9 Movies Starring Bjèrn Floberg

Sophie's World

Sophie's World

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-08-06

Languages:

Norwegian, German, Swedish

Countries:

Norway, Sweden

Runtime:

113 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (1506 Reviews)

Director:

Erik Gustavson

Cast:

Writer:

Jostein Gaarder (novel)

Petter Skavlan

Fullplot:

Sofie is an ordinary Norwegian girl. One day she recieves a video tape on which a certain Alberto Knox talks directly to her from ancient Greece. They then start to meet at different occasions and throughout the film, Alberto takes Sofie on an odyssey of the history of philosophy, from ancient Greece, over the Roman empire, the Middle ages, the renaissance, the enlightenment, the big revolutions and up to today. Throughout this journey, they start to realise that they are only fictions of a story writer's imagination and start conceiving a plan for escaping into reality.

Kitchen Stories

Kitchen Stories

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-01-17

Languages:

Norwegian, Swedish

Countries:

Norway, Sweden

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (6757 Reviews)

Director:

Bent Hamer

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

In post war Sweden it was discovered that every year, an average housewife walks the equivalent number of miles as the distance between Stockholm and Congo, while preparing her family meals. So the Home Research Institute sent out eighteen observers to a rural district of Norway to map out the kitchen routines of single men. The researchers were on twenty-four-hour call, and sat in special strategically placed chairs in each kitchen. Furthermore, under no circumstances were the researchers to be spoken to, or included in the kitchen activities.

Dark Woods

Dark Woods

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-02-21

Languages:

Norwegian, Swedish

Countries:

Norway

Runtime:

85 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (3802 Reviews)

Director:

Pèl èie

Cast:

Writer:

Christopher Grèndahl (screenplay)

Pèl èie (story)

Fullplot:

The crew of the TV show "Real TV" with controlling boss Gunnar on the front line will soon begin production of a reality show for which participants are selected to survive in the wilderness. Gunnar has gathered a production team of four people: The friends Lasse and Per , the Swedish girl Elin and the new girl Sara. To test his new employees, Gunnar takes them to a log cabin where he used to spend summers as a kid. The cabin is located far away from civilisation, hidden in the dark, mysterious woods. The team has to make it through a weekend, finding food that nature has to offer, and neither cellular phones nor cigarettes are allowed. When Lasse and Per find a dead body in a lake near the cottage, the group is being tested. Gunnar is suggesting that they should continue the weekend without mentioning anything to Sara and Elin about what they found. But soon the team experiences some escalating incidents which lead to paranoia, accusations and mistrust.

Uno

Uno

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-09-10

Languages:

Norwegian

Countries:

Norway

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (3239 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Uno is a story from inner-city Oslo about David, a twentyfive-year-old with few prospects for the future. His days are spent hanging around with petty criminals at an inner-city gym. Still, it's better than home: His father is terminally ill, his brother is mentally handicapped, and he's unable to connect with his mother.But then, as his father is on his deathbed, the gym is raided by the police. David chooses to betray his friends in the hope of reaching his father for a last farewell. But it's too late. With his father dead and his mother grief-stricken, he's also forced to take responsibility for his brother on top of fighting off his former underworld friends. The crisis makes David realize what's truly important in his life: his family. He starts assuming responsibility for both his past and his future. By losing everything, David is given a chance to start over from scratch and rebuild his life.

Uro

Uro

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-08-25

Languages:

Norwegian

Countries:

Norway

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (1398 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Turning his back on a delinquent past and joining the police force, HP is determined to start doing the right thing. Soon he finds himself trapped in a web of lies, stretching out from both sides of the law. HP soon realizes that his present mission is closely connected to his own past, and that everything he worked so hard to escape from, is coming back to haunt him.

Varg Veum - Bitre blomster

Varg Veum - Bitre blomster

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-09-28

Languages:

Norwegian

Countries:

Norway, Sweden, Germany

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1549 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Thomas Moldestad (screenplay)

Gunnar Staalesen (novel)

Fullplot:

A successful female politician hires private-detective Varg Veum. She wants him to find her disappeared daughter without attracting too much attention. During his investigation Veum becomes aware of an international company and its dealings with corruption, black-business, and murder.

Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-04-04

Languages:

Norwegian, Urdu

Countries:

Norway

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1575 Reviews)

Director:

Morten Tyldum

Cast:

Writer:

Thomas Moldestad

Gunnar Staalesen

Fullplot:

A chance meeting with his former classmates in the rock-band Camp, offers complications for Veum. The problems get really big when he resumes contact with his former flame Rebecca - now the wife of Varg's buddy Jakob, the band's front-figure. A series of murders are being committed in the city, where the bizarre MO is young girls hanged and wearing white dresses. Varg is not the only one who gets too much involved in the case.

A Somewhat Gentle Man

A Somewhat Gentle Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-03-19

Languages:

Norwegian, Swedish, Saami

Countries:

Norway

Runtime:

113 min

IMDB Ratings:

(4513 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Ulrik is reluctantly let out of prison after serving 12 years for murder. He has to cope with his gang, his ex, a few women - and a snitch. His son has a fiancè. Her family doesn't approve of murder. They have a nursery, they have principles. Ulrik is a somewhat gentle man. But how gentle can you be? ...and he's losing his hair.

90 Minutes

90 Minutes

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-09-21

Languages:

Norwegian

Countries:

Norway

Runtime:

88 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (976 Reviews)

Director:

Eva Sèrhaug

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

We get no explanations when we're entering the last desperate minutes of three mens lives, all being violent to the women they love. We understand there's a reason behind the three mens reactions. What lies behind?

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