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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 »
Victoria (2013) Torun Lian, Iben Akerlie, Jakob Oftebro, Bill Skarsgård
A dramatizing of Knut Hamsun’s famous novel from 1898, Victoria, which is about the tragic Read More »
Pyromaniac (2016) Erik Skjoldbjærg, Per Frisch, Agnes Kittelsen, Trond Nilssen
The setting is a small, secluded village in Norway. The son of the chief of the fire department Read More »
Blind (2014) Eskil Vogt, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Henrik Rafaelsen, Vera Vitali
Ingrid is blind. She lives with her husband Morten. As soon as he is out of the house, she sits at the window with a cup of tea Read More »
Edvard Munch (1974) Peter Watkins, Geir Westby, Gro Fraas, Kerstii Allum
Following a rough chronology from 1884 to 1894, when Norwegian artist Edvard Munch began expressionism Read More »
Jackpot (2011) Magnus Martens, Kyrre Hellum, Mads Ousdal, Henrik Mestad
Terrified and bloody, Oscar Svendsen awakes clinched to a shotgun in a strippers joint. Read More »
Bridal Procession In Hardanger (1926) Rasmus Breistein, Aase Bye, Gunhild Schytte-Jacobsen, Henry Gleditsch
Based on the novel “Marit Skjølte” by Kristofer Janson, this Norwegian silent movie tells the story of young Marit and her love Read More »
Next Door (2005) Pål Sletaune, Kristoffer Joner, Cecilie A. Mosli, Julia Schacht
A psychological thriller, where the main character, John, have recently been dumped by his girlfriend, Ingrid. Read More »
Death is a Caress (1949) Edith Carlmar, Claus Wiese, Bjørg Riiser-Larsen, Eva Bergh
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. Read More »
The Greatest Gamble (1967) Knut Bohwim, Gard Øyen, Carl Henrik Størmer, Sverre Anker Ousdal
A young Norwegian man joins the Nazi-collaborating Quisling movement in order to relay information to the resistance. Read More »
Bloody Road (1955) Kåre Bergstrøm, Rados Novakovic, Milan Milosevic, Milivoje Zivanovic, Antun Nalis
Yugoslav Partizans, captured by Nazis, are sent to concentration camps in distant Norway. Read More »
Babycall (2011) Pål Sletaune, Noomi Rapace, Kristoffer Joner, Vetle Qvenild Werring
After escaping an abusive husband Anna and her 8 year old son move to a secret location in a giant apartment building. Read More »