
Overview
Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who reads great literature to the family every evening. Through financial crises, illnesses and the small triumphs of everyday life, Marta maintains her optimism and sense of humor, traits she passes on to her aspiring-author daughter, Katrin.
Fun facts
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Nominations
4 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (1949)
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Setting
Set in California and San Francisco
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Music
Music by Roy Webb
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Nicholas Musuraca
Details
- Director
- Writers
- DeWitt BodeenScreenplay
- Kathryn ForbesNovel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 9, 1948
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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