Veslemøy Haslund
Also Known As: Веслемой Хаслунд
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 08, 1939
Deathday: November 07, 2005
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The Women
Overview: Two women share a room in a hospital. One has just given birth to a stillborn child, the other has had her ovaries removed. Bonding over their trauma, past and present, both women in turn taking care of the other, they become friends and try to help each other upon leaving the hospital.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1979-03-08
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Formynderne
Overview: Film about a woman's struggle in a male-dominated society in the late 1800s. Amalie Skram was one of our first female writers who fought woman liberation cause. In a society that did not accept that a woman could have its own independent work, it was difficult for a woman to work as a creative artist, wife and mother. The author's autobiographical novels "Professor Hieronimus" and "On St. Jorgen" underlies this film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1978-10-01
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Kosmetikkrevolusjonen
Overview: The film opens in a small theatre, where the management of the company Clinox A/S watches their latest advertising push for the red condom Ding Dong . Everyone is excited and expect that here has been really could become a big bestseller . But the day after optimism disappears , Consumer Council prohibits the new condom . It is election year and the government is afraid the color offensive . Meanwhile, a mysterious woman named Lucy Ferner goes towards Oslo . She represents a Hong Kong group that is looking for a place where they can develop their energy consuming cosmetics industries.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1977-09-29
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Spring Night
Overview: A story of two siblings who for the first time spend a night without their parents, and are visited by strangers who ask for room for the night. Based on the novel by Norwegian writer Tarjei Vesaas.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1976-02-26
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Streik!
Overview: A movie loosely based on a strike in the community of Sauda, Norway 2. June 1970. The strike lasted for five weeks, and was on the news almost every day.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1975-03-20
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Kristin Lavransdatter
Overview: The daughter of a prominent medieval Norway landowner, Kristin grows up in total harmony with the ideals of the time: strong family ties, social pride and devout Christianity. As she accepts the fact that she has been arranged to marry the son of another landowner, Kristin's beauty, innocence and purity evokes violent emotions around her: envy, lust, murder, revenge. She seeks refuge in a convent, awaiting marriage. Here, the passion of her life strikes, the knight Erlend Nikulaussonn. However, their love cannot be private, and suddenly Kristin is the centre of a scandal.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1995-08-25
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The Greatest Gamble
Overview: This is a movie about a local resistance group and its leader Gunvald Tomstad, in the southern part of Norway. Gunvald takes on a heavy burden as he pretends to be a devoted Hitlerjugend-leader and soon he becomes a trusted friend of the German occupants.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1967-12-26
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Marikens bryllup
Overview: Follows the entire day of Mariken and Per Egil's wedding.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1972-04-03
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Under a Stone Sky
Overview: In the autumn of 1944, contrary to the order of the Nazi command to evacuate to the south, residents of the Norwegian town of Kirkenes took refuge in an abandoned mine. The command of the Soviet Army became aware of the intentions of the Nazis to blow up the old tunnels of the city, but the Soviet soldiers managed to prevent the tragedy.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1974-10-25
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The Ballad of the Masterthief Ole Hoiland
Overview: Ballad of the Masterthief Ole Hoiland (Norwegian: Balladen om mestertyven Ole Høiland) is a 1970 Norwegian drama film directed by Knut Andersen, and starring a broad cast of notable Norwegian actors, headed by Per Jansen as Ole Høiland. Ole Høiland was an actual Norwegian Robin Hood-figure in the early 19th century. He steals from the rich and gives to the poor, enjoying numerous affairs with attractive women along the way. The story culminates in the ambitious burglary of Norges Bank, Norway's central bank.
Genres: Drama Comedy History
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Hamsun
Overview: Knut Hamsun is Norway's most famous and admired author. Ever since he was young he has hated the English for the starvation they caused Norway during WWI. When the Germans occupy Norway 9 April 1940 he welcomes them and the protection they can give from Great Britain. He supports the national socialist ideals, but opposes the way these ideals are turned into action - that Norwegians are jailed and executed. His wife Marie travels in Germany during the war as a sign of support from Knut and herself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1996-04-19
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Operasjon V for vanvidd
Overview: Five young men are planning a crime of forcing a plane down to rob the passengers.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-03-30
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Just a Life – The Story of Fridtjof Nansen
Overview: This dramatized documentary depicts the life and the actions of Fridtjof Nansen; an explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel laureate.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1968-09-09
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