A large family is going to the mountain for their christmas vacation, in a rented cabin. Read More »
Tag Archives: Norway
The Kautokeino Rebellion AKA Kautokeino-opprøret (2008) Nils Gaup, Mikkel Gaup, Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Aslat Mahtte Gaup
Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village. Read More »
Kristin Lavransdatter (1995) Liv Ullmann, Linus Aaberg, Gisken Armand, Berard Arnø
Kristin is the daughter of a prominent landowner in medieval Norway. Read More »
Sunday’s Children AKA Söndagsbarn (1992) Daniel Bergman, Henrik Linnros, Thommy Berggren, Lena Endre
The film switches back and forth between the adventures of Pu on a summer holiday in Norrland in Sweden Read More »
Gipsy Anne AKA Fante-Anne (1920) Rasmus Breistein, Asta Nielsen, Einar Tveito, Johanne Bruhn
The story of an orphaned girl brought up by the Storlein family. Read More »
Body Troopers AKA Jakten på nyresteinen (1996) Vibeke Idsøe, Torbjörn T. Jensen, Jenny Skavlan, Benjamin Helstad
A little kid shrinks himself so that he can travel into the body of his grandfather. Here he has to kill the kidney-stone his grandfather is suffering from. Read More »
The Last Lieutenant AKA Secondløitnanten (1993) Hans Petter Moland, Espen Skjønberg, Lars Andreas Larssen, Gard B. Eidsvold
The old sea-captain retires, but the next day German WWII occupation of Norway begins. He then kisses his wife good-bye and is off to Army HQ. Read More »
In the Presence of a Clown AKA Larmar och gör sig till (1997) Ingmar Bergman, Börje Ahlstedt, Marie Richardson, Erland Josephson
Inventor Carl Åkerblom is a rosy-cheeked 54 year-old admirer of Franz Schubert – and a patient in the psychiatric ward Read More »
Cold Light AKA Kaldaljós (2004) Hilmar Oddsson, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir, Ruth Olafsdottir
A 40-year-old is hiding in a self-made prison of mundane life. Read More »
Blind Spot AKA Blindsone (2018) Tuva Novotny, Pia Tjelta, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Per Frisch
BLIND SPOT is a story about the grey zones in mental illness; the blind spots hard to discover Read More »
Nine Lives AKA Ni liv (1957) Arne Skouen, Jack Fjeldstad, Henny Moan, Alf Malland
The movie takes place during World War II and depicts the true story of Jan Baalsruds Read More »
Valley of Shadows AKA Skyggenes dal (2017) Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen, Adam Ekeli, Kathrine Fagerland, John Olav Nilsen
Between the sea and the mountains in a small village in Norway, Aslak (6) lives with his mother Astrid. Read More »
De blå ulvene AKA Blue Wolves (1993) Morten Kolstad, Håvard Bakke, Tommy Karlsen, Viggo Jønsberg
This time Pelle’s father joins an activist group and Pelle has to face up to his father. Read More »
Cross My Heart And Hope To Die (1994) Marius Holst, Martin Dahl Garfalk, Trond Halbo, Jan Devo Kornstad
Two Norwegian boys come of age in this dark drama with comic and tragic elements. Read More »
Two Suspicious People (1950) Tancred Ibsen, Peter Lindgren, Ivar Svendsen, Britta Lech-Hanssen
The movie is based on a documentary-crime novel by author Gunnar Larsen written in 1933, which in turn was based on a true story that shocked Norway. Read More »