
Espen Skjønberg
Actor · 1924 – 2022 · Asker, Viken county, Norway
Espen Skjønberg was born on April 7, 1924 in Asker, Norway as Espen Henrik Skjønberg. He is an actor, known for O'Horten (2007), En håndfull tid (1989) and Secondløitnanten(1993). He was previously married to Mona Hofland.
Movies24
Movie6.7DramaBased upon true events and the novel by Gabriel Scott about terrible conditions in a foster family.
Movie7.4DramaWarNorwegian war drama. The old sea-captain retires, but the next day German WWII occupation of Norway begins. He then kisses his wife good-bye and is off to Army HQ. There he finds a lack of leadership and morale that offends him. They even laugh at him and his out-dated uniform and officer-rank. Secondloitnanten then finds and leads his private troop of volunteers against the German attack. The movie tells the story of a man that refuses to give up, even when everybody else leaves. He will fight for the country he loves and do his duty.
Movie8.0DramaFantasyHindu god Indra has a daughter Agnes, who visits Earth to find out if people have legitimate complaints. She marries a lawyer from Bergen and has children, but is disillusioned by marriage and embarks on a journey among men.
Movie9.0DramaThe throne of ice skating sees a change of regent when Hans takes over as “The King”, and the sports press can’t seem to get enough of him.
Movie5.6DramaIn Northern Norway during the 1860s, a little girl named Dina accidentally causes her mother's death. Overcome with grief, her father refuses to raise her, leaving her in the care of the household servants. Dina grows up wild and unmanageable, with her only friend being the stable boy, Tomas. She summons her mother's ghost and develops a strange fascination with death as well as a passion for living.
I Am Dina
2002 · 58 votes
Movie4.3DramaRomanceA group of migratory rail road workers arrive in a small town in Norway, and cause social conflict. One of the men, Sjugur, stands apart as a strong, independent man. The girls like him, but he has set his sights on the daughter of a wealthy landowner.
Movie7.3DocumentaryFrozen heart tells the story of Roald Amundsen, a well known polar hero from Norway.
Frosset hjerte
1999 · 3 votes
Movie5.8AdventureFantasyAfter his father is killed, Prince Valemon ascends the throne, only to be turned into a polar bear by a bitter witch who wants to be his queen.
Movie5.9CrimeDramaErica's parents are killed in a traffic accident. She moves to Fjällbacka and discovers she has a brother.
Movie6.3FantasyDramaOne day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you? and "Where does the world come from?
Movie4.8DramaGathered at a funeral for a successful business man, the testament is to be read. They will all inherit, with a big IF; if the family company is to be joint run by all the heirs.
Movie6.3DramaComedyOdd Horton is dependable and contained: he's a train driver retiring after 40 years of service, living a simple life. His idea of adventure is to fly from one city in Norway to another. Starting on the night of his retirement dinner, Odd has a series of dislocating experiences: a boy insists that Odd sit by his bedside while he falls asleep; misadventure causes Odd to miss his last run; he witnesses an arrest; he assists an old man and makes a friend; he takes a trip with a blindfolded driver; he adopts a dog; he takes stock late one night at the roundhouse; he revisits his mother's disappointment in him. How should he live the rest of his life?
Movie5.9DramaThe year is 1630. A young woman in Laupstad comes to a small mountain village. She witnesses a woman being hunted and captured.
- Movie6.0ComedyRomance
Herman is a funeral agent. His only remaining pleasure in life is to prepare his own funeral.
Fiin aargang
2008 · 2 votes
Movie8.0ComedyThe film takes place in the idyllic town of Solsund. Per Haug, a temporary worker, bachelor, amateur painter and leader of the political opposition in the city council, lives there. One day he rushes home from a turbulent city council meeting and angrily paints a portrait of Mayor Abrahamsen.
Portrettet
1954 · 2 votes
Movie7.0DramaComedyErnest, Ted and August fulfill their friend Carl's dying wish and take him to Heidelberg, where they all first met 45 years ago, to see his old girlfriend one last time. However, the locals won't talk about her, due to a WW2 secret.
Movie6.8DramaA moving, magic and playful story about a young girl who, at the end of her life, learns to accept death and understands how wonderful life really is. The script is based on the novel by Jostein Gaarder.
Movie8.0DramaMona Hofland is a nastily manipulative woman who enjoys playing one lover against the other.
Movie9.0DramaA loving family's world is shattered by an old friend's arrival, carrying a dark secret.
Movie5.7DramaRomanceAndrine and Kjell are both 17, and attends a private high school. Many things disturb their way to the spring exams, and fall in love. The come from different backgrounds, but gets common problems when she rents a room at Kjells parents.
Movie8.5ComedyThere is a confusion between comedy treasurer Theodor Jensen and an escaped felon, Gerhardt Müller, both played by Carsten Winger. Nanna Stenersen had the role of Mrs Jensen.
- MovieDramaTV Movie
Adaptation of Kafka’s famous novel for Norwegian TV. Joseph K. discovers two policeme in his appartment, while in the middle of the morning routine. These men lead him into a nonsensical labyrith of a legal system.
Prosessen
1962
Movie3.5DramaJan Strøm has always been popular with women and is used to getting what he wants. But one day he is drawn into dramatic events beyond his control, and suddenly finds himself at a crossroads in his life.
Smykketyven
1990 · 4 votes
Movie6.7DramaFly-on-the-wall treatment of an ordinary day in the life of a prisoner in Stalin's Gulag. Closely adapted from Solzhenitsyn's classic novel based on his own experiences. Shot entirely on location in northern Norway
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
1970 · 8 votes
Series6
TV3.7DramaSoapFamiliesagaen De syv søstre is a Norwegian soap opera that was broadcasted from 1996 to 2000.
Familiesagaen De syv søstre
1996 · 7 votes
TV7.0FamilyJul i Blåfjell
1999 · 5 votes
TV7.2Action & AdventureDramaChristmas on the Moontop is a Norwegian christmas series. It was produced and sent on NRK in 2002 with replays in 2005, 2010 and 2014. Idea and screenplay by Gudny Ingebjørg Hagen. Christmas on the Moontop was the successor to Christmas in Blåfjell and Amalies Christmas. Directed by Torunn Calmeyer Ringen.
Jul på Månetoppen
2002 · 4 votes
TV2.7DramaWhen Anna Neshov suffers a stroke a week before Christmas Eve and is left dying, her three sons must take stock of their own lives and each other's. For various reasons, they have not been in contact for many years. The youngest brother, Erlend, works as a window dresser in Copenhagen. Margido owns a small funeral home in Trondheim, and the eldest brother, Tor, runs the family farm on the Byneset peninsula outside Trondheim. Now they meet at their mother's sickbed.
Berlinerpoplene
2007 · 3 votes
TV6.0DramaNorwegian drama TV series.
Vestavind
1994 · 1 votes
TVSci-Fi & FantasyNorwegian scary stories to tell in the dark.