Edith Carlmar

Edith Carlmar (Edith Mary Johanne Mathiesen) (15 November 1911 – 17 May 2003) was an Norwegian actress and Norway's first female film director.

Nothing but Troubles (1954)

The working-class family Bråten is living in a top floor of a tenement house on the outskirts of Oslo. The family includes three sons and two daughters, mother and father in one room and kitchen. Mother Hulda is the family hub while Mr.Bråten itself is a silent and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edith Carlmar
CAST:  Turid Haaland  •  Stig Egede-Nissen  •  Vigdis Røising  •  Sven Libaek

The working-class family Bråten is living in a top floor of a tenement house on the outskirts of Oslo. The family includes three sons and two daughters, mother and father in one room and kitchen. Mother Hulda is the family hub while Mr.Bråten itself is a silent and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edith Carlmar
CAST:  Turid Haaland  •  Stig Egede-Nissen  •  Vigdis Røising  •  Sven Libaek

Death Is a Caress (1949)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edith Carlmar
CAST:  Claus Wiese  •  Bjørg Riiser-Larsen  •  Ingolf Rogde  •  Gisle Straume

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edith Carlmar
CAST:  Claus Wiese  •  Bjørg Riiser-Larsen  •  Ingolf Rogde  •  Gisle Straume

Better Than Their Reputation (1955)

A man falls in love with his young French language teacher. It becomes a complicated love story when his class mate Karin also begins to fancy her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edith Carlmar
CAST:  Vigdis Røising  •  Unni Bernhoft  •  Synnøve Strigen  •  Per Christensen

A man falls in love with his young French language teacher. It becomes a complicated love story when his class mate Karin also begins to fancy her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edith Carlmar
CAST:  Vigdis Røising  •  Unni Bernhoft  •  Synnøve Strigen  •  Per Christensen

The Wayward Girl (1959)

Gerd, considered a woman of dubious morals, falls in love with a boy whose family does not accept their relationship, so both run away and settle in a cabin in the woods where they meet a sullen man who tests their love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edith Carlmar
CAST:  Liv Ullmann  •  Atle Merton  •  Rolf Søder  •  Nanna Stenersen

Gerd, considered a woman of dubious morals, falls in love with a boy whose family does not accept their relationship, so both run away and settle in a cabin in the woods where they meet a sullen man who tests their love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edith Carlmar
CAST:  Liv Ullmann  •  Atle Merton  •  Rolf Søder  •  Nanna Stenersen

Fools in the Mountains (1957)

At a high mountain hotel in Norway, 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 inappropriate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edith Carlmar
CAST:  Leif Juster  •  Unni Bernhoft  •  Frank Robert  •  Nanna Stenersen

At a high mountain hotel in Norway, 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 inappropriate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edith Carlmar
CAST:  Leif Juster  •  Unni Bernhoft  •  Frank Robert  •  Nanna Stenersen

Jentespranget (1973)

Lina is in her best age, mid-30s. She is strong-willed, resilient and self-conscious. There has never been a man in her life, on the contrary, she even had to play the man's role on the small farm to sustain herself and the parents. But the quest for true love and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Knud Leif Thomsen
CAST:  Ingerid Vardund  •  Roy Bjørnstad  •  Rolf Søder  •  Erling Andresen

Lina is in her best age, mid-30s. She is strong-willed, resilient and self-conscious. There has never been a man in her life, on the contrary, she even had to play the man's role on the small farm to sustain herself and the parents. But the quest for true love and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Knud Leif Thomsen
CAST:  Ingerid Vardund  •  Roy Bjørnstad  •  Rolf Søder  •  Erling Andresen

The Mysterious Apartment (1948)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tancred Ibsen
CAST:  Ola Isene  •  Sonja Wigert  •  Egil Hjorth-Jenssen  •  Joachim Holst-Jensen

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tancred Ibsen
CAST:  Ola Isene  •  Sonja Wigert  •  Egil Hjorth-Jenssen  •  Joachim Holst-Jensen

Svampe (1990)

During the Summer while his parents are busy with work, a nine year old boy slips into a fantasy world to entertain himself. A world of strange adults, talking birds and magic. On his quest travelling involves steam engines and handcars.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Asphaug
CAST:  Martin Bliksrud  •  Karl Sundby  •  Øyvin Bang Berven  •  Edith Carlmar

During the Summer while his parents are busy with work, a nine year old boy slips into a fantasy world to entertain himself. A world of strange adults, talking birds and magic. On his quest travelling involves steam engines and handcars.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Asphaug
CAST:  Martin Bliksrud  •  Karl Sundby  •  Øyvin Bang Berven  •  Edith Carlmar

Lethal Lies (1992)

For the second time the two curious boys named Pelle and Proffen get mixed up in dangerous business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Asphaug
CAST:  Håvard Bakke  •  Tommy Karlsen  •  Helle Beck Figenschow  •  Synnøve Nygaard

For the second time the two curious boys named Pelle and Proffen get mixed up in dangerous business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Asphaug
CAST:  Håvard Bakke  •  Tommy Karlsen  •  Helle Beck Figenschow  •  Synnøve Nygaard

Maimed (1951)

In "Skadeskutt" we follow the couple Einar and Else Wang in a painful drama about love, happiness, sorrow and eternal damnation. About a couple's struggle trying to get pregnant and the despair of not succeeding. About psychological disorders and the society's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edith Carlmar
CAST:  Carsten Winger  •  Eva Bergh  •  Sigrun Otto  •  Gunnar Simenstad

In "Skadeskutt" we follow the couple Einar and Else Wang in a painful drama about love, happiness, sorrow and eternal damnation. About a couple's struggle trying to get pregnant and the despair of not succeeding. About psychological disorders and the society's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edith Carlmar
CAST:  Carsten Winger  •  Eva Bergh  •  Sigrun Otto  •  Gunnar Simenstad

Ung frue forsvunnet (1953)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edith Carlmar
CAST:  Astri Jacobsen  •  Adolf Bjerke  •  Lalla Carlsen  •  Kåre Siem

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edith Carlmar
CAST:  Astri Jacobsen  •  Adolf Bjerke  •  Lalla Carlsen  •  Kåre Siem

On the Sunny Side (1956)

Main character Esther feels like she doesn't fit into the 'elite' and takes the big showdown with those who always have.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edith Carlmar
CAST:  Randi Kolstad  •  Henny Moan  •  Haakon Arnold  •  Lalla Carlsen

Main character Esther feels like she doesn't fit into the 'elite' and takes the big showdown with those who always have.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edith Carlmar
CAST:  Randi Kolstad  •  Henny Moan  •  Haakon Arnold  •  Lalla Carlsen

Slalåm under himmelen (1957)

Three young freshly educated pilots are about to start their career.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edith Carlmar
CAST:  Marius Eriksen  •  Wilfred Werner  •  Turid Haaland  •  Per Christensen

Three young freshly educated pilots are about to start their career.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edith Carlmar
CAST:  Marius Eriksen  •  Wilfred Werner  •  Turid Haaland  •  Per Christensen

Lend Me Your Wife (1958)

This is a light comedy from Edith Carlmar, Norways first woman director. It takes place in a company that sells baby toys. It is time to fill a leading position, and it is known the owner of the company only places married men on leading positions. This leads a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edith Carlmar
CAST:  Tore Foss  •  Sonja Wigert  •  Vigdis Røising  •  Atle Merton

This is a light comedy from Edith Carlmar, Norways first woman director. It takes place in a company that sells baby toys. It is time to fill a leading position, and it is known the owner of the company only places married men on leading positions. This leads a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edith Carlmar
CAST:  Tore Foss  •  Sonja Wigert  •  Vigdis Røising  •  Atle Merton

The Olsen Gang meets The King and the Jackal (1974)

The Olsen Gang becomes millionaires. Unfortunately for the gang, their arch-enemies, the King and the Jack, are planning to steal the money for themselves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Knut Bohwim
CAST:  Arve Opsahl  •  Carsten Byhring  •  Sverre Holm  •  Aud Schønemann

The Olsen Gang becomes millionaires. Unfortunately for the gang, their arch-enemies, the King and the Jack, are planning to steal the money for themselves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Knut Bohwim
CAST:  Arve Opsahl  •  Carsten Byhring  •  Sverre Holm  •  Aud Schønemann

Gåten Knut Hamsun (1996)

What is the answer to the riddle. What made the famous author, nobel prize winner, Knut Hamsun to support Hitler? 1945. The famous writer Knut Hamsun looks back to his youth., and compares his life with two of his works "Hunger" and "Mysteries".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bentein Baardson
CAST:  Lars Øyno  •  Kjersti Holmen  •  Astrid Folstad  •  Anders T. Andersen

What is the answer to the riddle. What made the famous author, nobel prize winner, Knut Hamsun to support Hitler? 1945. The famous writer Knut Hamsun looks back to his youth., and compares his life with two of his works "Hunger" and "Mysteries".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bentein Baardson
CAST:  Lars Øyno  •  Kjersti Holmen  •  Astrid Folstad  •  Anders T. Andersen

The Dangers in a Fisherman's Life (1954)

Reconstruction of the first Norwegian film from 1908 which is lost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kristoffer Aamot
CAST:  Kristoffer Aamot  •  Edith Carlmar

Reconstruction of the first Norwegian film from 1908 which is lost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kristoffer Aamot
CAST:  Kristoffer Aamot  •  Edith Carlmar

Edith Carlmar - bedre enn sitt rykte (2011)

Edith Carlmar (1911 – 2003) was Norway's first female director and a prominent figure in Norwegian film history. She created some of Norway's biggest box-office successes of all time. Agnes Moxnes interviews a frank and honest Carlmar, who talks about her movies ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fridtjof Kjæreng
CAST:  Edith Carlmar

Edith Carlmar (1911 – 2003) was Norway's first female director and a prominent figure in Norwegian film history. She created some of Norway's biggest box-office successes of all time. Agnes Moxnes interviews a frank and honest Carlmar, who talks about her movies ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fridtjof Kjæreng
CAST:  Edith Carlmar