Rasmus Breistein

Rasmus Breistein was born on 16 November 1890 in Åsane, near Bergen, the son of a farmer, and played the violin at weddings in the west from an early age. An actor at the Norwegian Theatre from its opening in 1913, he came to cinema after the Swedish successes filmed in Norway, and is regarded as the most important Norwegian filmmaker of the silent era. He went on filming in the sound era. He died on 16 October 1976, in Hollywood.

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• CinemaGypsy AnneFante-AnneRasmus Breistein · 1920Cinema