Jan Gunnar Røise
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Eidsvoll, Norway
Birthday: September 24, 1975
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Nothing to Laugh About
Overview: Kasper Berntsen is a successful stand-up comedian, who has everything he could wish for. One day everything changes. He learns that he has a serious illness, and his girlfriend puts an end to it.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2021-09-10
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Kitchen Stories
Overview: Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of their kitchen. Folke Nilsson (Tomas Norström) is assigned to study the habits of Isak Bjørvik (Joachim Calmeyer). By the rules of the research institute, Folke has to sit on an umpire's chair in Isak's kitchen and observe him from there, but never talk to him. Isak stops using his kitchen and observes Folke through a hole in the ceiling instead. However, the two lonely men slowly overcome the initial post-war Norwegian-Swede distrust and become friends.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2003-09-19
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A Somewhat Gentle Man
Overview: After serving a 12-year sentence for killing the man that slept with his wife, a man ponders whether he should try and reconcile with his family, or take revenge on those who turned him in.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2010-03-19
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Comrade Pedersen
Overview: A drama focused on Norwegian society in the 1970s, an era politically influenced by Marxism and Leninism.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2006-02-24
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En helt vanlig dag på jobben
Overview: A young man dreams of becoming a journalist, in order to write stories which may change the world. This does not turn out as planned, and instead he ends up as a reporter for the celebrity magazine Se og Hør. We are observing a man who gradually loses all inhibitions in order to reach the top in the country's largest weekly magazine.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2010-03-12
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Gompen og andre beretninger om overvåking i Norge 1948-1989
Overview: Gomp: Tales of surveillance in Norway 1948-1989 is a film from a staged hearing focusing on the surveillance of dissidents during the Cold War. Through its unique set of characters, the film depicts a complex image of Post War Norway as well as various aspects and consequences of being surveilled. Produced as a live event, it is simultaneously a documentary, a work of fiction and a piece of political theater.
Genres: History
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2014-09-05
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Twigson
Overview: The film Twigson is all about a tough, naughty, quick-witted and brave boy. Lillebror has just moved, and has not made any new friends yet, when his imaginary friend – the wooden twig Knerten – appears in the middle of a pile of firewood...
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2009-10-16
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Most People Live in China
Overview: A movie inspired by eight Norwegian political parties, written by six writers and directed by nine directors: a man gets a nasty surprise skinny dipping, a cow eats a cell phone, a lesbian couple loses a child, a blind girl sells dubious lottery tickets, a boy falls in love, a man picks up a hitchhiker, three girls get help from a man in pajamas, and nine old men find a young girl stuck in a swamp.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2002-06-07
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Hawaii, Oslo
Overview: Hawaii, Oslo is the story of a handful of people who cross each other's path without necessarily knowing each other, during the hottest day of the year, in Oslo. We follow Frode and Milla. They are having their first child, who they are told will not live long. We follow Bobbie-Pop, a faded singer who tries to commit suicide. We follow Leon, an institutionalized kleptomaniac who is loking for Åsa, to whom he has a ten year old deal to get married. We meet Leon's brother, Trygve, who fetches Leon at the institution to celebrate his birthday, but who himself has plans to use his leave from prison to run away. And most of all we meet the angel Vidar, Leon's best buddy at the institution, who sees things no one else can see, and who may be able to save everyone - except himself?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2004-09-24
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The Thing
Overview: When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-12
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Magic Silver
Overview: Princess Bluerose is a small gnome living deep in the Norwegian mountains. A small community of gnomes is responsible for making the transition between daylight and night. This is called the magic hour, and is created by the magic silver which only these gnomes possess. When the silver is stolen, the world is transformed into eternal night. Princess Bluerose sets out on a remarkable journey to retrieve the silver and save the world from eternal darkness. Magic Silver is based on the popular Norwegian television series Jul i Blåfjell (1999) and Jul på Månetoppen (2002). They are considered classic Christmas calender series, and already firmly entrenched in an entire generation's old Christmas memories.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2009-11-13
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Svein and the Rat
Overview: Svein's best friend is a fancy rat named Halvorsen who goes missing during a pet contest, leading to chaos with newspapers reporting a rat invasion. To avoid losing both Halvorsen and the competition, Svein must work to keep his parents unaware of the situation.
Genres: Family
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2006-03-03
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Full dekning
Overview: Seven long-time friends meet for dinner. They decide to share their text messages, emails and phone calls. Secrets are unveiled. Harmony trembles.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2022-02-25
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Twigson Ties the Knot
Overview: When Lillebror's mother is mysteriously hurt in a biking accident, Lillebror and Knerten turn the town upside down trying to find the culprit.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2010-01-04
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I Belong
Overview: A nurse gets into a dispute at work because she switches to speaking English when she gets nervous. A translator compromises her integrity when persuaded to translate a book she doesn't believe in. An elderly woman and her daughter are humiliated when offered a present of one million kroner from a relative. A warm and nuanced film about people who all mean well, but end up hurting one another.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2012-09-14
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The 7 Deadly Sins
Overview: Feature film length collection of seven short films about the biblical seven sins by preliminary younger Norwegian directors.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2000-08-11
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In Order of Disappearance
Overview: Upstanding community leader Nils has just won an award for "Citizen of the Year" when he learns the news that his son has died of a heroin overdose. Suspecting foul play, Nils begins to investigate, and soon finds himself at the center of an escalating underworld gang war between Serbian drug dealers and a sociopathic criminal mastermind known only as “The Count.”
Genres: Thriller Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2014-02-21
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Norwegian Offspring
Overview: A mother passes away, and her estranged son – obsessed with theories about the repression of male sexuality in modern society – starts longing for offspring of his own.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2023-05-17
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Kaptein Sabeltann og jakten på den magiske diamant
Overview: En liten gutt er på flukt gjennom jungelen. Marco heter han og er Pinkys lillebror. Pinky og Sunniva har dratt av sted for å prøve å finne ham. Samtidig har selveste Kaptein Sabeltann seilt fra Det Usynlige Land. I årevis har han vært på jakt etter Den Magiske Diamant. Nå fører ryktene ham til Shangri La, en avsidesliggende sydhavsstrand. Inne i jungelen, på den andre siden av hengebroene, lurer en livsfarlig fiende, nemlig Maga Kahn, jungelens onde fyrste, og hans dronning Sirikit. Det er duket for en nervepirrende duell.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-28
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Thomas vs. Thomas (A Sensational Theory Regarding an Insignificant Life in the Multiverse)
Overview: A quantum physicist is about to have the breakthrough of the century, but as he closes in on his goal, versions of him from parallel realities force him to untangle the mystery of his own existence; how to be a present father for his son.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2022-10-21
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Teddy's Christmas
Overview: While visiting a Christmas market in her Norwegian town, eight year old Mariann spots a talking teddy bear at a carnival game booth. However, when someone else wins it, she embarks on a quest to find the adorable bear that captured her heart.
Genres: Family Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2022-11-05
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Sex
Overview: Two men in heterosexual marriages whose unexpected experiences challenge their perceptions of sexuality, gender and identity.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2024-02-17
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Twigson in Trouble
Overview: I den tredje filmen om Knerten har Lillebror og familien hans flyttet. Knerten har fått en sønn, Lille-Knerten, og lykken er stor. Men mor og far er bekymret for Lillebror. De har bodd i Bessby i et par måneder, men han har fremdeles ikke fått seg noen nye venner. Lillebror bryr seg ikke. Han liker ikke de andre guttene i gata uansett, og dessuten har han jo Knerten. De to gjør en avtale om ikke å ha noen andre venner. For alltid. Men en dag forsvinner Knerten sporløst…
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2011-09-23
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Titina
Overview: Italian airship engineer Umberto Nobile enjoys a quiet life with his beloved dog Titina. One day, Norwegian explorer superstar Roald Amundsen contacts him and orders an airship to conquer The North Pole.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family History
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2022-10-21
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The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl
Overview: A director feels he is about to lose himself to the market forces and thinks that the only way he can protest is by making a political film. He contacts Thomas Hylland Eriksen, who will become his mouthpiece and articulate what is wrong. But along the way the director becomes distracted by another person, a young, fumbling girl reminiscent of himself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nb
Release Date: 2005-06-10
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Mr. K
Overview: Mr. K, a traveling magician, finds himself in a Kafkaesque nightmare when he can’t find the exit of the hotel, he has slept in. His attempts to get out only pull him deeper, entangling him further with the hotel and its curious inhabitants.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-16
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Kaptein Sabeltann og den forheksede øya
Overview: When Kaptein Sabeltann and his men land on the mysterious island Gral, they are warned by the sorceress Miriam av Gral, that the lord of the island, Greven av Gral (the Count of Gral), is cruel and mad, and would like to replace Kaptein Sabeltann as the king of the sea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2000-06-05
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Anolit
Overview: A circling roadmovie told from the back seat of a styled BMW.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2002-12-10
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Deconstruction Workers
Overview: Two construction workers have a serious conversation about life.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2008-09-29
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Polaroid
Overview: A brief meeting between a man and a woman on a night train. A meeting that remains a mystery to the man for the rest of his life.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-22
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37½
Overview: A woman, Selma, almost 40 years old, figures that she has not achieved what she wanted in life and wonders "what now?"
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2005-01-28
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The Beast of Beauty
Overview: Lotte and her father moves in with Kristin, a former beauty queen, and her daughter, Vendela. Kristin is grooming Vendela to win the Little Miss Norway contest, and as a result both girls get more and more preoccupied with their looks. When Lotte is allowed to participate in the contest, it soon becomes clear that being too vain can be a frightening experience.
Genres: Horror Family
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2003-09-12
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Girlfriend Experience
Overview: Kath is selling sex in Oslo, alongside her best friend, Andrea. When Andrea decides to walk away, Kath tries to ignore it and maintain their business on her own. But the presence of Andrea is following her, and Kath is forced to face her grief.
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Original Language: nb
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Jeppe on the Hill
Overview: A television broadcast of the National Theatre's performance Jeppe på Bjerget with Bjarte Hjelmeland's critically acclaimed and award-winning interpretation of Jeppe.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2004-12-26
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The Lion Woman
Overview: Eva Arctander is born with hypertrichosis, meaning that she is covered from head to toe with fine blonde hair. Her father is so ashamed of her that he hides her away from the world in their apartment. However, Eva’s nanny fights for her right to be treated like everyone else.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2016-08-26
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The Last Joint Venture
Overview: The decade of the hippies is at an end and the 80's are approaching fast. Carl and Robert are two doped out guys who lives in harmony with the world around them and let life pass by in an eternal hash high. They have been peddling hashish for a decade, hitting an all time high with this last batch: 45 Kilos of pure, high grade Nepalese Hashish. Following the delivery, the police are on their tail.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2008-08-29
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Cold Lunch
Overview: Bird droppings on a work shirt lead to extreme unintended consequences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2008-02-01
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A Swan Lake
Overview: The Artist proposes to the distrustful and skeptical Producer the staging of a new ballet starring… swans? What is the story? That of Prince Siegfried and his love for the beautiful Odette, victim of the spell cast by the evil sorcerer Rothbart, an enchantment that turns her and her friends into swans when the light of day tears the dark shadows of night. (The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, April 26th, 2014.)
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-01
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Beware of Children
Overview: During a break in school 13 year-old Lykke, the daughter of a prominent Labour Party member, seriously injures her classmate Jamie, the son of a high profile right-wing politician.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2019-09-13
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Forgotten Christmas
Overview: Carpenter Andersen and Santa Claus are back and this time they have to help little Elise save christmas before it's too late.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2019-11-08
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Out Stealing Horses
Overview: November 1999. 67-year-old Trond lives in new-found solitude and looks forward to spending New Year's Eve 2000 alone. As winter arrives he discovers he has a neighbor, a man Trond knew back in 1948, the summer he turned 15 and the summer Trond's father prepared him to carry the burden of his forthcoming betrayal and disappearance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2019-03-08
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The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle
Overview: When the King and Queen are poisoned, brothers Per and Pål get arrested, suspected of being behind it. Younger brother Espen "Ash Lad" and Princess Kristin set out on a quest to find the mythical Soria Moria castle, which is said to be built of pure gold. In Soria Moria, there sits a well containing the Water of Life; the only thing that can cure Kristin's parents. But some wicked Danes are also on the hunt to find the castle. If Espen and Kristin fail, it will spell the end for the brothers, the kingdom - and perhaps the entire world.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2019-08-23
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The Tunnel
Overview: When a truck crashes inside a tunnel, people on their way home for Christmas are brutally trapped in a deadly fire. With a blizzard raging outside, and the first responders struggling to get to the accident, it's every man for himself.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2019-12-25
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What Will People Say
Overview: Sixteen year-old Nisha lives a double life. At home with her family she is the perfect Pakistani daughter, but when out with her friends, she is a normal Norwegian teenager. When her father catches her in bed with her boyfriend, Nisha's two worlds brutally collide. To set an example, Nisha's parents decide to kidnap her and place her with relatives in Pakistan. Here, in a country she has never been to before, Nisha is forced to adapt to her parents' culture.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2017-10-06
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5 grøss fra Vestlandet
Overview: 5 directors were invited to direct their own short film - a horror story. The idea was to let the directors tell their own worst nightmare. 5 short films were produced and edited together as one movie for the cinema with the duration of 33 minutes. An unusual cinema project, but then again, more exciting!
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2007-10-19
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Stargate
Overview: Christmas is approaching, and when their father loses his job as a Christmas tree seller, Ronja and Melissa take over the responsibility. While their father drowns his sorrows in the Stargate pub, the two girls are forced to fend for themselves and dream of a different reality. It is a film about a father who does his best, but is not enough; about an older sister who has far too big shoes to fill; and about a little sister who never stops hoping.
Genres: Family
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2025-10-31
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Stevens Johnson
Overview: A confrontation between a mysterious man and a charming Italian chef develops into an extortion where pride stands high for both parties.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: nb
Release Date: 2021-07-11
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The Polar Bear Prince
Overview: The fearless, curious and adventurous girl, Liv dreams of leaving her home in the woods. When the polar bear Valemon offers her family a way out of poverty if she comes with him, she accepts. A compassionate friendship starts to form between the two, a friendship that could well turn into something deeper. For Valemon is not only a bear, but a prince who was once cursed by a witch. Fearless as she is, and with her charming animal friends by her side, Liv sets out on a journey to confront the dangerous witch and save Prince Valemon.
Genres: Animation Family Adventure Comedy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2024-12-25
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