Gryr i Norden (Dawn in the North) is a Norwegian film from 1939 that was directed by Olav Dalgard. Gryr i Norden is the last film in the "worker trilogy." The other two films are Det drønner gjennom dalen (1938) and Lenkene brytes (1938).
The film is about the first major women's strike in Norway, the match workers' strike in Kristiania (now Oslo) in 1889. On the morning of October 23, 1889, the match workers at the Bryn and Grønvold match factories in the city went on strike. Working conditions were miserable, and most of the young women ended up with ruined health after a short period of performing the hazardous work, affected by phosphorus necrosis.
Cast
Martin Gisti as Karlsen, a stevedore
Betzy Holter as Andrine, Karlsen's wife
Ragnhild Hald as Halldis, a manager
Solveig Haugan as Maja
Gunvor Hall as Svart-Anna
Ragnhild Hagen as Nilsine
Kolbjørn Brenda as Adolf
Jack Fjeldstad as Krestian
Tryggve Larssen as Oscar Nissen, a doctor
Joachim Holst-Jensen as Christian H.
Ingjald Haaland as Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Olav Dalgard as Hans Jæger
Bjarne Bø as Carl Jeppesen, an editor
Astri Steiwer as Ernanda Holst
Hans Bille as a director
Sigurd Magnussøn as a factory manager
Pehr Qværnstrøm as the chairman