 19 years old.

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