Anders Baasmo Christiansen
Also Known As: Anders Baasmo
Biography: Anders Baasmo Christiansen, born 29 January 1976 is a Norwegian actor from Hamar, Norway. He earned his breakthrough in 2003 when he received the Amanda-price for his performance in the Norwegian picture Buddy. He also won the TV award Gullruten in 2007 for his portrait of Henrik Ibsen in the TV-series An immortal man ("En udødelig mann") on NRK. Christiansen graduated from the Norwegian Acting Academy in 2000. He started his professional career at the Trøndelag Teater in Trondheim, Norway. Later he joined the Det Norske Teatret in Oslo. He has also starred in the Swedish 2007 picture Arn – The Knight Templar, and its sequel Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End from 2008. In 2008 he won Norway's most prestigious actor's award, the Heddaprisen, for his interpretation of Hamlet. He then became the first actor to collect an Amanda, a Gullruten and a Hedda award. He will be receiving the Shooting Stars Award, the annual acting award for up-and-coming actors by European Film Promotion, at the Berlin International Film Festival 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anders Baasmo Christiansen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hamar, Norway
Birthday: January 29, 1976
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Gender: Male
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Dancing Queen
Overview: 12-year-old Mina freaks out when famous hip-hop dancer ED Win moves to town and starts at her school. Mina falls in love and when ED announces he's forming a new dance group for a dance competition in town, Mina decides to audition. The only problem is that she can't dance.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2023-08-04
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The Burning Sea
Overview: An oil platform dramatically goes down on the Norwegian coast, and researchers try to find out what happened when they realize this is just the start of something even more serious.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2021-10-29
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North
Overview: Following a nervous breakdown, ski athlete Jomar has isolated himself in a lonely existence as the guard of a ski park. When he learns that he might be the father of a child way up north, he sets on a strange and poetic journey through Norway on a snowmobile, with 5 liters of alcohol as sole provisions. On this trip through amazing arctic landscapes, Jomar seems to do everything in his power to avoid reaching his destination. He meets other tender and confused souls, who will all contribute to push Jomar further along his reluctant journey towards the brighter side of life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
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Release Date: 2009-02-06
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Vegas
Overview: You don't choose your family. You choose your friends. Vegas is the story of Thomas, Marianne and Terje - three teenagers with nowhere to go.
Genres: Drama
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Release Date: 2009-09-25
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Buddy
Overview: Kristoffer lives in Oslo with his friends Geir and Stig Inge. He works as a billboard installer, and in his spare time he makes a video diary with Geir and Stig, containing stunts of a Jackass-nature. When Kristoffer's girlfriend, Elisabeth, leaves him, his life seems to fall to pieces. Until his videos are featured on Norway's most popular talk show and Kristoffer becomes famous.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2003-08-29
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Mars & Venus
Overview: Ida and Mathias is a very "normal" couple. Her architect, he was a kind of production manager. They have two children, is still horny on each other. But life has set in: The kids interrupt the sex, she earns more than him, and the apartment is just too narrow and too unopposed. In short: It's time to dream. She wants to finish his life's prestige project. He would like to have a boat. Old sailboat even made of wood. One day, Mathias makes the fatal (or maybe the right thing :) He just buys the boat...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2007-02-14
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The Arctic Convoy
Overview: In 1942, a convoy of 35 civilian ships, carrying vital supplies from Iceland to the Soviet Union, faces deadly challenges in the Arctic. Despite Allied naval escort, catastrophic intelligence errors expose the convoy to relentless German air and naval attacks. In the brutal conditions, inexperienced civilian sailors fight for survival, with only 12 ships making it to their destination.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2023-12-25
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Kon-Tiki
Overview: The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2012-08-24
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Fuck Up
Overview: Jack is pleased with himself for the first time in years. He has decided to stop fucking anything with a pulse and also to cut back on his eager and enthusiastic drug use. Then his best friend crashes into a moose in the middle of the night on the Swedish border. He is found with a hoof buried in his forehead and 2.5 kilos of cocaine in the trunk. Over the next 24 hours, Jack loses his house, his girlfriend leaves him and takes their daughter with her. And as he is about to find out: when you think you have hit rock bottom, it can always get worse.
Genres: Crime Comedy Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2012-03-16
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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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Chasing the Wind
Overview: Anna hasn’t seen her family for a decade. When her grandmother dies, she returns home to take care of her grandfather. In the week leading up to the funeral, nothing goes as expected, and Anna is forced to reconsider how she lives her life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2013-03-15
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Journey to the Christmas Star
Overview: 13 year old kind-hearted Sonja arrives at a tiny village together with a company of bandits. But there is a curse on the village. A long time ago, the King’s only daughter Goldhair disappeared while searching for the Christmas Star. The Queen died of a broken heart, leaving the shattered King all on his own. From that day on, the King cursed the Christmas Star, thereby causing darkness and grief to descend upon the land. However, an old sage has revealed that Goldhair is still alive, and will return only if the King finds the way back to the Christmas Star. Ever since, the King has been searching for the Christmas Star every Christmas, but all in vain.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Family
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2012-11-09
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Iver
Overview: Iver's favorite thing to do is swim, but today the swimming lesson is cancelled. He sneaks by the receptionist to do some swimming anyway. No matter what Iver does in the swimming pool, the strict sound of the lifeguard’s whistle is heard. Eventually he gets thrown out. He is sulking in the reception area. People are leaving the swimming pool, and Iver gets an idea! He sneaks back in to do some more swimming. But suddenly somebody is coming – it´s that scary lifeguard…
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Original Language: no
Release Date: 2004-02-20
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Rafiki
Overview: Three friends - Julie, Mette and Naisha - are enjoying the first snow in the village. They have snowball fights with the boys and look forward to Christmas. One day Naisha suddenly disappears. With a secret address written in invisible ink as their only clue, they sneak onto the night train to the city. They need to find Naisha before the police do.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2009-10-28
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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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Olsenbanden - Siste skrik!
Overview: The Olsen gang of Egon, Benny and Kjell are constantly looking for the big coup to become millionaires. They have laid out the perfect plan to break into the new Munch Museum in Bjørvika and steal "Scream".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2022-09-02
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The Tough Guys
Overview: 11-year old Modulf thinks he is a super hero. Every day he is bullied by the toughest guys at school. And that's fine. Because if Modulf is the one being bullied, the other children won't be. Lise, a new girl in class, does not agree with Modulf's theories. She cares, and creates havoc in the ranks - and suddenly she is the one who must be saved.
Genres: Family
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2013-09-06
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Munch
Overview: Edvard Munch was one of the most important artists in the period between the 19th and 20th centuries. His motif Skrik (The Scream), repeated in several techniques, became part of the 20th-century world subconsciousness – an image of fear and loneliness most people probably know, even if they have no idea who created it.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2023-01-27
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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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Burnout
Overview: For all who remember Cannonball Run. Here is a modern twist on the subject. The longest, wildest and funniest car race, ever. From Oslo to the North Cape. The only rule is getting there first!
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2014-08-13
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Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama
Overview: The orphan boy Pinky follows the Captain on an exciting and dangerous journey across the big oceans to the kingdom of Lama Rama, hunting for a treasure and the answer to who is Pinky's father.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2014-09-26
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Jentetur
Overview: After a bad divorce life gets complicated for Linda. Her ex has found a beautiful model who gradually is more and more of a mother to Linda's 10-year-old daughter, as well as redoing their house. Even her best friend is now hers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2022-10-14
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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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Three Robbers and a Lion
Overview: The three thieves Kasper, Jesper and Jonathan lives together with their always hungry lion in the little town of Kardemomme town, the home to a fair but kind police officer, and the strict Aunt Sofie.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2022-12-25
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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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Null-Null
Overview: A Norwegian short film by Gaute Johnsen.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-19
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Tommy
Overview: Arild runs into the father of his former class mate Kjell in the mountains. Controversy from the past unfolds during this brief meeting.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2007-01-12
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Min pappa av papp
Overview: Fun family entanglement occurs when the son Nils meetings Mommy's new boyfriend for the first time.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2009-09-21
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Bendik & Monsteret
Overview: Bendik & the Monster is the story of a monster, who dreams of being a cabaret singer.
Genres: Animation Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-11
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Every Child is Made of Fire
Overview: Every Child is Made of Fire tells the story about Anne, a woman in her late thirties who leaves her job as an engineer to start working at a home for disadvantaged youth. Here she meets Mikael who has killed his father with a knife. It is a meeting between a person who wants to provide care, and a person who is obviously in need of so - a meeting that gets unexpected and dramatic consequences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2013-06-10
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Revenge
Overview: Rebekka travels back to a hotel by the Norwegian fjords seeking revenge on the man who ruined her sister's life. Under false identity, she seeks out her deceased sister's violator and embeds herself into his idyllic family to destroy his life.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2015-11-06
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Welcome to Norway!
Overview: A couple decide to open a home for refuges in the remote cold mountains of Norway.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2016-03-04
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Peer Gynt
Overview: Peer Gynt is a charming but lazy and arrogant peasant youth who leaves home to seek his fortune. Confident of success, he has one disastrous adventure after another. In one, he attends the wedding of a wealthy young woman he himself might have married. There he meets Solveig, who falls in love with him. He impulsively abducts the bride from her wedding celebration and subsequently abandons her. He then embarks on a series of fantastic voyages around the world, finding wealth and fame but never happiness. This production is a new and modern take on Peer Gynt as a psychological drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2023-03-13
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Behind The Scenes - Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama
Overview: A behind the scenes of the Norwegian pirate movie "Kaptein Sabeltann og skatten i Lama Rama"
Genres: Documentary Adventure Family
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2014-09-22
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The King's Choice
Overview: On 9 April 1940, German soldiers arrive in the city of Oslo. The King of Norway faces a choice that will change his country forever. The King's Choice is a story about the three most dramatic days in Norway's history, the royal family's escape and King Haakon's difficult choice after Nazi Germany's invasion of Norway.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2016-09-29
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Dark Woods II
Overview: An old sanatorium is deteriorating in an isolated forest in the mountains. Five contract workers have taken on the task of tracking the huge building for hazardous waste before it's demolished. They realize that the job is more than a search for asbestos and mercury when they encounter the building's frightening past. You can demolish a building, but never remove the past.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2015-10-09
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Burning 2
Overview: After two years in prison for participating in an illegal street race, Roy says no to a new illegal winter race from Bergen to Murmansk. But then he hears that his daughter will participate with a boyfriend.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2016-10-12
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Santa Swap: Merry Christmas Mr. Andersen
Overview: Carpenter Andersen and Santa Claus makes a deal which saves Christmas for them both.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2016-11-11
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Undercover
Overview: In the comedy ' undercover ' is to be Denmark's worst police officer Muhammed on his first undercover mission. The only problem is that it is small and Rikke love the Thursday before Christmas. But instead of Christmas tree and gifts to Rikke transport Crown witness Mick to Funen persecuted to a notorious gangster boss, which will have a hold of Mick and the 900,000 crowns, he is over with. Linda p. gives the gas as a Danish response to Melissa McCarthy in the grove Christmas comedy, which is written by Casper Christensen and directed by former East Coast Hustler, Nikolaj Peyk.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2016-11-24
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Staying Alive
Overview: Marianne (34) discovers that her boyfriend Håkon is having an affair. Supported by her best friend's revenge tips, Marianne stumbles into her new life where she discovers that coziness is overrated and having fun is what matters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2015-01-16
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The Tree Feller
Overview: Anders moves from the city to a quiet small farm that belonged to his deceased parents and spends his days out in the forest, aimlessly chopping down trees. His only desire is to be out in nature, and to lose himself in the physical work. His attempt to escape is soon interrupted by the constant involvement of his pushy relatives who want to tell him what to do and how to do it. Soon it becomes clear that Anders has just traded in one claustrophobic existence for another.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2017-04-07
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Beyond Sleep
Overview: A young geologist ventures out into the vast tundra of northern Norway to finish his research on meteorite craters, only to get hopelessly lost in both the wilderness and his own mind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2016-01-27
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The Birdcatcher
Overview: Norway, 1942, during World War II. After being separated from her family, Esther, a young Jewish girl from Trondheim, arrives at an isolated farm where she must assume a new identity in order to survive the Nazi persecution.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-08
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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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Fatso
Overview: Overweight loner Rino spends his days in seclusion, until his dad rents a room to an overtly sexual girl who challenges Rino to break down his walls.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2008-10-24
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Opportunity Knocks
Overview: A modern remake of the classic movie where our main characters meets unforeseen troubles and bureaucracy when they build a new house. A hopeless and hilarious meet with the system.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2018-02-21
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Asphalt Burning
Overview: The third and final instalment in the Burnout trilogy. This time, the road leads through Norway, to Sweden, Denmark and finally Germany to race on the famous racing track, Nürburgring.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2020-10-14
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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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Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End
Overview: Arn has served his term in the Holy land and returns home to be reunited with his beloved Cecilia. When he returns home, he discovers that political forces tries to separate him and Cecilia - but thanks to queen Blanka they can finally get married. Arn knows that war is looming and with his martial knowledge he starts to build an army at his new home at Forsvik.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama History
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2008-08-22
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Blind Spot
Overview: Blind Spot is a story about the grey zones in mental illness; the blind spots hard to discover, as experienced by a mother realizing her daughter struggling with far worse issues than she realized.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2018-08-24
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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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Dragon Girl
Overview: Nine year old Sara befriends a newborn dragon, together they will turn Christmas upside down and literary put it on fire.
Genres: Family Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2020-11-13
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63 Days Later
Overview: Tara was the victim of a brutal attack and attempted murder. 63 days later, the police and Correctional Service ask her to meet with her attacker as part of his rehabilitation process. For Tara, the meeting is the beginning of her hell. Based on a true story.
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Release Date: 2020-06-10
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