"Based on Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's novel" "Published by:" "A/S National Tonefilm" "Director:" "John W. Brunius" "The mother:" "Ragnhild Hald The father:" "Eugen Skjønberg" "Øjvind as a boy:" "Rolf Hagen Marit as a girl:" "Vesla Anker-Thoresen" "Music arrangement:" "Orchestra Conductor Hugo Kramm" "Photographer:" "Gunnar Nilsen-Vig" "Sound system:" "G.N.V." "Copyright:" "Kommunernes Filmscentral A/S" "Øjvind was his name, and he cried when he was born..." "Poor little baby..." "Killy-killy-killy-billygoat!" "Who are you?" "I am Marit, Mummy's kid, Daddy's fiddle, wood nymph of the house!" "Granddaughter of Ole Nordistuen on the Hejdegardene." "Six years this autumn, three days after the frost nights!" "Are you really?" " Is it your billy goat?" " Yes, it is." "I would really like to have this goat." " Would you give it to me?" " No." "But would you give it to me for a butter cream bread ring?" " Let me see it first." " Here it is!" "Oh, it fell apart." "Now the goat is mine!" " Couldn't it wait a bit?" " No, the goat is mine." "Come, boy's pretty goatie, Come, calf, my delight." "Come here, mewing pussie, in shoes snowy white." "Yellow ducks from your shelter, come forth, helter-skelter." "Come, chicken so sweet on unsteady feet." "Come, doves ever beaming, with soft feathers gleaming!" "The grass is still wet, but sun 't will soon get." "Now call, though early 't is in the summer." "And autumn will be the new-comer." "Oh, my billy goat!" "Right." "Where is the billy goat?" "By accident, I sold it for a bread ring." "Oh, but Øjvind..." "What will the little billy goat think of you   if you sell it for a bread ring?" "I wasn't allowed to keep it." "Grandpa sits up there waiting." "Well then?" "I apologize." "I think you should keep the billy goat." "Hurry up, Marit!" " You're forgetting your garter." " You may keep it." " Thank you." " You are welcome." "S-h-a-I-I." "Shall." "Well done, Øjvind." " Tell me a fairy tale, Mummy." " A fairy tale, now?" "Once upon a time, a long time ago, everything could speak." "The sky spoke to the creek, the creek to the ocean..." "The ocean to the cloud, and the cloud to all the animals." " What does the cat say, Mummy?" " The cat?" "Evening sunshine softly is dying." "On the door-step lazy puss is lying." "Two small mice, cream so thick and nice." "Four small bits of fish stole I from a dish." "Well-filled am I, and sleek." "Am very languid and meek." "Says the pussie." "Øjvind?" "Wake up, now." "You have to go to school today." " Oh, that's right." " Yes." "Hurry up." "Are you tired?" "Wait a moment." "There you go." "You're looking good." "Once...upon...a...time..." "There...was...a...man...called..." "Gudbrand...on...the..." "Hillside." "He...had...a...cow...with..." " What is that sound, Mummy?" " The pupils are learning to read." "Good day." "I'm here with a little boy who would like to learn how to read." "This is Øjvind." "He knows the letters, and he knows how to add up." "Is that right?" "Come over here, you white-head!" "What a pretty little boy." " Are you laughing at me?" " Yes, I am." "Quiet!" "Let's start reading." "I want to sit here." "We will start from the top again." " Is it always like this here?" " Yes, it's like this." " Mummy knows so many songs." " So does Grandpa." " Not the ones that Mummy knows." " He knows one about a dance." " Would you like to hear it?" " Yes, please." "Come closer, so the schoolmaster won't hear." ""Dance," cried the fiddle, its strings all were quaking." "The lensmand's son making spring up and say: "Ho!"" ""Stay!" called out Ola, and tripped him up lightly." "The girls laughed out brightly, the lensmand lay low." ""Hey!" spoke up Rasmus, fair Randi then seizing." ""Come, give without teasing that kiss." "Oh, you know!"" ""Nay!" answered Randi, and boxing him smartly,   dashed off, crying tartly:" ""Take that now, and go!"" "Was that fun?" "Up on your feet!" "Today is the first day, so we can go home early." "But first a prayer and a song." "Silence!" "Quiet, I said!" "Walk nicely across the floor, children." "Love thy neighbour with Christian zeal!" "Crush him not with an iron heel." "Though he in dust be prostrated!" "Love's all powerful, quickening hand guides forever, with magic wand   all that it has created." "Now let's sing The Sun Rises In The East." "We all know that one." "They dance quite a few dances." "But we danced much better in our days!" "Now it's my turn to dance with you, Marit!" "Off with you, youngster!" "Who is the blond boy who sits there staring at us?" "The smallholder's boy at Pladsen." "Don't sit and stare at me like that." "People will notice!" "Why don't you dance with someone?" "What am I thinking?" "What are you laughing at?" "Laughing?" "I'm not laughing at anything." "Let me tell you something, Hans." "I used to be cheerful, because I never really cared for anyone." "But when you start loving someone, you're no longer cheerful." " Øjvind?" " Yes?" "Why did you sit and stare at me that way?" " Marit?" " Yes?" "Why didn't you like me looking at you?" "There were so many people there." "You danced a lot with Jon Hatlen tonight." " Yes." "He is a good dancer." " You think so?" " Don't you agree?" " Yes..." "Marit..." "I don't know why, but tonight I can't stand you dancing with him!" " I don't understand." " No..." "I don't understand it myself." "It's silly of me." "Goodbye then, Marit." "I want to leave now." " Tell me what you saw, Øjvind." " That you are a maiden!" " Has anyone seen Marit?" " She stepped outside." " So, there you are." " Yes." " And who have you been with?" " Øjvind." " Who?" " Øjvind Pladsen." "Oh." "Øjvind the smallholder boy at Pladsen!" "You'd better come inside again." "Now you have slept enough, Øjvind." "Get up and have some food." "Your father has already been in the woods for a long time." "Øjvind?" "Take care of that tree, will you?" " This one?" " Yes." "Get it from the lower side." "I have marked it." "This way." " Daddy." " Yes?" "A smallholder is bound to strive and suffer." "Yes, like anyone else." "If you had been a farmer, you wouldn't have to work so hard." "Then there would be some other troubles." "What do you think you will do when you grow up, Øjvind?" "There are few opportunities for a smallholder's son." "The schoolmaster says you have to go to the seminary." "The School Fund pays." "Would you like to?" "I'd like to learn something, but not become a schoolmaster." "We don't really need to borrow from the School Fund?" "Poor people like us?" "I don't like you always mentioning that you are poor, Tore." "You're not." "That does not shows gratitude towards God for providing well for us." "He can be thanked without silver buttons." "We can't let Øjvind go to the dance dressed like last night." " Øjvind is a smallholder's son." " He can still wear decent clothes!" " Don't talk about it when he listens." " He won't hear us." "But I would have liked him to hear." "With our miserable little homestead..." "I have to laugh at you, who only talk about the homestead." " Why do you never mention the mills?" " You and your mills." " You can't even stand them running." " Oh, yes I do." " I wish they would run day and night." " Yes." "They run when there's water." "But since we got the new mill at New Stream, we have fared badly." "That's not what the schoolmaster told me today." "We should get a more discreet fellow than him to manage our money." "Right." "And he wouldn't be allowed to discuss it with your wife?" "Øjvind!" "Come out!" "Øjvind?" "Øjvind..." "Won't you go out and enjoy yourself a bit?" "Later, Daddy." "Good day, schoolmaster." "Come, Øjvind." "Let's step outside." "I would like to talk to you." " Listen, Øjvind." " Yes?" "You're probably looking forward to your confirmation?" "Yes." "And what would you like to do afterwards?" "I would like to join the seminary." " And become a schoolmaster?" " No..." "Maybe you think it's not good enough?" "And what would you like to do after the seminary?" "I haven't really thought about it." "If you had the money, you would probably buy a farm?" "Yes, but I would keep the mills." "Then you'd better go to agricultural college." "Do you learn as much there as at the seminary?" "No, but..." "You learn whatever you can make use of later." " Do you get numbers there?" " Why do you ask?" " I would like to be a good scholar." " You can be good without a number!" "What's all the commotion here?" "There's a dance going on." "Shouldn't we enter?" "No." " Don't you want to join the dance?" " No." "Not yet." "Not yet?" "When then?" "Are you afraid of meeting Marit?" "Just confide in me, Øjvind." "Maybe you're ashamed to confess it, since you haven't been confirmed." "But tell me anyway, Øjvind." "You won't regret it." "Goodbye then, schoolmaster." "Good day." "The place has fallen silent after the youngsters disappeared." "And you haven't got any children at home anymore, either." "Øjvind hasn't been happy lately." "No, that's right." "He who is ambitious is never happy." "Quiet!" "Just be quiet, and I will let you know." "Hans, you are number two." "And you are number one among the girls, Marit." "Schoolmaster, what's my number?" "Number nine or ten, I think." "I don't remember so well." "But who is number one?" "I will tell the one who's got the number." "And now, walk out of here in orderly manner." "Be grateful to your God, and please your parents." "You should also thank your old schoolmaster." "You would have been in a pretty fix if it hadn't been for him!" "Well, Øjvind?" "Aren't you leaving with the others?" "Why are you leafing through the book?" " I want to see where I was wrong." " You didn't have any wrong answers." "Aren't you happy, Øjvind?" "Because you made it?" "Is it because I'm a smallholder's son that I became number nine or ten?" "Apparently, yes." "Then there is no point in me working hard!" "You just get what you deserve, Øjvind." "You haven't studied out of love for Christianity and your parents." "You have studied out of vanity." "And with such ambition in your heart..." "You could not have come here to receive the covenant with God." " Could you, Øjvind?" " No." "If you had stood there with vain joy over being number one,   wouldn't you have committed a sin?" "Yes." " Are you still fond of me, Øjvind?" " Yes." "Then let me tell you that it was me who degraded you." "Because I am so fond of you, Øjvind." "Are you angry with me?" "No." "My dear boy." "I shall look after you for as long as I live." " Aren't you finished yet?" " I'm just ready now." "What is it now?" " Which verse do we sing?" " 151." "I have great faith in you, Øjvind." "I have talked to the priest, so you will keep your place." "Now step up to number one, and answer loudly and clearly." "Thank you, schoolmaster!" "Øjvind..." "It's time to consider what you want to do with your life." "Not run around in a blind chase for numbers." " Would you like to join the seminary?" " I would like to." " You mean the agricultural college?" " Yes!" "Yes, that's also the best one." "It will give you more opportunities than a schoolmaster position." "But..." "How would I get in there?" "I'd like to, but I cannot afford it." "Just be diligent and good, and it will work out for you." "Øjvind..." "Yes?" "Who's there?" "I hear you're going away, so I had to come and say goodbye." "Since you would not come up to my place." " Marit?" "I'll come up." " No, don't." "I have waited so long, and then I'd have to wait even longer." "Nobody knows where I am, and I have to hurry home." "How nice of you to come." "I could not stand you going away like this." "We have known each other ever since we were small." "Now we haven't talked to each other for half a year." "No, we haven't." "And we separated so awkwardly back then." " I think I have to come up to you." " No, don't." "But Øjvind..." "You're not angry with me?" "No, dear." "How could you think so?" "Goodbye then, Øjvind, and thank you for all we shared." " No, Marit..." " I have to go." "They'll miss me." " Marit!" " No." "I dare not stay away longer." "Farewell." ""Dear parents." "I have to tell you that we have had our exams."" ""And I stood excellent in many subjects."" ""And very good in writing and in surveying."" ""But good in Norwegian composition." ""And now I will make a lot of changes at the homestead when I return." ""There is a lot which is wrong."" ""It is a wonder that it has not fallen apart."" ""But I will make it right again, because I have learnt so much."" ""I would like to go to a place where I can practice my knowledge."" ""Therefore, I have to apply for a high post when I have graduated."" ""Everyone here says Jon Hatlen is not as clever as they think at home."" ""But he owns his own farm, so it doesn't matter to anybody else."" ""Here are two words:" "The one is called theory."" ""The other one is called practice."" ""And..." Practice, yes." ""And they both are very useful."" ""The one is nothing without the other."" ""But the latter one is still the best."" ""The first word means to know the background for a job."" ""But the second one means to be able to carry out the job."" ""Just like you and the marsh."" ""Many people know how it should be done."" ""But they still do it wrong, because they cannot carry it out."" ""Many can do it, but do not know." "Then it will also fail."" ""We have to go to agricultural colleges, and learn."" ""Farewell now, dear parents." "Greet those who may inquire about me."" ""Tell them that I'm doing well, but that I long to be home."" ""Your affectionate son Øjvind Toresen Pladsen, agronomist."" ""Do not think I am still the soft cheese you squeezed   when I saw you dance."" ""I have been lying on many a shelf to mature since then."" ""Neither am I like the long-haired dogs which shy away from people,   the way I used to do." "Now I just go with it."" ""I will give you many books to read, so you will realize   all the tribulations of those who truly love each other."" ""So that they would rather die of grief than forsake each other."" ""We will do the same thing, and with great pleasure."" ""Almost two years will pass before we meet again."" ""And even longer until we will get each other."" ""But let us rejoice in every passing day, as it is one day less."" ""This is what we will think of as we go about our work."" ""My next letter will be about many things."" ""But now I am out of paper, and the others are asleep."" ""I will go to bed and think of you, until I finally fall asleep."" ""Your friend Øjvind Pladsen."" "Did you hear that, Varg?" "Now they have to come soon." "Don't light the fireplace." "But now they should..." " Anne." " Yes?" "Good day." "Is it the schoolmaster?" " Not arrived yet?" " No, but I expect them any minute." " It is a good day for haymaking." " But it's hot for old people." " Has Marit been out and about today?" " Yes, but she left again." "They will probably meet somewhere tonight." "Tore says they won't meet in his house before the old man allows it." "Right." "Here he comes!" "Yes, it's them." "Good day, mother!" "What a manly voice he has got!" "But he is just as fair!" "Good day, mother!" "How are you?" " And you, schoolmaster, are you well?" " One day at a time." "Here is your luggage, my boy." "It is so good to see you, mother." "I have longed for home so much." "I have had a nice journey." "Father, we have to get a new gate here." "The schoolmaster is so agile, so he'll make it well." "A lot has to be changed here." "I have a new perspective, now that I have gone to school." "Please come in." " I shouldn't enter first." " Please do." "Not at all." "The schoolmaster first." "Now it's your turn, mother." "Come on." "So this is what it is like." "How strange to be home again!" "Lots of new things." "New glass in the windows." "The old green leaded windows were also nice." "Sit down, schoolmaster." "Father, why don't you sit down in your own house?" "How nice with the juniper and birch." "You didn't have to do this." "Hello, Ingeborg." "How are you?" "I hardly understand you." "You speak so fast." "Now we have gotten him this far." "I owe everything to you." "schoolmaster." "Thank you for writing." "Do I get coffee?" " Have some cream." " Thank you, father." "I haven't eaten for a long time." "We had quite a voyage." "I got so warm." " I could see you sweating as well." " Have some cake." "What is it, mother?" "Someone is waiting for you." " Where?" " Up on the cliff." "My, how you have grown." "Thank you for your letters." "All the letters you sent me..." "I almost know them by heart." "And I know yours." "But they were always so short." "Because you always wanted them to be so long." "And when I wanted you write more about one topic, you avoided it." "I look my best when you see my tail, said the wood nymph." "By the way..." "You never told me how you got rid of Jon Hatlen." "I laughed." "Just laughed." " Don't you know what it is to laugh?" " Of course." "I know how to laugh." " Show me." " No, but..." "Then I must have something to laugh at." "I don't need that when I'm happy." " Are you happy now?" " Am I laughing?" "Yes, you are." "Are you up there, Øjvind?" "Yes." "What kind of strange dog have you got up there?" "Oh, it's a dog from the Heidegarden." " How the deuce did he get up there?" " He is roaming around there often." " But he seems fierce." " He likes to be patted." " Thank God." " For now." " You think it will get worse later?" " I know one who will be watching us." " Your grandfather?" " Exactly." " He's not going to harm us." " No, never." " Promise?" " Yes, I promise, Øjvind." " How beautiful you are, Marit." " Said the fox to the raven." " And got the cheese." " I also want the cheese." " But you won't get it." " Then I'll take it." " I have to go." " I'll escort you." "No, don't." "Grandpa may see us." " But..." "Are you leaving me already?" " Yes." "Catch me!" " Have I got you forever, Marit?" " Yes, I think so, Øjvind." " When will we meet again?" " Tomorrow!" "I'll be here tomorrow." "Goodbye!" "I went to my bed so late one night." "I had not a single worry or care." "Then came a word from my beloved." "To her in greatest haste I must fare." "No one have I loved more than her." "I went out on the green, green field..." "Is it too heavy?" "I've carried heavier burdens than this." "At the college." "He has become quite a man at the college, right?" "That's for sure." "Øjvind!" " You run well, my boy." " I'm paid for it." ""Now he is on the march, but slowly." "Run and hide in the woods."" ""You know who."" "Ole Nordistua is approaching." "He is preparing himself." " I have no business with him." " Get out there." "You go first!" "Good day." " So, there are old folks out walking?" " Yes, that's right." " Is that your son behind you?" " Yes." "He is called Øjvind." "He has been to one of those agricultural colleges down south." "My girl..." "My granddaughter Marit..." "She has gone mad lately." "She doesn't want to marry." "She doesn't want any of the farm boys who come courting." "Really?" "That's too bad." "Apparently, he has turned her head completely." "That one there." "Your son." "Øjvind." "You see..." "I will have order and propriety." "The chopping block stays right there." "And the axe there." "The knife over there." "And here, they will sweep." "And there they will throw the waste." "Not outside the main door." "But in the corner there." "Right there, and nowhere else!" "So when I tell her..." ""Not him." "But him!"" "Then it will be him, and not him!" " Are you laughing at me?" "!" " No, God forbid!" "You snickering fox!" "You think I don't know what both you and she are thinking?" "That Ole Nordistuen will soon be turning his nose to the skies." "And then the two of you may trip to the altar." "But you are wrong!" "I have lived for 72 years." "And I will show the both of you that I'm going to live!" "Until you both are struck by the plague." "And you may settle around the houses like fresh snow,   and still not see the bottom of her soles." "Because I'll send her out of the village!" "To where she will be safe." "Then you can flutter around here like a chattering jay,   and marry the rain and the north wind!" "Mocking the old folks..." "You bastard." "It was my will that you should give her up." "You should never entreat or threaten in those matters." "But if you want to hold on to the girl, then just tell me." " And I will help you, Øjvind." " Thanks, father." "But if only Marit holds on to me, I will take care of the rest." "What a heat." "Have you been waiting long?" "No." "But when grandpa watches us at night, we have to use the daytime." "I've been thinking that maybe we don't need to meet so secretly." " That's what I wanted to talk about." " Not so secretly?" "How then?" "Let's meet so often that people talk about how much we love each other." "Then things will work out for us more quickly." "But, Øjvind, what if he wants me to leave?" " Then you just answer him no." " Is that possible?" " Well, he cannot carry you out." " No, you are right." "Marit, give me your hand." "Let's promise each other that we will stay together." " Where have you been?" " In the woods." " What did you do there?" " I picked berries." " That's not true." " You're right." "It isn't." " Were you with the Pladsen boy?" " Yes." " Listen, Marit." "Tomorrow you leave." " No." "Let me tell you just one thing." "You are leaving." "You cannot carry me into the carriage." "Marit, I am old." "I know a lot, and I have witnessed much." "Love is a convenient topic for conversation." "But it's worth nothing." "Us farmers go about it in a different way." "Food first, then a bit of religion." "A bit of writing and arithmetics." "And finally, if it turns out that way, a little love." "But you can't start out with love and end up with the food!" "What do you say to this?" "I believe I will hold on to love." "Hold thy head up, thou eager boy!" "Time a hope or two may destroy." "Soon in thy eye though is gleaming light that above thee is beaming!" "Hold thy head up and gaze around!" "Then you'll hear a beckoning sound." "Thousands of tongues it has bringing tidings of peace with their singing." "Lovest thou but me, I will e'er love thee." "All my days on earth, so fondly." "Short were summer's days now the flower decays." "Comes again with spring, so kindly." "What you said last year still rings in my ear." "Like a little bird on the sill." "Pecks a bit and knocks, sings of many things." "Happiness will be here still." "Come in." " You sent for me, Ole?" " Indeed I have." " How are things going on the farm?" " Downhill, like with myself." " Soon I'll be in the ground." " Then take care to lie comfortably." " Your neighbours are doing well, Ole." " Yes, they have this agronomist." "I can see that there's a lot bothering you." "But as far as I can see, it's only about the farm." "It has been here through many generations." "And it has excellent soil." "All that all the fathers have toiled is contained here." "But now nothing grows." "I don't know when they will haul me over to the graveyard." "But who will take me there?" "None of my family." "Your granddaughter will preserve your family." "But he who gets her, how will he run the farm?" "That's what I have to know before I die." "It is urgent, schoolmaster." "Both for me and the farm." "Should we have a look at the farm, in this fine weather?" "Yes, let's have a look." "I have some farmhands up on the slope, gathering leaves." "But the only time they work, is when I'm watching them." "Nothing is in its place around here!" "This fur rug has fallen down." "Do you think anyone considers hanging it back up again?" "No way." "Look here." "The door is wide open, so the goats may enter." "The firewood is lying around everywhere." "And the axe is not on the block." "The sled is out, in the middle of summer." "And look at this." "Have you seen anything as detestable?" "And it's no better on the upper floor." "Be careful on the stairs here." " A bit risky for oldies like you." " I'm sure I will manage." "Do you hear that?" "They're singing while they work." "That's little Knut Austistugu." "He gathers leaves for his father." "Over there are my people." "They are certainly not singing." "Øjvind Pladsen has been to Austistugu frequently." "Maybe it's a song he has introduced to the village." "There is always singing's where he is." "Possibly." "But let me show you something." "Watch out here." "If you leave everything to strangers, it usually goes wrong." "No, you have to take it as it..." "It cannot get much worse." "It's as bad as it can possibly get." "Let me tell you something..." "We have visitors approaching." "Go and have a look." "Oh, it's the schoolmaster." "And..." "It's..." "I almost think..." "Yes, it's him." "Ole Nordistua." "He has arrived." "That's his horse." "Øjvind is a clever lad." "The one who gets him, will be well taken care of." "But he is young..." "Well, not all of us can be oldies!" "Come in." "Nice to see you again." "Nice to see you again." "Please sit down." "Have a seat." "I believe you know Ole Nordistuen?" "He would like some assistance, Øjvind." "Well, if he asks for assistance, I will do whatever I can." "He doesn't mean only for a little while." "He thinks it's not going well with the farm." "He thinks it is not run well, and poorly attended to." "I don't know if I have the time." "I am so busy." "Right..." "Well..." "It was..." "It's..." "You see..." "The intention was that it would be permanent." "That you would...kind of be at home, up there with us." "Stay there, when you wouldn't be away." "Ole is a bit distracted today." "He has been here once before, and he recalls what happened." "I didn't know the boy back then." "Now I can see that things are growing where he sows." "He has got it in his fingertips." "So I would like to get hold of him." " So I would be the farm manager?" " Correct." "I would give you the farm!" " I would get the farm?" " Exactly." "And manage it." "But..." " Don't you want it?" " Of course I do!" "Then it's settled, said the hen as she flew into the water!" "Øjvind asks if he will get Marit as well." "Of course!" "Marit is part of the deal." "Marit too?" "!" "Do you really mean this?" "Father!" "Mother!" "Oh, thank you so much!" " You think it's a good farm?" " The best farm in the county!" "Excellent soil!" "And the pastures." "They're unique!" "But we would need a lot of money." "Then everything goes so much faster." "Of course we'll manage without, but it will be much slower." "A man can chew who has not all his teeth." "He who drives with oxen, will get on too." " But the farm is a good one?" " It's a great farm!" "Well..." "Here at Pladsen, we have always had a mill." "The last few years, we have had two." "And the mills have yielded a few shillings once in a while." "But neither my father nor I have spent any of those shillings." "Except for the period when Øjvind was away." "The schoolmaster has managed those shillings." "He has told us they have prospered well." "But now Øjvind should have those shillings for Nordistua." "Thank you, father!" "Fortune is smiling at us!" "Let's set out at once!" "The horse is waiting outside!" "That way, we'll get there faster." "That's what I said when I was young." "Haste makes waste!" "You will see that I have horses too." "Yes, I have seen them." " Schoolmaster, could you help out?" " Yes, I think I need a hand." "Thank you." "Here we go." "Let's see." "Let me give you a hand." "I think I manage." "Thank you." "Marit!" "Go in and make yourself trim." "Here's the man who will take over the farm." " Is it really true?" " Yes, it's true!" "Marit..." "Can you imagine?" "He has tried so hard." "It is a long time since there has been so much commotion and fun here." "And a long time since I have been so happy as today." "Well, Marit, I almost believe you when you claim love is so great." "At least it's better than writing and arithmetics!" "As old as I am, I can still recall that love is hot!" "I once liked a girl called Siri." "And she seemed to be fond of me." "And I liked her pretty much, too!" "And it actually so happened that I got a kiss from her sometimes." "And often two or three..." "I hereby pronounce you husband and wife." "Here ends the story of a happy boy." "Norsk Filminstitutt Subtitles:" "Bjørn Giertsen"