
Birthday:
01-24-1917
Deathday:
08-16-1997 (80 years)
Birthplace:
Berrgen, Norway
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Nine Lives
Act like Martin
event1957 star_border 7.1
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The movie takes place during World War II and depicts the true story of Jan Baalsruds amazing escape from the German army from the coast of Northern Norway and across the border to the neutral country Sweden.
Kjære Maren
Act like Mann
event1976 star_border 6
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Set in Rodeløkka of Kristiania eastside around the year 1900 and is a rough sketch of how it was to be young and unmarried working girl at the time.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Act like Fetiukov
event1970 star_border 6.8
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Fly-on-the-wall treatment of an ordinary day in the life of a prisoner in Stalin's Gulag. Closely adapted from Solzhenitsyn's classic novel based on his own experiences. Shot entirely on location in northern Norway
The Call of the Wild
Act like Constantine
event1972 star_border 6
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John Thornton, is a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure out how to travel the deadly 600 miles from Skagway to Dawson, Alaska in the icy winter. His incredibly dog Buck is by his side and part of how he survives.
Etter Rubicon
Act like Arne Michelsen
event1987 star_border 5.8
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Two boys who were found sick on a boat in the sea near northern Norway, are hospitalized with mysterious symptoms. The secret service starts investigating the case, confiscates the bodies. When Hoff notices that the whole event shall be kept secret, he begins to investigate on his own.
Bør Børson Jr.
Act like Ole Elveplassen
event1974 star_border 5.5
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Bør Børson Jr. will become a great man quickly, but will be ridiculed when lower class in Olderdalen crashes with modern Norway.
Hjem går vi ikke
event1955
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A six year old boy runs away from home with the family's big dog, a St. Berhard, who the grown ups wants to put down.
Et øye på hver finger
Act like Mørk herre i svart bil
event1961
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A surveillance radar is to be placed at the Norwegian coastline. Three soldiers volunteer to guard it, but only so that they can have a party afterwards.
Surrounded
Act like Frimann
event1960 star_border 4
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Filmen beskriver hvordan motstandsmannen Knut Magne Haugland i 1944 opererte en illegal telegrafi-stasjon på Rikshospitalets tak under den andre verdenskrig.
Freske fraspark
Act like Ollvar
event1963 star_border 5
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Per has won the 50 kilometer in Holmenkollen, but which village is he from, Alvdal or Tynset?
The Disappearance of a Young Wife
Act like Vaktmannen
event1953 star_border 6.4
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The young wife of an upper-class academic disappears while her husband is on holiday. In his search for her, the husband learns that there was much he did not know both about her past and about their relationship.
Cold Tracks
Act like Tormod
event1962 star_border 5.5
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Guilt and sexual jealousy are the main dynamics behind Skouen's gloomy and intense tale about Oddmund, a former Resistance leader who caused the death of 12 refugees during the war.
King of Skating
Act like Skøyteløper
event1953
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The throne of ice skating sees a change of regent when Hans takes over as “The King”, and the sports press can’t seem to get enough of him.
Pastor Jarman Comes Home
event1958 star_border 5.7
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The good priest gets a mystery to solve on his way home by ship to Oslo. A crew member dies, with a final wish to help Makken, and deliver a gold watch to Lily. But Lily denies knowing the man, and is scared when she hears the name Makken.
42 99 00
event1950
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If fire should happen at any home, then 42 99 00 was the phone number to use in order to call Oslo's fire department. Firemen and vehicles are coming from different stations to extinguish a residential fire in Bjerregårdsgate. Firefighters are training in case of similar situations, and they are also working with fire prevention.
Death Is a Caress
Act like En konstabel
event1949 star_border 5.9
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The story of a working man, who's got a gorgeous fiancée but who falls for a rich older woman – who turns out to be a femme fatale.
Blood of the Railroad Workers
Act like Per Flink
event1979 star_border 2
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A group of migratory rail road workers arrive in a small town in Norway, and cause social conflict. One of the men, Sjugur, stands apart as a strong, independent man. The girls like him, but he has set his sights on the daughter of a wealthy landowner.
The Guards
Act like The Captain
event1965 star_border 4
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A hand is pulling the emergency breaks on a train, and a young military recruit has his live all changed. No one can answer a girl's question in court. What colour are dreams? A gathering of destinies. Can anyone answer why things happen?
Broder Gabrielsen
Act like Broder Gabrielsen
event1966 star_border 4
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" Broder Gabrielsen " in its time awoke a major debate , and already during the shooting of the film went high waves in the press . The film points a strong warning against religious fanaticism and against contemporary preachers, and it met then also strong opposition from some of these . In the film we meet the piecemeal lay preacher , Brother Gabrielsen ( ALF MALLAND ) , who discovers how modern music , rhythms and ecstasy gives great success when it comes to getting listeners to his preaching . He will soon get his big break , and keeps ecstatic revival meetings with tongues and " healings " through prayer . It ends in discouragement and defeat then wonders absent for Gabrielsen , and personal tragedies for those who were misguided .
The Ballad of the Masterthief Ole Hoiland
Act like Løvdahl, kjøpmann
event1970 star_border 4.2
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Ballad of the Masterthief Ole Hoiland (Norwegian: Balladen om mestertyven Ole Høiland) is a 1970 Norwegian drama film directed by Knut Andersen, and starring a broad cast of notable Norwegian actors, headed by Per Jansen as Ole Høiland. Ole Høiland was an actual Norwegian Robin Hood-figure in the early 19th century. He steals from the rich and gives to the poor, enjoying numerous affairs with attractive women along the way. The story culminates in the ambitious burglary of Norges Bank, Norway's central bank.
Smugglers
event1968
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For many, the happy twenties were not very happy, with high unemployment, poverty and a bitter disillusioned youth. But at the same time there was prohibition in Norway, with large-scale smuggling and easy-earned money. Ernst, an unemployed architect, stumbles onto the smuggler path, and replaces a gray, boring life with a lush, rowdy and colorful world. Klara, the girl he loves, walks away from him, and Jenny becomes his new girlfriend. Together with Hugo and Elsa, these four make a number of smuggling trips by car - with big profits - but it's not enough. So Ernst invests in boats, and that's when the really messy smuggling starts. He operates in the entire Oslo Fjord, all the way down to Rotterdam, pursued by police and customs, with his infamous torpedo boats. We follow Ernst all the way to the so-called Bygdøyslaget, where smugglers and police brutaly clash together.
Clocks in the Moonlight
Act like Styrmannen
event1964 star_border 5.9
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Four men are gathered to play a game of bridge, when the conversation turns to unnatural and occult events.
Venner
Act like Tomas Gran
event1960 star_border 5.7
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Mountain climbing and its dangers get a different twist in this standard drama by Norwegian director Tancred Ibsen. When one of two climbing buddies returns from an attempt to scale Eagle Peak, he is happy to claim his award for being the first to reach the summit. But his celebration is short-lived after his friend comes back down from the mountain with another version of his "victory" climb. This second version has the supposedly successful climber cast as an attempted murderer. The story behind the climb comes out in flashbacks as the Alpine Club reviews the accusation.
An-Magritt
Act like Merra-Per
event1969 star_border 6
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In Norway in the 1600s, An-Magritt is born as the result of a rape.
The Olsen Gang Never Gives Up!
Act like Aksjonsleder i politiet
event1981 star_border 6.5
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The Olsen Gang realizes that cash is obsolete with the current inflation rate, and plans a coup for property and bonds. They make a fake company and tries to buy Oslo's biggest shopping mall, Steen and Strøm.
The Olsen Gang and Data-Harry Blows Up The World Bank
Act like Hallandsen
event1978 star_border 6.6
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With the help of a corrupt diplomat the Olsen Gang plans to rob the World Bank, with help from the re-schooled Dynamite-Harry, now a computer expert.
The Olsen Gang's Very Last Coup
Act like Personalvakt med overvåkning
event1982 star_border 6.4
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The Olsen Gang is involved in a weapon trade for half a billion. It's their final coup, and Valborg is finally allowed to participate.
But The Olsen Gang Was Not Dead!
Act like Guide på Munchmuseet #1
event1984 star_border 6
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The Olsen Gang has traveled south after the success of their last coup, but there's still someone who hasn't given up catching them.
Ransom
Act like Police Inspector
event1974 star_border 5.5
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Following a series of bomb attacks in London, a group of terrorists seize Britain's ambassador to Scandinavia. With the ambassador now a hostage in his residence, another group hijacks an airliner at the capital's airport, announcing that the passengers will not be freed until their demands are met. Colonel Nils Tahlvik, Scandinavia's resourceful and ruthless head of security, seeks to take an uncompromising stance against the terrorists yet his attempts meet resistance from unknown forces at every turn...
Bør Børson II
Act like Ole Elveplassen
event1976 star_border 4
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Bør is startled when he discovers that his father-in-law is becoming more Norwegian than he is. The father-in-law is about to raise the village's highest flagpole. Bør can't sit still and watch, and that's why the fight and the intricacies are underway.
The Olsen Gang For Full Music
Act like Fritz
event1976 star_border 6.7
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Egon Olsen is commissioned to help a baron with an insurance fraud. As the dividend can finance Basse's wedding, even Valborg accepts the plans.
Spøkelsesbussen
Act like Bussjefen
event1981
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Pakistani Ali Reza is found dead under a bridge, with a stab wound in the back. He was last observed boarding a bus the night before.
Love Is War
Act like overlegen
event1970 star_border 2
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In this film, Norwegian writer, director, cameraman and musician Ragnar Lasse has fashioned an intricate, exquisitely photographed and multilayered examination of the lives, problems and relationships of a father and this two children, a boy and a girl. The story ranges over a wide time period and is covered in multiple flashbacks and from a number of different points of view.
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