Selected Norwegian Media Adaptations Available to Stream via Kanopy
A Doll's House (dir. Joseph Losey, 1973)
Nora Helmer (Jane Fonda) lives a quiet life with her husband, Torvald (David Warner), in a small Norwegian town. While he works diligently at a bank, she looks after their children. But Torvald doesn't know that several years ago, when he was very ill and she was desperate for money, Nora forged a loan document and has been secretly working to pay the money back ever since. The arrival of her friend Kristine (Delphine Seyrig) prompts Nora to re-evaluate her life and confront Torvald. Based on the play by Henrik Ibsen.
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Hedda Gabler (dir. Paul Willis, 2004)
Set in an anonymous corner of suburbia, this contemporary adaptation of Ibsen’s play is a shattering exploration of ambition, domestic power and gender roles. Just married, Hedda Gabler and her husband arrive at their new home where Hedda’s romantic rival from the past appears. Hedda must confront her desire for a life lived beautifully and without compromise - whatever the cost. This bracing dramatization brings new dimensions to Hedda Gabler’s character.
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Jackpot (dir. Magnus Martens, 2011)
When Christmas tree factory supervisor Oscar Svendsen wakes up terrified and bloody in a strip joint, with a shotgun in his hand and eight corpses surrounding him, he’s clearly going to have a lot of explaining to do.
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Out Stealing Horses (dir. Hans Petter Moland, 2020)
This film follows Trond, a grieving widower to the remote woods of Norway to live out the rest of his years. A chance encounter with his neighbor Lars, rekindles dormant memories, as Trond realizes that he knew Lars back in the summer of 1948.
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Selected Norwegian Media Adaptations Available Through UC Search
- The Girl by the Lake (dir. Andrea Molaioli, 2007)
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The body of a young girl is found on the shores of a northern Italian lake. Sanzio, a middle-aged police officer with family troubles of his own, is put in charge of investigation. He discovers much beneath tranquil appearances in the nearby village. - The Half Brother (dir. Per Olav Sørensen)
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Based on the internationally acclaimed and best-selling novel by Lars Saabye Christensen, The Half Brother is an evocative family saga revolving around the life of un-produced screenwriter Barnum Nilsen. On V-Day, May 1945, as a continent emerges from war, Barnum's mother Vera is raped in her attic in Oslo by an unknown man, leading to the birth of Barnum's half brother, Fred. When Barnum is born five years later, to the man that Vera has since met and married, the Nilsen family, like Europe, is already splitting in two. Growing up together during the Cold War—Barnum with his father, Fred searching for his—the half brothers become estranged. Unspoken family secrets eventually bring tensions to a head and Fred vanishes. At a film festival in Berlin in 1990, as the Wall is still coming down, Barnum finds startling evidence that his half brother is still alive and sets off on an urgent quest to find him. Finally, as the true identity of Fred's father comes to light, the two half brothers may once again be reunited. More than the hypnotic story of one splintered family, The Half Brother offers a haunting parable of 20th century Europe. - Headhunters (dir. Morten Tyldum, 2012)
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An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary (IMDB). - Jackpot (dir. Magnus Martens, 2011)
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When Christmas tree factory supervisor Oscar Svendsen wakes up terrified and bloody in a strip joint, with a shotgun in his hand and eight corpses surrounding him, he’s clearly going to have a lot of explaining to do (Kanopy). - Out Stealing Horses (dir. Hans Petter Moland, 2020)
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This film follows Trond, a grieving widower to the remote woods of Norway to live out the rest of his years. A chance encounter with his neighbor Lars, rekindles dormant memories, as Trond realizes that he knew Lars back in the summer of 1948 (Kanopy). - The Snowman (dir. Tomas Alfredson, 2017)Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman.
