Edith Carlmar
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Biography: Edith Carlmar (Edith Mary Johanne Mathiesen) (15 November 1911 – 17 May 2003) was an Norwegian actress and Norway's first female film director.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Not available
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Birthday: Not available
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Gender: Female
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Calling Out For You
Overview: Gunder Jomann lives in the small place of Elvestad. He prepares to receive his wife, Poona Bai, who he met and married in India. Gunder gets delayed when his sister is injured in a car accident and he sends the local taxidriver to transport her to him at the hospital but the chauffeur do not find her. The following day the body of a foreign woman is found on a meadow, few meters from Gunders house. Inspector Konrad Sejer tries to unravel the mystery and discoveres soon that the dead person is Gunder's wife, Poona. Who killed her, and why?
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
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Release Date: 2003-02-20
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Edith Carlmar - bedre enn sitt rykte
Overview: 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 and the times they were made. This DVD was released in 2011 in conjunction with the 100-year anniversary of Edith Carlmar's birth.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-15
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Svampe
Overview: 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.
Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1990-12-26
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Fools in the Mountains
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
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Release Date: 1957-08-19
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Lethal Lies
Overview: For the second time the two curious boys named Pelle and Proffen get mixed up in dangerous business.
Genres: Drama Crime
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Release Date: 1992-02-20
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The Disappearance of a Young Wife
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Thriller
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Release Date: 1953-08-26
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Jentespranget
Overview: 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 longing for a man is still strong. She has never had the opportunity to realize this dream in the confined environment she lives in. Her obstinacy has also scared off the men. But one day Gilbert returned to the village after being in America for 20 years.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1973-02-12
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The Mysterious Apartment
Overview: 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 written by the deceased's mistress, Dott, gives him an irressistible urge to get to know her better.
Genres: Drama Mystery
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Release Date: 1948-11-01
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Maimed
Overview: 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 insane judging of people with such problems. A nationwide press was impressed with "Skadeskutt". The director Edith Carlmar, one of the first female directors in Norway, was compared with Hitchcock for her work. For actor Carsten Winger, his portrayal of the character in the movie was considered a victory and a big achievement. "A sure success", "Impressive" and "A victory for Norwegian Films" are some lines from the critics. "Skadeskutt" is one of the breakthroughs within Norwegian film making.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1951-08-26
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Gåten Knut Hamsun
Overview: 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".
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Original Language: no
Release Date: 1996-12-26
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The Olsen Gang meets The King and the Jackal
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1974-08-15
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The Dangers in a Fisherman's Life
Overview: Reconstruction of the first Norwegian film from 1908 which is lost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1954-01-01
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Out of Order
Overview: An elderly bag lady has control of a photo booth at a subway station. A group of teenage girls often hang out there, but things change when they decide to take their picture in this photo booth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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