100 norske filmer du må se (100 Norwegian films you must see)
This is a list of the one hundred and one films listed in the book "100 norske filmer du må se" (100 Norwegian films you must see), published in 2008.
The list, as stated in the book, is more a list of Norwegian films worth seeing, rather than an attempt to create a definitive list of "the best Norwegian films of all time". Something that's made pretty clear by the inclusion of for instance Aune Sands 1995 film Dis - en historie om kjærlighet. A film that is in fact commonly known as the "the worst Norwegian film of all time", but is also known as a film that i so bad it's hilarious. But the list is first and foremost a presentation of lots of evidence that Norwegian film is better than it's reputation.
The list, as stated in the book, is more a list of Norwegian films worth seeing, rather than an attempt to create a definitive list of "the best Norwegian films of all time". Something that's made pretty clear by the inclusion of for instance Aune Sands 1995 film Dis - en historie om kjærlighet. A film that is in fact commonly known as the "the worst Norwegian film of all time", but is also known as a film that i so bad it's hilarious. But the list is first and foremost a presentation of lots of evidence that Norwegian film is better than it's reputation.
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- DirectorGunnar SommerfeldtStarsAmund RydlandKaren PoulsenRagna WettergreenAfter the Nobel prize winning Knut Hamsun-novel, with it's criticism of industrialization, urbanizing and loss of values. The farmer Isak makes a farm out of barren soil, together with Inger and their two sons. She kills the third.
- DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsEinar SissenerTove TellbackStub WibergTore takes over the rundown family farm. Applying his youthful energy, he intends to make it into a big farm like Glomgården on the other side of the river, where beautiful Berit lives. Tore falls in love with her, but her father has promised her to rich Gjermund. As her wedding to Gjermund draws near, Berit runs away and seeks refuge with Tore and his parents. She soon falls deathly ill but recovers, asking for, and getting, her father's permission to marry Tore. Jealous Gjermund is determined to prevent their wedding, however, in a dramatic climactic scene playing out around the rushing river.
- DirectorRasmus BreisteinStarsAase ByeGunhild Schytte-JacobsenHenry GleditschBased on the novel "Marit Skjølte" by Kristofer Janson, this Norwegian silent movie tells the story of young Marit and her love, Anders, who travels to America to seek his fortune. Without Marit's knowledge, he returns to marry a farm heiress.
- DirectorWalter FyrstStarsTove TellbackBengt DjurbergEllen IsefiærThe journalist Karl Kraft solves a case about weapon and ammunition-smuggling in Oslo, which leads to him getting to know Lilly, which is involved, at least until she meets Karl.
- DirectorGeorge SchnéevoigtStarsMona MårtensonTryggve LarssenHarald SchwenzenA spirited Norwegian Lass is torn between two suitors and two cultures.
- DirectorTancred IbsenStarsEinar SissenerAase ByeAgnethe Schibsted-HanssonDen arbeidsløsa Harald får bo hos dobbelt-Petra, hvor også Alvilde bor med sitt barn som hun har med en sjøgutt som stakk av. Harald treffer sjøgutten og denger ham opp. Harald har trodd han ikke kan arbeide, men oppdager nå at han er frisk og sterk. Alvilde blir forelsket i ham. De gifter seg samtidig som barnet blir døpt sammen med alle andre "løsunger" som en fanatisk kapellan har holdt borte fra kirken, men som kirketjener Evensen har så meget til overs for.
- DirectorEinar SissenerStarsEinar SissenerTore SegelckeHans Jacob NilsenEight young people decide to detach themselves from all moral prejudices in their love life. They travel to an idyllic island in the archipelago. A paradise is founded, based on a thesis that the great love is no more. Eroticism is their choice. The friends is strongly influenced by the ideas of Sigmund Freud.
- DirectorsGyda ChristensenTancred IbsenStarsHans Jacob NilsenUnni TorkildsenJan VaageA postal clerk is robbed and threatened to his life, giving up the money. In his community he is seen upon as a coward, ruining his family. After moving he meets a man who seems to knows it, wanting to help him regain his life and honor.
- DirectorTancred IbsenStarsAlfred MaurstadLars TvindeGuri StormoenAn orphan, Josefa, runs away from her threatening uncle with whom she is living, and stows away on traveller Fændrik's boat. She is no better off with him, however, as he forces himself on her and makes her steal and beg for a living. Meanwhile Fændrik's sister, who has been left penniless on shore by her deceitful brother, joins forces with Josefa's fiancé, Oscar, in a search for the missing pair.
- DirectorRasmus BreisteinStarsEva SlettoHarald Heide SteenRagnhild HaldMilja and Julius are a happy couple working at the factory, and everything is good until Petrina shows up at the arena. Julius is bewitched by the girl, who gets him to drink and steal. Milja is soon left alone with the shame - and a bastard child. The child is placed with Hønse-Lovisa while Milja is at the factory, but a doctor casts his eyes on Milja's young. He's looking for children to adopt to rich west-side people. In her desperation, Milja gives away the dearest thing she owns, for the kid to have better conditions than she manages to give him. It is Hønse-Lovisa that convinces her that the material benefits can never compensate for real love and care.
- DirectorTancred IbsenStarsAlfred MaurstadVibeke FalkJoachim Holst-JensenIn the poor Norway in the early 1800s Gjest Baardsen starts off like a Robin Hood, stealing from the rich, giving to the poor. Based on the real character which became the poor mans hero, and got lots of help to get away from the law.
- DirectorLeif SindingStarsHenny SkjønbergEinar VaageHans BilleUnder julefeiringen hos sorenskriver Bals blir det hemmelig forlovelse mellom to av hans vakre døtre og to studenter på julebesøk. Husdragen, tante Pose, spionerer på de unge. Tante Pose vil også gjerne bli gift, og kaster seg over den blyge sakfører Plum. Han redder seg i siste liten, og så blir det rett fra for de unge.
- DirectorTancred IbsenStarsAlfred MaurstadFolkman SchaanningWenche FossYoung fisherman Tønnes want to get rich, to get his revenge over Consul Krøger, who has taken over his childhood home. After acquiring a shop he gets in position of getting what he wants.
- DirectorToralf SandøStarsLeif JusterErnst DiesenJoachim Holst-JensenThe detectives Gløgg and Rask is put on the task of finding out what has happened to the lost sausage maker H. Brand. They find him after a lot of trouble.
- DirectorRasmus BreisteinStarsAlfred MaurstadEva SlettoKarl HolterKnut Skaret, nicknamed Trysil-Knut because of his skiing abilities is in love with Åse to her father's disbelief. A major conflict arises between Sweden and Norway, and Knut is assigned to ski all the way to Stockholm to prevent a war.
- DirectorsJean DrévilleTitus Vibe-MüllerStarsRaoul DautryFrédéric Joliot-CurieLew KowarskiA factual reconstruction of the sabotage which took place to prevent Germany from getting the heavy water needed to make an atomic bomb during World War II.
- DirectorTancred IbsenStarsOla IseneSonja WigertEgil Hjorth-JenssenA 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.
- DirectorEdith CarlmarStarsClaus WieseBjørg Riiser-LarsenEva BerghThe story of a working man who has a gorgeous fiancee but she falls for a rich older woman - who turns out to be a femme fatale.
- DirectorsUlf GreberArne SkouenStarsTom TellefsenIvar ThorkildsenPål Bang-HansenThe movie takes place on Oslo's east side sometime during the twenties. It depicts the workers' environment by traditional elements like unemployment, strike, poverty, alcoholism, absent fathers, wise and tired mothers, the dream of a better life and the friendship between the boys in the street.
- DirectorThor HeyerdahlStarsThor HeyerdahlHerman WatzingerErik HesselbergA documentary about the Kon-Tiki expedition of the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl.
- DirectorTancred IbsenStarsPeter LindgrenIvar SvendsenBritta Lech-HanssenTwo police officers lie dead. Ekstrøm and the youngster Gustav are on their flight. Originally a 1926 story, this film was banned for more than 50 years, due to a high court order banning the film for the sake of human privacy.
- DirectorNils R. MüllerStarsHenki KolstadInger Marie AndersenNanna StenersenPetter and Kari meet, fall in love, and get married. But it is not easy for a young couple of limited means to find a place to live. Moving in with Petter's parents proves impossible, Kari can't endure her mother-in-law's constant interference. Trying to build a house of their own is halted by so much red tape, and affordable rentals is hard to come by. When Kari gets pregnant things doesn't get any easier.
- DirectorEdith CarlmarStarsAstri JacobsenAdolf BjerkeEspen SkjønbergA young teacher comes back home after a mountain trip, and finds his wife missing. Noone has seen her since the day he left for the trip. The police starts an investigation starts to find out what has happened.
- DirectorEdith CarlmarStarsTurid HaalandStig Egede-NissenVigdis RøisingThe Bråten family lives on the top floor in a sublet appartment in the suburbs of Oslo. The father, mother and 5 kids all share the space of this 1 room and a kitchen appartment. The father is mostly silent, except for when he screams for thr kids to "Shut Up!" The mother is the one keeping the family together, as the kids keep giving their parents a hard time. 16 year old Maiken suddenly wants to move out, while 14 year old Sverre is caught for car theft. It's never a quiet moment for these 2 parents, all the while the neighbours are shaking their heads, and sigh: "Never anything else but trouble".
- DirectorMichael ForlongStarsLeif LarsenPalmar BjørnøyAnthony OliverDuring World War II, a small group of Norwegian sailors take refugees from Norway to the Shetland Islands in small fishing boats, equipped only with low-caliber weapons to protect themselves from German airplanes and patrol boats.
