FR #683 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Norway, Sweden | Swedish, Persian
Director
Hannes Holm
Writer
Hannes Holm, Fredrik Backman
Cast
Rolf Lassgard, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg
Plot
Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.
This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Y...
FR #1288 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | Norway, France | Norwegian, English
Director
Joachim Trier
Writer
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
Cast
Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum
Plot
The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
FR #2997 | TV | Romance, Drama | Norway | Norwegian
Writer
Julie Andem
Cast
Josefine Frida Pettersen, Iman Meskini, Ulrikke Falch
Plot
The story of young teenagers and pupils on Hartvig Nissens upper secondary school in Oslo, and their troubles, scandals and everyday life. Each season is told from a different person's point of view.
FR #3779 | Movie | Documentary, Animation | Norway, Japan | Norwegian, Danish
Director
Benjamin Ree
Writer
Mats Steen
Cast
Mats Steen, Robert Steen, Trude Steen
Plot
Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer, died of a degenerative muscular disease at the age of 25. His parents mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated life, when they started receiving messages from online friends around th...
FR #4764 | Movie | Drama | Norway, Denmark | Norwegian, Spanish
Director
Joachim Trier
Writer
Joachim Trier, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Eskil Vogt
Cast
Anders Danielsen Lie, Hans Olav Brenner, Ingrid Olava
Plot
One 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.
FR #5371 | Movie | Biography, Drama | Norway, Sweden | English, French
Director
Peter Watkins
Writer
Peter Watkins
Cast
Geir Westby, Gro Fraas, Kerstii Allum
Plot
This biopic of Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch focuses on the influences that shaped his art, his devastating affair with a married woman that will haunt him for the rest of his life
FR #5974 | Movie | Adventure, Action | Norway | Norwegian, German
Director
Arne Skouen
Writer
David Howarth, James L. Shute, Arne Skouen
Cast
Jack Fjeldstad, Henny Moan, Alf Malland
Plot
During 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.
FR #7520 | Movie | Biography, War | Norway | English, Norwegian
Director
John Andreas Andersen
Writer
Erlend Loe, Espen Lauritzen Von Ibenfeldt, Petter Ringen Johannessen
Cast
Sjur Vatne Brean, Erik Hivju, Philip Helgar
Plot
Young apprentice Gunnar Sønsteby from Rjukan decides to resist Nazi-Germany on the day of the invasion to later become the leader of the "Oslo-gang" carrying out countless daring acts of sabotage making him Norway's greatest war h...
FR #7554 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Norway, France | Norwegian, French
Director
Petter Naess
Writer
Ingvar Ambjornsen, Axel Hellstenius, Larry Stuckey
Cast
Per Christian Ellefsen, Sven Nordin, Marit Pia Jacobsen
Plot
When 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 y...
Elvira battles against her gorgeous stepsister in a realm where beauty reigns supreme. She resorts to extreme measures to captivate the prince, amid a ruthless competition for physical perfection.
A 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.
FR #9515 | Movie | Drama | Norway, France | Norwegian, Swedish
Director
Marius Holst
Writer
Mette M. Bolstad, Lars Saabye Christensen, Dennis Magnusson
Cast
Benjamin Helstad, Trond Nilssen, Stellan Skarsgard
Plot
Norwegian 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?
FR #9913 | Movie | Animation, Short | Norway | Norwegian
Director
Ivo Caprino
Writer
Thorbjorn Egner
Cast
Turid Haaland, Kari Diesen
Plot
The little tooth trolls Karius and Baktus tries to persuade Jens not to brush his teeth, and their picking wholes in his teeth can go on as planned. If the mother's plea to Jens is winning, the happy days of white bread and syrup ...
FR #10028 | Movie | Fantasy, Drama | Norway | English, Norwegian
Director
Andre Ovredal
Writer
Andre Ovredal
Cast
Otto Jespersen, Robert Stoltenberg, Knut Naerum
Plot
A 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.
FR #10417 | Movie | Animation, Short | Norway, Finland | Norwegian, English
Director
Ivo Caprino
Writer
Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Jorgen Moe
Cast
Harald Heide Steen, Anniken Kolstad, Even Rognlien
Plot
A young man named Ashlad is getting out on a journey in which he attempts to win both the king's daughter and half the kingdom. But it shall be more difficult than he had imagined.
FR #12019 | Movie | Action, Comedy | Norway | Norwegian, Swedish
Director
Tommy Wirkola
Writer
Tommy Wirkola, Nick Ball, John Niven
Cast
Noomi Rapace, Aksel Hennie, Atle Antonsen
Plot
A dysfunctional couple head to a remote cabin to reconnect, but each has intentions to kill the other. Before they can carry out their plans, unexpected visitors arrive and they face a greater danger.
FR #12258 | Movie | Thriller, Drama | Norway | Norwegian, English
Director
Erik Poppe
Writer
Siv Rajendram Eliassen, Anna Bache-Wiig, Erik Poppe
Cast
Andrea Berntzen, Aleksander Holmen, Solveig Koloen Birkeland
Plot
A teenage girl struggles to survive and to find her younger sister during the July 2011 terrorist mass murder at a political summer camp on the Norwegian island of Utøya.
FR #12424 | Movie | Comedy | Norway, Greece | Norwegian, Latin
Director
Edith Carlmar
Writer
Bias Bernhoft, Sverre Baevre, Otto Carlmar
Cast
Leif Juster, Unni Bernhoft, Frank Robert
Plot
At 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 inappropr...
FR #13406 | Movie | Animation, Short | Norway | Norwegian
Director
Ivo Caprino
Writer
Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Jorgen Moe
Cast
Harald Heide Steen, Siri Rom, Trine Pedersen
Plot
Based on a Norwegian folk tale, with the addition of a second tale and a scene from a third. - The basic story: Mr. Fox is dead. His widow, Reve-enka (literally "the fox widow"), sits alone in her empty house with only her trusty ...
Egon 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...
FR #13612 | Movie | Adventure | Norway, Sweden | English
Director
Vladimir Grammatikov
Writer
William Aldridge, Astrid Lindgren, Andrey Ivanov
Cast
Nick Pickard, Christian Bale, Timothy Bottoms, Christopher Lee
Plot
A lonely boy who is transferred from his dull life with his adoptive parents to the land where his real father is the King. In that country, he sets out on a quest, together with his new friend, to destroy the evil Knight Kato.
Increasingly overshadowed by her boyfriend's recent rise to fame as a contemporary artist creating sculptures from stolen furniture, Signe hatches a vicious plan to reclaim her rightfully deserved attention within the milieu of Os...
FR #14136 | TV | Comedy | Norway | Norwegian, Swedish
Cast
Rolv Wesenlund, Aud Schonemann, Henki Kolstad
Plot
Marve is a middle-aged bachelor living alone, with his mother. Marve has extraordinary opinions about life, and when everything seems to go wrong despite his best intentions. But he is proud to be a leader at work - in a storage.
FR #16015 | Movie | Thriller, Drama | Norway, Sweden | Norwegian, Danish
Director
Roar Uthaug
Writer
Martin Sundland, John Kare Raake, Roar Uthaug
Cast
Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro
Plot
Although anticipated, no one is really ready when the mountain pass above the scenic, narrow Norwegian fjord Geiranger collapses and creates an 85-meter high violent tsunami. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it.
FR #16020 | Movie | Fantasy, Drama | Norway, France | English, Norwegian
Director
Joachim Trier
Writer
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
Cast
Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen
Plot
A confused religious girl tries to deny her feelings for a female friend who's in love with her. This causes her suppressed subconsciously-controlled psychokinetic powers to reemerge with devastating results.
FR #17239 | TV | Comedy, Drama | Norway | Norwegian
Writer
Kristian Andersen, Amir Shaheen, Per-Olav Sorensen
Cast
Ida Elise Broch, Dennis Storhoi, Oddgeir Thune
Plot
When the constant comments on her single status and society's expectations of the perfect family Christmas finally get to 30-year-old Johanne, she starts a 24-day hunt for a partner to bring home for Christmas.
FR #17801 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Norway, USA | English
Director
Bent Hamer
Writer
Charles Bukowski, Bent Hamer, Jim Stark
Cast
Matt Dillon, LILI Taylor, Marisa Tomei
Plot
This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Alon...
Ine Marie Wilmann, Kim Falck, Mads Sjogard Pettersen
Plot
Deep in the Dovre mountain, something gigantic wakes up after a thousand years in captivity. The creature destroys everything in its path and quickly approaches Oslo.
Ingrid Bolso Berdal, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Tomas Alf Larsen
Plot
5 young Norwegians head up to the mountains to snowboard. One breaks his leg and it's getting dark soon, so they spend the night in a big, abandoned hotel, closed 30 years ago. They are not alone.
FR #20029 | Movie | History, War | Norway | English, Norwegian
Director
Erik Skjoldbjaerg
Writer
Christopher Grondahl, Sebastian Torngren Wartin
Cast
Kristine Hartgen, Carl Martin Eggesbo, Christoph Gelfert Mathiesen
Plot
April 1940. The eyes of the world are on Narvik, a small town in northern Norway, source of the iron ore needed for Hitler's war machinery. Through two months of fierce winter warfare, Hitler is dealt his first defeat.
FR #20189 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Norway, Sweden | English
Director
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Writer
Jacob Breda Bull, Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cast
Einar Sissener, Tove Tellback, Stub Wiberg
Plot
Tore takes over the rundown family farm. Applying his youthful energy, he intends to make it into a big farm like Glomgården on the other side of the river, where beautiful Berit lives. Tore falls in love with her, but her father ...
FR #20737 | TV | Crime, Drama | Norway | Norwegian, Norse
Writer
Anne Bjornstad, Eilif Skodvin
Cast
Krista Kosonen, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Stig R. Amdam
Plot
HBO Nordic's first original series from Norway, Beforeigners is about two persons who mysteriously appear in Oslo. They are the first of many from the past to seek refuge in present time. Seven years later the community is transfo...
While digging for a meteor fragment containing Curium 82, a substance that can cure the common cold, the three brothers Dal finds a shining, diamond-like stone. Later, Roms Dal is visited by an alien in a space ship, and receives ...
In 1950 professor Kurt Drøvel vanished while exploring the unchartered river Overfloden outside of Oslo, Norway. All rescue attempts failed. 28 years later, the brothers Dal have started a journey, by canoe, up Overfloden, in orde...
FR #22399 | Movie | Animation, Short | Norway | Norwegian
Director
Ivo Caprino
Writer
Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Jorgen Moe
Plot
Once upon a time there was a poor boy with a fiddle, enthusiastic courage, and with no worries whatever hit him. Oe day he went out in the world to make a living.
Maria juggles with four children and a demanding career while her second husband, Sigmund, travels all the time. One day they get into an ugly argument which led Sigmund to eventually ask her for a divorce.
FR #23286 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Norway | Norwegian
Director
Stian Kristiansen
Writer
Tore Renberg
Cast
Rolf Kristian Larsen, Arthur Berning, Ida Elise Broch
Plot
A teenage boy has a great new girlfriend and is starting a rock band with his buddies. However, when a new boy joins his class, he is more fascinated than he wants to be, and the world as he knows it starts to crumble.
Ingrid Bolso Berdal, Marthe Snorresdotter Rovik, Kim Arne Hagen
Plot
Jannicke wakes up in the hospital. All of her friends are dead. As she walks through the dark corridors, she thinks she is left alone. But the nightmare isn't over yet.
FR #24728 | TV | Thriller, Drama | Norway, Sweden | English, Norwegian
Writer
Karianne Lund, Jo Nesbo, Erik Skjoldbjaerg
Cast
Henrik Mestad, Ane Dahl Torp, Eldar Skar
Plot
In the near future, Norway is occupied by Russia on behalf of the European Union because the newly-elected environmentally-friendly Norwegian government has stopped the all important oil- and gas-production in the North Sea.
