3 Movies Starring Sverre Anker Ousdal

The Flight of the Eagle

The Flight of the Eagle

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-08-26

Languages:

Swedish, French, English

Countries:

Sweden, West Germany, Norway

Runtime:

145 min

IMDB Ratings:

(416 Reviews)

Director:

Jan Troell

Cast:

Writer:

Georg Oddner

Ian Rakoff

Klaus Rifbjerg

Per Olof Sundman (novel)

Jan Troell

Fullplot:

The Swedish 19th century engineer S. A. Andrèe sets out to become the first man on the north pole. His idea is to launch a polar expedition using a hydrogen balloon, together with two friends. The balloon, "The Eagle", takes off from Svalbard in 1897, but the three men are not heard of again.

Falsk som vatten

Falsk som vatten

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-11-08

Languages:

Swedish

Countries:

Sweden

Runtime:

102 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (364 Reviews)

Director:

Hans Alfredson

Fullplot:

John and Carl have a small publishing company. One day John meets the poet Clara who recently made her debut, and Clara's fiancè Stig. John and Clara fall in love with each other, and she moves into an apartment owned by John. John breaks up with his wife and moves in with Clara. But Clara has a nervous breakdown.

The Secret Life of Words

The Secret Life of Words

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-10-21

Languages:

English, Danish

Countries:

Spain, Ireland

Runtime:

115 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (9746 Reviews)

Director:

Isabel Coixet

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Hannah, who wears a hearing aid, is forced to go on holiday. On holiday she manages to find a job: caring for Josef, a burn victim on an oil rig who temporarily lost his sight, until he's stable enough to be transferred. There is almost no one on the rig, except a cook, an oceanographer and a few others out at sea. Hannah tends to Josef and he slowly breaks her shell of silence.

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