I moralens navn

I moralens navn (The Moral Reputation) is a Norwegian comedy film from 1954 directed by Olav Engebretsen.^[1] It stars Eva Lunde, Fridtjof Mjøen, and Anita Thallaug.^[2]

I moralens navn
Directed by	Olav Engebretsen
Written by	Sigurd Hoel, Rune Lindström
Based on	Finn Bø's play I moralens navn
Produced by	Vilhelm Bjørset
Starring	Eva Lunde Fridtjof Mjøen Anita Thallaug
Cinematography	Reidar Lund
Edited by	Ragnar Engström
Music by	Carl Chr. Bøyesen Laurie Mackenzie
Distributed by	Norenafilm
Release date	November 1, 1954 (1954-11-01)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Norway
Language	Norwegian

The film is based on Finn Bø's play with the same name,^[3] which premiered at the National Theatre in Oslo on September 22, 1937 and was directed by Bø himself. It was later performed that same year at the Trøndelag Theater.

Plot

Mona and Egil have grown up with a jumble of parents and stepparents. Now they have a total of three pairs of parents. Mona gets pregnant, and all her parents want her to get married. During the engagement party, the parents cheat on each other one by one, which leads to Mona escaping with her fiancé. They decide not to get married. The parents travel to Copenhagen to look for the escaped young people.^[4]

Cast

• Eva Lunde as Sussie Krahn-Johnsen, Alf Mowitz's former wife
• Fridtjof Mjøen as Birger Krahn-Johnsen, a director, formerly married to Ella
• Anita Thallaug as Mona Mowitz (Krahn-Johnsen), Sussie's daughter from her first marriage
• Jan Voigt as Egil Krahn-Johnsen, the director's son from his first marriage
• Egil Åsman as Fredrik
• Tore Foss as Otto Heymann, Ellas mann
• Synnøve Gleditsch as Ella Heymann, Otto's wife, Egil's mother
• Tage Lüneborg as the conductor at Lorry
• Sigurd Magnussøn as old Krahn-Johnsen
• Lillemor Nerem as Annelise
• Lars Nordrum as Rolf Hagen
• Thorleif Reiss as Alf Mowitz, formerly married to Sussie, Mona's father, and Agathe's husband
• Carl Struve as Balthazar Krahn-Johnsen
• Axel Thue as Consul Helm
• Anne-Lise Wang as Agathe Mowitz, Alf's wife