Den nye lensmannen

Den nye lensmannen
Directed by	Leif Sinding
Starring	Haakon Hjelde
Release date	6 September 1926 (1926-09-06)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Norway
Language	Norwegian

Den nye lensmannen (The New Sheriff) is a 1926 Norwegian drama film directed by Leif Sinding, starring Haakon Hjelde. The new sheriff (lensmann) hides a secret: he is actually a gypsy (tater). He tricks money from the locals, but he also helps two lovers unite.

Cast

• Haakon Hjelde as Franz Joseph, a Gypsy
• Anna-Brita Ryding as Ragnhild Knutsdatter Øvrebø
• Ulf Selmer as Knut Øverbø, a wealthy farmer
• Einar Rose as Per Storflaten
• Martin Linge as Ola, a servant boy at the Øvrebø farm
• Ragnvald Wingar as Jens Brødlaus, a smallholder
• Marie Hedemark as Berthe Brødlaus, Jens's wife
• Mally Haaland as Signors Brødlaus, their daughter
• Ranveig Aasgaard as Marit, a servant girl
• Ellen Astrup as the hulder
• Helga Rydland as an elderly Gypsy woman
• Robert Sperati as the burial mound farmer
• Ellen Sinding as a dancer
• Maina Claes as a dancer

External links

• Den nye lensmannen at IMDb
• Den nye lensmannen at Filmweb.no (in Norwegian) (archived)