To levende og en død
by Sigurd Christiansenliterary work· published 1931
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To levende og en død (lit. Two living and one dead) is a 1931 Norwegian novel written by Sigurd Christiansen. A post office worker, due for promotion, faces a crisis of conscience when his workplace is robbed. The novel has been turned into feature films on three occasions: a 1937 Norwegian film To levende og en død was made, directed by Gyda Christensen and Tancred Ibsen, a 1947 Czech film A Dead Man Among the Living directed by Bořivoj Zeman and a 1961 British-Swedish film Two Living, One Dead directed by Anthony Asquith. Soila, Tytti & Söderbergh-Widding, Astrid & Iverson, Gunnar. Nordic National Cinemas. Routledge, 1998.
Adaptations (1)
To levende og en død was adapted into a 1961 film.
Two Living, One Dead1961 · film · 105 min · dir. Anthony Asquith · IMDb ↗IMDb7.3Three Post Office employees are at work when the facility is held up. The robber kills the supervisor and knocks out another employee. The third one offers no resistance and survives unscathed. Afterwards he begins to wonder if his refusal to resist was a prudent move to preserve his family, or an act of cowardice, as many in the town believe. The resulting conflict begins to tear apart his family.
