Vegard Hall

Venner (1960)

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. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tancred Ibsen
CAST:  Alf Malland  •  Tor Stokke  •  Eva Bergh  •  Ingerid Vardund

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. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tancred Ibsen
CAST:  Alf Malland  •  Tor Stokke  •  Eva Bergh  •  Ingerid Vardund

Closed Ward (1972)

This black-and-white Norwegian film is a great rarity: a film with comic elements set in a mental ward which does not overstep the bounds of common sense or good taste.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arnljot Berg
CAST:  Roy Bjørnstad  •  Carsten Byhring  •  Frimann Falck Clausen  •  Vegard Hall

This black-and-white Norwegian film is a great rarity: a film with comic elements set in a mental ward which does not overstep the bounds of common sense or good taste.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arnljot Berg
CAST:  Roy Bjørnstad  •  Carsten Byhring  •  Frimann Falck Clausen  •  Vegard Hall

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

Clocks by Moonlight (1964)

Four men are gathered to play a game of bridge, when the conversation turns to unnatural and occult events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kåre Bergstrøm
CAST:  Rønnaug Alten  •  Turid Balke  •  Madeleine Borch  •  Andreas Diesen

Four men are gathered to play a game of bridge, when the conversation turns to unnatural and occult events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kåre Bergstrøm
CAST:  Rønnaug Alten  •  Turid Balke  •  Madeleine Borch  •  Andreas Diesen

The Guards (1965)

A hand is pulling the emergency breaks on a train, and a young military recruit has his live all changed. No one can answer a girl's question in court. What colour are dreams? A gathering of destinies. Can anyone answer why things happen?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arne Skouen
CAST:  Synne Skouen  •  Arne Aas  •  Bjørg Vatle  •  Rønnaug Alten

A hand is pulling the emergency breaks on a train, and a young military recruit has his live all changed. No one can answer a girl's question in court. What colour are dreams? A gathering of destinies. Can anyone answer why things happen?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arne Skouen
CAST:  Synne Skouen  •  Arne Aas  •  Bjørg Vatle  •  Rønnaug Alten

4 x 4 (1965)

Four short stories from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Troell  •  Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt  •  Maunu Kurkvaara  •  Klaus Rifbjerg  •  Rolf Clemens
CAST:  Anne Marit Jacobsen  •  Max von Sydow  •  Niels Barfoed  •  Christoffer Bro

Four short stories from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Troell  •  Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt  •  Maunu Kurkvaara  •  Klaus Rifbjerg  •  Rolf Clemens
CAST:  Anne Marit Jacobsen  •  Max von Sydow  •  Niels Barfoed  •  Christoffer Bro

Journey to the Sea (1966)

The third installment in Arne Skouen's trilogy about mentally challenged children, in solidarity of the involved children and families.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arne Skouen
CAST:  Synne Skouen  •  Erik Bye  •  Frimann Falck Clausen  •  Bonne Gauguin

The third installment in Arne Skouen's trilogy about mentally challenged children, in solidarity of the involved children and families.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arne Skouen
CAST:  Synne Skouen  •  Erik Bye  •  Frimann Falck Clausen  •  Bonne Gauguin

The Fire (1973)

A young boy lives alone in a small room in a block of flats, with a phone ringing constantly, without anyone at the other end. He runs away, soon to follow everyone telling him to, until he gets involved in a search for a missing girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Haakon Sandøy
CAST:  Jan Grønli  •  Bonne Gauguin  •  Unn Vibeke Hol  •  Kjell Stormoen

A young boy lives alone in a small room in a block of flats, with a phone ringing constantly, without anyone at the other end. He runs away, soon to follow everyone telling him to, until he gets involved in a search for a missing girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Haakon Sandøy
CAST:  Jan Grønli  •  Bonne Gauguin  •  Unn Vibeke Hol  •  Kjell Stormoen

Veien tilbake (1960)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Heed
CAST:  Lars Nordrum  •  Elisabeth Bang  •  Svenn Jacobsen  •  Ola Isene

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Heed
CAST:  Lars Nordrum  •  Elisabeth Bang  •  Svenn Jacobsen  •  Ola Isene