Marie Theisen

After her starring role in Academy Award nominated "Søndagsengler" she has been seen on and off TV, hosting the children's morning show "Kykelikokos". She haS since been working as a radio reporter, in P4, P1 and NRK Østlandssendingen. Currently she's a reporter for Kanal 24, known for her absurd style and off-beat questioning. [2005]

Blessed Are Those Who Thirst (1997)

Adapted from a novel by Norway's justice minister Anne Holt. Lesbian policewoman Hanne Wilhelmsen (Kjersti Elvik), who has a live-in lover, tools about Oslo on her Harley-Davidson. After a number of women vanish, police find blood but no bodies, and Wilhelmsen ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Jørgen Kiønig
CAST:  Kjersti Elvik  •  Gjertrud Jynge  •  Lasse Kolsrud  •  Nils Ole Oftebro

Adapted from a novel by Norway's justice minister Anne Holt. Lesbian policewoman Hanne Wilhelmsen (Kjersti Elvik), who has a live-in lover, tools about Oslo on her Harley-Davidson. After a number of women vanish, police find blood but no bodies, and Wilhelmsen ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Jørgen Kiønig
CAST:  Kjersti Elvik  •  Gjertrud Jynge  •  Lasse Kolsrud  •  Nils Ole Oftebro

The Other Side of Sunday (1996)

The Other Side of Sunday, also known in Norwegian as "Søndagsengler", is a movie that criticizes the small, and often tight, church community. We follow the Preacher's Daughter, Maria, on her journey to liberate herself from the stiff church community and her father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Berit Nesheim
CAST:  Marie Theisen  •  Hildegun Riise  •  Bjørn Sundquist  •  Sylvia Salvesen

The Other Side of Sunday, also known in Norwegian as "Søndagsengler", is a movie that criticizes the small, and often tight, church community. We follow the Preacher's Daughter, Maria, on her journey to liberate herself from the stiff church community and her father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Berit Nesheim
CAST:  Marie Theisen  •  Hildegun Riise  •  Bjørn Sundquist  •  Sylvia Salvesen