Cinema of Norway
Some of my favorite norwegian films (random order)
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- DirectorIvo CaprinoStarsWenche FossPer Theodor HaugenHarald Heide-Steen Jr.Reodor Felgen decides that he will enter a car race to defeat his former friend who has stolen his plans for a car.
- DirectorJoachim TrierStarsAnders Danielsen LieHans Olav BrennerIngrid OlavaOne day in the life of Anders, a young recovering drug addict, who takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up with old friends in Oslo.
- DirectorPetter NæssStarsPer Christian EllefsenSven NordinMarit Pia JacobsenWhen his mother, who has sheltered him his entire 40 years, dies, sensitive would-be poet Elling is sent to live in a state institution. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and woman-obsessed virgin in his 40s. After two years, the men are released and provided with a state-funded apartment and stipend with the hope they will be able to live on their own. Initially, the simple act of going around the corner for groceries is a challenge. Through a friendship born of desperate dependence, the skittish Elling and the boisterous, would-be ladies' man Kjell Bjarne discover that not only can they survive on the outside--they can thrive. But as their courage grows, they find oddball ways to cope with society and strike up friendships in the unlikeliest places.
- DirectorArne SkouenStarsJack FjeldstadHenny MoanAlf MallandDuring World War II, nine members of the Norwegian Resistance are trapped by the Germans in a deadly ambush. Only one escapes, and a fierce hunt through the ice desert has begun.
- DirectorMarius HolstStarsBenjamin HelstadTrond NilssenStellan SkarsgårdNorwegian winter, early 20th century. On the boys home Bastoy, a new inmate leads the boys to a violent uprising against a brutal regime. How far is he willing to go to attain freedom?
- DirectorKåre BergstrømStarsErling LindahlBjørg EnghHenny MoanA group of friends travel to a cabin in the Norwegian forest. It's a rumor that at night a crazy man can be heard screaming at a lake nearby the cabin.
- DirectorJens LienStarsTrond FausaPetronella BarkerPer SchaanningIn a strange city where every person seems content beyond reason a new man arrives in town and stirs up trouble by asking too many questions.
- DirectorNils GaupStarsMikkel GaupIngvald GuttormNils UtsiA young Sámi man witnesses a band of vicious raiders slay his family and flees to a nearby village, where he learns he must become a Pathfinder.
- DirectorErik SkjoldbjærgStarsStellan SkarsgårdSverre Anker OusdalMaria MathiesenIn a Norwegian city with a 24-hour daylight cycle a Swedish murder investigator has been brought in on a special case. Sleep deprived, he makes a horrible mistake which is discovered by the killer he has been hunting.
- DirectorErik LøchenStarsRolf SøderBente BørsumTor StokkeTwo men attracted to the same woman are attending a trip with her in the Mountains during the bird hunting season. A triangular love drama ending with tragedy. Or is it, really?
- DirectorOddvar EinarsonStarsBettina BanounJørn ChristensenSigrid HuunPhotographer John Gabriel, in his mid-twenties, coincidentally meets 13 year old Flora, who's run off from home and has nowhere to sleep. They start a love affair due to both of their need for affection.
- DirectorEdith CarlmarStarsLeif JusterUnni BernhoftFrank RobertAt a high mountain hotel in Norway the porter Poppe tries to do the best he can for the guests with an often unhelpful piccolo Rudolf. This, however, leads to a lot of problems, and Poppe thinks some of the guests behave inappropriate.
- DirectorBent HamerStarsTomas NorströmJoachim CalmeyerBjørn FlobergA scientific observer's job of observing an old cantankerous single man's kitchen habits is complicated by his growing friendship with him.
- DirectorJoachim TrierStarsAnders Danielsen LieEspen Klouman HøinerViktoria WingeFueled by literary aspirations and youthful exuberance, two competitive friends endure the pangs of love, depression, and burgeoning careers.
- DirectorAndré ØvredalStarsOtto JespersenRobert StoltenbergKnut NærumA group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.
- DirectorKnut BohwimStarsArve OpsahlCarsten ByhringSverre HolmEgon Olsen has been behind bars for some time, but that hasn't stopped the criminal mastermind from making a plan to steal a very valuable golden statue and to never land behind bars again. So as soon as he gets out of prison, the first thing he does is contact his old associates, and together they prepare for one of the most daring, and hilarious, robberies Norway has ever seen.
- DirectorHans Petter MolandStarsStellan SkarsgårdBjørn FlobergJorunn KjellsbyUlrik's released from prison after 12 years for murder. Will he go straight? He gets a room and a job as mechanic. He hooks up with his old gang. His son introduces him as uncle to his pregnant fiancée.
- DirectorOla SolumTristan de Vere ColeStarsHelge JordalSverre Anker OusdalHans Ola SørlieA group of seamen from Norway find a Soviet listening station and they become targets for both America and Russia. Another cold war takes place.
- DirectorTommy WirkolaStarsJeppe Beck LaursenCharlotte FrognerJenny SkavlanA ski vacation turns horrific for a group of medical students, as they find themselves confronted by an unimaginable menace: Nazi zombies.
- DirectorBent HamerStarsBaard OweEspen SkjønbergGhita NørbyA drama focused on a life-changing moment in 67-year-old train engineer Odd Horten's existence: the evening of his retirement.
- DirectorBent HamerStarsSverre HansenKjell StormoenLeif AndréeTwo brothers in their seventies, Pa and Moe, have lived together all their lives in a little house in the country, the only interruption being when Pa made a weekend trip to Småland on his moped during the second World War. The past returns when his adult son dating from his Swedish visit, Konrad, comes to live with them after his mother has fallen ill. Soon Moe is about to discover that three is indeed a crowd...
- DirectorPål SletauneStarsRobert SkjærstadAndrine SætherPer Egil AskeA lazy postman puts his nose where it doesn't belong.
- DirectorSvend WamStarsTorgeir SchjervenLasse TømteKjersti DøvigenThe teenagers Lasse and Geir are arrested after making trouble on a night bus into town. After a night in the slammer they go home. To Geir's alcoholic mother and to Lasse's father, who is terrorizing the entire family.
- DirectorØyvind VennerødStarsSigrid HuunLillebjørn NilsenGeorg RichterNorwegian propaganda film and cult drama about Eva (16) and Arne (17), both from the west end of Oslo, attend a class where a professor says that cannabis is safer than alcohol. Together with some friends they decide to try the drug.
- DirectorPål JackmanStarsMads OusdalHildegun RiiseIngjerd EgebergDaniel Jul is a 28-year-old psychiatrist still living with his mom. He and his friend Ronny have one thing in common: they like searching for metallic objects in the ground. One day they find a jewel with the name "Janne" imprinted. This is the beginning of something big for Daniel. His life will never be the same. He's about to discover a lot of hidden secrets about himself and others.
- DirectorErik SkjoldbjærgStarsMarit Synnøve BergFrode WintherMorten LarsenThe movie portrays Norway's most spectacular robbery, where 11 men occupied central Stavanger for twenty minutes and escaped with 57 million kroner (appx $10 million). A police officer was shot and killed.
- DirectorErik Smith MeyerStarsKingsford SiayorEirik Junge EliassenBjörn GranathAnna lives with her father Karl someplace in the outskirts of northern Norway. Karl killed his ex-wife and threw her newborn colored child into the sea when he discovered that she obviously had been unfaithful. Now Karl is being haunted by her ghost and is developing a serious drinking problem. Anna is looking for the love of her life, but there aren't many bachelors around - until they discovers another small family on the other side of the mountain. They meet a semi-alcoholized widow on Karl's age, her son Peder, and her black adopted son, Ante, that arrived from the sea on a piece of wood.
- DirectorEva IsaksenStarsHåvard BakkeTommy KarlsenHelle Beck FigenschowA young boy named Pelle falls in love with the drug addict Lena. Then he and his friend Proffen tries to save her from the drugs.
- DirectorChristopher NielsenStarsWoody HarrelsonSimon PeggPhil DanielsFour stoners, five vegans, three mobsters, four hunters, and a million reasons to free one junkie elephant.
- DirectorKnut BohwimStarsArve OpsahlCarsten ByhringSverre HolmValborg needs to get her son Basse married, after getting a girl pregnant, while Egon has got work for a baron. However a spook makes trouble for his planned coup against the National Theater.
- DirectorSvend WamStarsJohn EgeAmanda OomsØyvin Bang BervenBased upon the novel "Jord!" by Erland Kiøsterud about Jor, living in Copenhagen, trying to make a living as an artist. Meanwhile he has to live off his girlfriend Gerda's prostitution. Then Morgan turns up, creating trouble.