Flight of the Eagle 1982  N/R, 142 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure / Drama
Director: Jan Troell
Cast: Max von Sydow, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Goran Stangertz, Eva von Hanno, Charlotta Larsson, Clement Harari, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Jan-Olof Strandberg, Henric Holmberg, Mimi Pollak, Siv Ericks, Ulla Sjoblom, Knut Husebo, Peter Schildt, Ingvar Kjellson
This semi-documentary tells the story of a three-man balloon mission to the North Pole. The 1897 expedition, led by Andree (Max von Sydow) was doomed from the start, but their true story is beautifully photographed and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
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Hamsun 1996  N/R, 160 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jan Troell
Cast: Max von Sydow, Ghita Norby, Jesper Christensen, Anette Hoff, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Eva von Hanno, Gard B. Eidsvold, Asa Soderling, Eindride Eidsvold, Edgar Selge
This is the story of Norway's 1920 Nobel Prize-winning author Knut Hamsun (Max von Sydow) who sympathized with–even welcomed–the Nazi occupation of his country during World War II.
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Insomnia 1997 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Erik Skjoldbjaerg
Cast: Stellan Skarsgard, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Bjorn Floberg, Gisken Armand, Maria Bonnevie, Frode Rasmussen, Kristian Figenschow, Thor Michael Aamodt, Bjorn Moan, Guri Johnson, Maria Mathiesen, Marianne O. Ulrichsen
During a murder investigation, Detective Jonas Engstrom (Stellan Skarsgard) becomes so deeply involved that he cannot get enough sleep, and his personality is adversely affected to the extent that it hinders his work.
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Kitchen Stories 2003 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
Director: Bent Hamer
Cast: Joachim Calmeyer, Tomas Norstrom, Bjorn Floberg, Reine Brynolfsson, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Leif Andree, Gard B. Eidsvold, Lennart Jahkel, Trond Braenne, Bjorn Jenseg, Jan Gunnar Roise, Karin lunden, Paivi Laakso
Sweden's Home Research Institute takes on the job of modernizing kitchen equipment by observing kitchen habits of single Norwegian males. In the process, communication is forbidden between the observer and the observed. But, Scandinavian winter nights are long, and isolation gives way to friendship between one observer and his bachelor subject.
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Kristin Lavransdatter 1995 N/R, 150 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Liv Ullmann
Cast: Elisabeth Matheson, Bjorn Skagestad, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Henny Moan, Rut Tellefsen, Erland Josephson, Lena Endre, Anne Kokkinn, Gisken Armand, Berard Arno, Jorgen Langhelle, Svein Tindberg, Kitty Lossius, Wenche Medboe, Henny Moan
In 14th-century Norway, Kristin Lavransdatter (Elisabeth Matheson) is residing in a convent awaiting her arranged marriage to wealthy landowner Simon Darre (Jorgen Langhelle) when she meets and falls in love with a dashing knight, Erlend (Bjorn Skagestad). Now, Kristin must decide between the two men, and after much religious and social turmoil, Kristin follows her heart.
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The Secret Life of Words 2005 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Isabel Coixet
Cast: Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Javier Camara, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Steven Mackintosh, Eddie Marsan, Julie Christie, Daniel Mays, Dean Lennox Kelly, Danny Cunningham, Emmanuel Idowu, Reg Wilson, Leonor Watling, Peter Wright
After working in a factory for 10 years, insecure and hearing-impaired Hanna (Sarah Polley) finally takes a vacation. Hanna has always kept to herself and chooses an out-of-season, Northern Ireland seaside town for her break from work. While she is visiting Ireland, there is an accident on an offshore oil rig, and Hanna offers to take care of burn victim Josef (Tim Robbins). She meets an eccentric band of workers on board the rig but keeps to herself. However, as Hanna tends to Josef's needs, he breaks through her shell, and they come together through the healing experience.
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| 1. Flight of the Eagle (1982)
2. Hamsun (1996)
3. Insomnia (1997)
4. Kitchen Stories (2003)
5. Kristin Lavransdatter (1995)
6. The Secret Life of Words (2005)
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