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Ut av mørket (1958)
Character: Enger, overlege
The film deals with mental illness and aims to prove that psychological trauma can and should be treated just like any other illness.
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Høysommer (1958)
Character: Andreas
A love story about Rasmus, whom after failing as a painter has retreated himself from civilization as a lighthouse keeper's assistant on a remote island. One day he discovers a boat with an unconscious young woman in it. Having revived her, he discovers that she has tried to commit suicide by poisoning herself.
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Så møtes vi i morgen (1946)
Character: Konrad Kraft
Young student Steffen Berg finds it difficult to adapt to society's laws and rules. After dropping out of medical school, he starts working in a shop to support his family, together with his brother Jørgen and sister Gerda, and to keep his mother out of a nursing home. One of Steffen's friends is going to America with his wife and needs money. Steffen takes 500 kroner from the store's cash register. The next day, there is an audit and Steffen's theft is discovered.
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Trollfossen (1948)
Character: Strøm, generaldirektøren
General director Strøm will create a large Norwegian industrial company to tame waterfalls and put them in pipes. But also his wife Sylvia, the gifted pianist, must be tamed. However, Strøm discovers that human material is considerably more difficult to process than the forces of nature.
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Veien tilbake (1960)
Character: Klaus, en uteligger
We meet the young violinist Øyvind Dahl at a time when everything has weighed him down and he is completely desperate for alcohol. He has left his wife and children and has teamed up with emaciated artists and suspicious individuals, and obtains his daily liquor by mortgaging his last possessions, even the wedding ring, and by pitifully barring money.
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Oslofilm: Oslo Havn - byens hjerte (1948)
Character: Self - Narrator
How the Port of Oslo was in 1948, and the technical facilities the port could offer with loading, unloading, transit, forwarding, etc. // Oslofilm was a series of public information films about life in and around Oslo, produced between 1940 and 1980. Funded by the state, the films offer valuable insight into postwar Norwegian society. A wide range of Norwegian filmmakers contributed to the productions, resulting in a rich variety of styles and expressions. Several of the films also possess notable cinematic qualities, standing out as more than just informational material. The Oslofilms represent a unique and important chapter in Norwegian film history.
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Trysil-Knut (1942)
Character: Smith, presten
Trysil-Knut is a Norwegian film from 1942. Directed by veteran Rasmus Breistein and is a ski themed melodrama about the legendary skier Trysil-Knut from Trysil. He is a powerful patriot, who in the early 1800s prevent that a war breaks out between Norway and Sweden using his skiing skills. While that goes on Knut is also preparing a court case of fraud to determine the ownership of his fathers old farm.
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Sus og dus på by'n (1968)
Character: N/A
Here we meet Slegga – a tragicomic character, a rough-and-ready teddy bear of a good guy with little social awareness – on an adventure with Reven – a cunning and scheming petty criminal. These two prison birds have a mutual friend, Nelly, who brightens up their lives during the brief period when they all happen to be outside the prison walls at the same time. Many other characters cross their path as strange situations arise in Oslo's colorful underworld, where life still flourishes beneath the asphalt.
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5 år - som vi så dem (1947)
Character: Voice
Film about the efforts of Norway and Norwegians outside Norway in the years 1940-45. Crown Prince Olav's introduction. The invasion of Norway. The merchant fleet on all seas. The Norwegian brigade is set up in Scottland. The first Norwegian aircraft squadron in action, and much more.
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Vildanden (1963)
Character: Gamle Ekdal
The play opens in the study at Hakon Werle's house during a dinner party for the return of Werle's son, Gregers, from the Hoidal mines. Gregers has not come home for fifteen years. Old Ekdal appears before two servants, begging to be let into the office. Ekdal was an army officer and partner to Werle until a forestry scandal sent him to prison over some scandal. He now works as one of Werle's copyists.
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Tørres Snørtevold (1940)
Character: Banksjefen
The young fisherman Tørres wants to become rich, so he can get revenge over Krøger, who has taken his family home. He gets a job in Mrs. Knudsen's shop to establish himself, and after a short time he has the upper hand on Krøger...
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Hans Nielsen Hauge (1961)
Character: Lausen Bull
Hans Nielsen Hauge was a Norwegian reformer in the early 1800's both financially and spiritually.
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Olsenbanden og Dynamitt-Harry (1970)
Character: Bryggeri-direktøren
A foreign criminal gang makes a large-scale bank coup. The suspicion falls on the Olsen Gang. They escape, take up the hunt for the real criminals and thus it all starts. The police are looking for the Olsen Gang, and they are looking for the real criminals.
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Nydelige nelliker (1964)
Character: Forhørsrettsdommer
Classic Norwegian Comedy from the 1960's. The Capital City of Norway is changing for the alleged better after WWII, yet not everyone wants anything to change, Living in their own way, not willing to accept truth, free enterprise and each other, As a result they spend plenty of time inside prison...
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Den hemmelighetsfulle leiligheten (1948)
Character: Byråsjefen
A conservative old bachelor buys an apartment previously owned by an artist who died suddenly. He has a weird feeling about the place from the start, and gets more and more obsessed by the previous owner's possessions and way of living. Finding some loveletters written by the deceased's mistress, Dott, gives him an irressistible urge to get to know her better.
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Balladen om mestertyven Ole Høiland (1970)
Character: Lasson, prest
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.
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Alle tiders kupp (1964)
Character: Karis far
The film is about three men who rob a liquor store. They are all being investigated and pursued by the authorities – more or less justifiably – and find an original way to get money to pay their taxes. But it's one thing to steal 50,000 bottles of liquor, and quite another to get rid of them again.
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Englandsfarere (1946)
Character: Peder
The secret smuggling of Wanted persons from the westcoast of Norway over to England during the WWII, based upon the novel by Nowegian novelist Sigurd Evensmo, telling the true story about his own experiences during the war.
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Andrine og Kjell (1952)
Character: Borck, skolebestyrer
Andrine and Kjell are both 17, and attends a private high school. Many things disturb their way to the spring exams, and fall in love. The come from different backgrounds, but gets common problems when she rents a room at Kjells parents.
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Krvavi put (1955)
Character: Kjetil
Yugoslav Partizans, captured by Nazis, are sent to concentration camps in distant Norway. The local population help some Partizans survive or flee to neutral Sweden.
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Knut Formos siste jakt (1973)
Character: Klokkeren
The film is set in the Norwegian high mountains in the 1820s, where mysterious natural phenomena play an important part in the plot. Young Knut Formo has gone to the mountains to hunt the great white reindeer. He spends five days hunting the buck, but never manages to catch it. We experience the tension as the rifle is aimed at the buck and his fingers curl around the trigger, and we experience the disappointment when the buck runs away after the shot. Knut gradually becomes exhausted. He begins to mix dreams and reality as his strength ebbs away. The fantasy world becomes a natural part of life for a person closely connected to a powerful nature. Based on an original screenplay by Erik Løchen.
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Söderkåkar (1932)
Character: Olsson
About two neighboring houses on Södermalm in Stockholm and the people living in them.
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Venner (1960)
Character: Overlegen
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.
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