Op med hodet! (literally, Up with Your Head!, or Cheer Up!)[1][2] is a Norwegian comedy film from 1934. It was directed by Tancred Ibsen and produced by Erling Bergendahl. The actors appearing in the film include Lillebil Ibsen, Lalla Carlsen, and Leif Juster.[3][4] The film was very experimental for its time,[3] and it included special effects, multiple exposures, reverse motion, and color sequences.[1]
| Op med hodet! | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tancred Ibsen |
| Written by | Tancred Ibsen |
| Produced by | Erling Bergendahl |
| Starring | Lillebil Ibsen Tore Foss Julie Lampe Egil Hjorth-Jenssen Leif Amble-Næss David Knudsen Gogo Mowinckel-Nilsen Sverre Arnesen Carsten Carlsen Lalla Carlsen Leif Enger Herbert Herding-Herberth Leif Juster Olaf Kronstad Per Kvist Ella Peaters Einar Vaage |
| Cinematography | Harald Berglund |
| Edited by | Tancred Ibsen |
| Music by | Kristian Hauger |
| Distributed by | Specialfilms AS |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Norway |
| Language | Norwegian |
The title of the film is a reference to the opening line of a poem in Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's novel En glad Gut (A Happy Boy): "Løft ditt hode, du raske gutt!" (Lift your head, you restless youth!), spoken by a Bjørnson statue in the film.[1]