Journey to the Sea

Journey to the Sea (Norwegian: Reisen til havet) is a Norwegian drama film from 1966 directed by Arne Skouen, who was also the screenwriter.^[1][2][3] Skouen's daughter Synne Skouen played Pinne, a teenage girl wanted by the authorities.^[4]

Journey to the Sea
Directed by	Arne Skouen
Written by	Arne Skouen
Starring	Erik Bye Synne Skouen
Cinematography	Odd Geir Sæther
Edited by	Bjørn Breigutu
Music by	Gunnar Sønstevold
Distributed by	Kommunenes filmcentral
Release date	November 3, 1966 (1966-11-03)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Norway
Language	Norwegian

Plot

The truck driver Hilmar offers fifteen-year-old Pinne a ride. The girl, who seems frightened and withdrawn, does not say much other than that she wants to go to the sea. At a gas station, Hilmar learns from the radio that Pinne is wanted. She has escaped from the school where she was placed. Hilmar faces a dilemma: whether to call the sheriff or not.^[5]

Cast

• Erik Bye as Hilmar, the truck driver
• Synne Skouen as Pinne, the wanted teenager
• Frimann Falck Clausen as the sheriff
• Oddvar Einarson as the boy that finds Pinne's furniture
• Bonne Gauguin as Johanne
• Vegard Hall as Niri
• Anne-Vibekke Hansen as a girl
• Peter Lindbæk as Biggen
• Egil Lorck as Tønna
• Wenche Medbøe as the curator
• Anne-Lise Tangstad as the supervisor
• Carsten Winger as the bartender