The Wayward Girl ("Ung flukt" in original Norwegian) gets most recognition for being Liv Ullmanns first feature film. (She had her debut in an uncredited role in "Fools in the mountains" by the same director, Edith Carlmar. She probably saw somthing in this young girl, and maybe the same Ingmar Bergman did later as his muse and later wife.
Edith Carlmar was Norways first big female director and this is her tenth and last directoral work of feature films which considered great Norwegian classics. So is this, which is based upon the novel "The sought after is 18 years old" ("Ettersøkte er 28 år") by Nils Johan Rud, released the year before this movie was released. Edith Carlmars husband and film producer Otto Carlmar made the script.
Anders is trying to save his fellow teenager girlfriend Gerd from her wayward life with a nagging mother and the child protection service. Anders is a proper boy with high marks in school. He is under her spell, being in love. His parents are of course all against it. So the flee away, and finds a left cabin in the woods where they hide. But they are discovered by a mysterious man, who will test their bonds (played by renown actor Rolf Søder).
Atle Merton plays wel, so does of course Rolf Søder, and the movie was a start for a great acting career for Ullmann, who later was nominated for two Oscars, and received a honorary Oscar in 2022.
It's an interesting and well played story filmed in 1.37:1 and black and white. The story keeps interest and this movie is a great end to and good directorial career for Edith Carlmar, which received a honorary Amanda award in 1994 for her achievements in film.
This movie is made available in 2023 when it was released on interregional (region-free) Blu-Ray Disk by Norwegian Film Classics as the fifth release in a new series with classics, NFK0011, with subtitles in English, and is supposed to be held in stock for film lovers.
