Norwegian Film Archives | The Movie Blog https://www.themovieblog.com/tag/norwegian-film/ The Correct Opinion Sat, 06 Apr 2024 01:44:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.themovieblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-IMG_3714-32x32.jpeg Norwegian Film Archives | The Movie Blog https://www.themovieblog.com/tag/norwegian-film/ 32 32 “Betrayed”, “Den Største Forbrytelsen”, (2020): The Darkest of Days https://www.themovieblog.com/2024/04/betrayed-den-storste-forbrytelsen-2020-the-darkest-of-days/ Sat, 06 Apr 2024 15:00:39 +0000 https://www.themovieblog.com/?p=990356 “Betrayed” draws from the true story of the Norwegian boxer Charles Braude and his family, who were persecuted, arrested, and murdered by the Nazis during World War II. Appallingly, the entire process was carried out with the full participation of the Norwegian government and the state police, who joined in cold collaboration with Adolf Hitler ...

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]]> “Viking Wolf” (2022): Terrifying Transformation https://www.themovieblog.com/2023/07/viking-wolf-2022-terrifying-transformation/ Sat, 29 Jul 2023 15:00:16 +0000 https://www.themovieblog.com/?p=980106 Teenager Thale (Elli Rhiannon Müller Osborne, “Royalteen”) has recently moved with her family from Oslo to a quaint Norwegian community for her mother’s (Liv Mjönes, “Midsommar”) new job as the town’s police chief. Almost immediately a fellow high school student is savagely murdered at a local party. Thale is a key witness to the slaying. ...

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]]> “NARVIK” (2023): Heroic Norwegian beat back of Nazi invaders https://www.themovieblog.com/2023/02/narvik-2023-heroic-norwegian-beat-back-of-nazi-invaders/ Fri, 17 Feb 2023 04:00:54 +0000 https://www.themovieblog.com/?p=975315 It is April 1940. The eyes of the world turn to Narvik, a small town in northern Norway, the source of the iron ore needed for Nazi Germany’s war machinery. Following two months of fierce winter warfare, Hitler suffers his first defeat. “NARVIK” (2023): Heroic Norwegian beat back of Nazi invaders Film Review by John Smistad If you are native to Norway, or of direct Norwegian ...

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]]> “OSKAR’S AMERICA”: Red, White & Blue as Idyllic Image https://www.themovieblog.com/2022/08/oskars-amerika-red-white-blue-as-idyllic-image/ https://www.themovieblog.com/2022/08/oskars-amerika-red-white-blue-as-idyllic-image/#respond Wed, 31 Aug 2022 18:06:46 +0000 https://www.themovieblog.com/?p=971410     “OSKAR’S AMERICA”: Red, White & Blue as Idyllic Image Film review by JOHN SMISTAD Synopsis:  When 10-year-old Oskar’s mom leave him with his grandpa to go to America, he sets up a nutty plan to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a rowboat with his new friend Levi and his short-sighted horse. When I ...

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]]> https://www.themovieblog.com/2022/06/violent-strange-disruption/feed/ 0 “In Order of Disappearance”: Black Comic Disorder descends upon the Far North of Norway https://www.themovieblog.com/2022/03/in-order-of-disappearance-black-comic-disorder-descends-upon-the-far-north-of-norway/ https://www.themovieblog.com/2022/03/in-order-of-disappearance-black-comic-disorder-descends-upon-the-far-north-of-norway/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2022 19:05:56 +0000 https://www.themovieblog.com/?p=966835 Synopsis Nils ploughs snow in the wild winter mountains of Norway, and is recently awarded “Citizen of the Year” by the people of his small town. When his son is murdered for something he did not do, Nils wants revenge. And justice. His actions ignite a war between the vegan smoothie swilling gangster “The Count” ...

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]]> https://www.themovieblog.com/2022/03/in-order-of-disappearance-black-comic-disorder-descends-upon-the-far-north-of-norway/feed/ 1 “The Worst Person in the World” (2021): Coming to terms with Yourself https://www.themovieblog.com/2022/02/the-worst-person-in-the-world-2021-coming-to-terms-with-yourself/ https://www.themovieblog.com/2022/02/the-worst-person-in-the-world-2021-coming-to-terms-with-yourself/#respond Thu, 24 Feb 2022 02:01:56 +0000 https://www.themovieblog.com/?p=966489 Synopsis “The Worst Person in The World” is a modern dramedy about the quest for love and meaning in contemporary Oslo, Norway. It chronicles four years in the life of Julie (Renate Reinsve), a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to ...

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]]> https://www.themovieblog.com/2022/02/the-worst-person-in-the-world-2021-coming-to-terms-with-yourself/feed/ 0 “Trollhunter” (2011): If you think it may be dumb…you may wanna think again https://www.themovieblog.com/2021/06/trollhunter-2011-if-you-think-it-may-be-dumb-you-may-wanna-think-again/ https://www.themovieblog.com/2021/06/trollhunter-2011-if-you-think-it-may-be-dumb-you-may-wanna-think-again/#respond Tue, 22 Jun 2021 18:31:19 +0000 https://www.themovieblog.com/?p=962290 Synopsis A three-person camera crew of Norwegian college students sets out to sleuth a story on a baffling batch of backcountry bear poachings. Boy, did they ever get more than they bargained for. The trio meet a mysterious bearded guy living out of a trailer, which he abandons every night from dusk ’til dawn. Why, ...

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]]> https://www.themovieblog.com/2021/06/trollhunter-2011-if-you-think-it-may-be-dumb-you-may-wanna-think-again/feed/ 0 “The Wave”: Come on. This couldn’t really happen…could it? https://www.themovieblog.com/2016/02/the-wave-come-on-this-couldnt-really-happen-could-it/ https://www.themovieblog.com/2016/02/the-wave-come-on-this-couldnt-really-happen-could-it/#respond Thu, 18 Feb 2016 17:49:04 +0000 https://www.themovieblog.com/?p=934712 Nestled in Norway’s Sunnmøre region, Geiranger is one of the most spectacular tourist draws on the planet. With the mountain Åkerneset overlooking the village — and constantly threatening to collapse into the fjord — it is also a place where cataclysm could strike at any moment. After putting in several years at Geiranger’s warning centre, ...

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