Alf Rød

Alf Rød (February 19, 1894 – December 18, 1969) was a Norwegian screenwriter, playwright, and film director.

He debuted as a screenwriter in 1926 with Baldevins bryllup, based on a play by Vilhelm Krag.

Together with Thorleif Reiss, he also wrote the play Snehvit (Snow White), which was staged at the National Theater in Oslo in 1929.

[3][7][8] In 1936, Rød directed his first and only feature film, Dyrk jorden!

[10] Rød wrote the lyrics to the song "Fanteguttens lengsel" (The Gypsy's Yearning)[11] for the 1932 film Fantegutten, and song lyrics for the 1950 film Marianne på sykehus.