Gunnar Vikene

Gunnar Vikene is a Norwegian director and screenwriter. Gunnar lives in Bergen, on the west coast of Norway. Before starting to work with films, he was a submarine officer for several years.

Vegas (2009)

You don't choose your family. You choose your friends. Vegas is the story of Thomas, Marianne and Terje - three teenagers with nowhere to go.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Vikene
CAST:  Anders Baasmo Christiansen  •  Helge Jordal  •  Kyrre Haugen Sydness  •  Eindride Eidsvold

You don't choose your family. You choose your friends. Vegas is the story of Thomas, Marianne and Terje - three teenagers with nowhere to go.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Vikene
CAST:  Anders Baasmo Christiansen  •  Helge Jordal  •  Kyrre Haugen Sydness  •  Eindride Eidsvold

Falling Sky (2002)

Reidar is a resident at Solihøgda psychiatric institution. He is expecting the Earth to be hit by a huge meteor any time now, but until then he is busy trying to keep his fellow patient, Juni, from killing herself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Vikene
CAST:  Kristoffer Joner  •  Maria Bonnevie  •  Kim Bodnia  •  Hildegun Riise

Reidar is a resident at Solihøgda psychiatric institution. He is expecting the Earth to be hit by a huge meteor any time now, but until then he is busy trying to keep his fellow patient, Juni, from killing herself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Vikene
CAST:  Kristoffer Joner  •  Maria Bonnevie  •  Kim Bodnia  •  Hildegun Riise

The Cinema Ticket (1995)

A determined young boy living in a small village strives to obtain enough money to purchase a ticket to the cinema.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Vikene
CAST:  Marius Lund  •  Kjell Stormoen  •  Unni Kristin Skagestad  •  Dagfinn Skoglund

A determined young boy living in a small village strives to obtain enough money to purchase a ticket to the cinema.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Vikene
CAST:  Marius Lund  •  Kjell Stormoen  •  Unni Kristin Skagestad  •  Dagfinn Skoglund

Trigger (2006)

A warm, dramatic story about eleven-year-old Alise's encounter with a wild horse on the run.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Vikene
CAST:  Ann Kristin Sømme  •  Sven Wollter  •  Anneke von der Lippe  •  Adele Karoline Dahl

A warm, dramatic story about eleven-year-old Alise's encounter with a wild horse on the run.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Vikene
CAST:  Ann Kristin Sømme  •  Sven Wollter  •  Anneke von der Lippe  •  Adele Karoline Dahl

Here Is Harold (2014)

For over 40 years, Harold has been running a successful business, Lunde Furniture, together with his wife, Marny. This comes to an end when IKEA decides to open a new superstore right next door to Harolds small furniture shop. Harold and Marny lose both their shop ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Vikene
CAST:  Bjørn Sundquist  •  Fanny Ketter  •  Björn Granath  •  Grethe Selius

For over 40 years, Harold has been running a successful business, Lunde Furniture, together with his wife, Marny. This comes to an end when IKEA decides to open a new superstore right next door to Harolds small furniture shop. Harold and Marny lose both their shop ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Vikene
CAST:  Bjørn Sundquist  •  Fanny Ketter  •  Björn Granath  •  Grethe Selius

Digre daier (1997)

The class receives a substitute female gym teacher with the world's most delicious bouncing breasts. After the class, the boys spy through a keyhole. The smallest of the boys, Marius, is bullied into going for a closer look to examine the "goods".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Vikene
CAST:  Eirik Blåsternes  •  Endre T. Rasmussen  •  Trine Wiggen  •  Daniel Ansoleaga

The class receives a substitute female gym teacher with the world's most delicious bouncing breasts. After the class, the boys spy through a keyhole. The smallest of the boys, Marius, is bullied into going for a closer look to examine the "goods".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Vikene
CAST:  Eirik Blåsternes  •  Endre T. Rasmussen  •  Trine Wiggen  •  Daniel Ansoleaga

Boomerang (1995)

Two university researchers claim the existence of serious police brutality in Bergen, Norway, in the early 1980s. The film follows the public reactions to these allegations, the victimization of the researchers and the legal persecution of their informants.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Vikene  •  Trond Kvist
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Two university researchers claim the existence of serious police brutality in Bergen, Norway, in the early 1980s. The film follows the public reactions to these allegations, the victimization of the researchers and the legal persecution of their informants.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Vikene  •  Trond Kvist
CAST: 

War Sailor (2022)

War Sailor is a magnificent drama that tells the story of the more than 30,000 Norwegian war sailors and their families' fate during and after the Second World War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Vikene
CAST:  Kristoffer Joner  •  Pål Sverre Hagen  •  Ine Marie Wilmann  •  Henrikke Lund Olsen

War Sailor is a magnificent drama that tells the story of the more than 30,000 Norwegian war sailors and their families' fate during and after the Second World War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gunnar Vikene
CAST:  Kristoffer Joner  •  Pål Sverre Hagen  •  Ine Marie Wilmann  •  Henrikke Lund Olsen