Knut Hamsun is Norway's most famous and admired author. Ever since he was young he has hated the English for the starvation they caused Norway during WWI. When the Germans occupy Norway 9 April 1940 he welcomes them and the protection they can give from Great Britain. He supports the national socialist ideals, but opposes the way these ideals are turned into action - that Norwegians are jailed and executed. His wife Marie travels in Germany during the war as a sign of support from Knut and herself.
Mrs. Håkonsen
No ano de 1850, um menino de 13 anos se torna marinheiro para ajudar sua família financeiramente. No entanto, o navio onde ele trabalha naufraga, e ele vai parar numa ilha onde terá que enfrentar o maldoso pirata Merrick.
About the Swedish author Agnes Von Krusenstjerna during the period of her marriage to David Sprengel. In the hallucinatory opening sequence she is brought in a straitjacket by her husband and two psychiatric nurses through the Venice Carnival nocturnal antics to a mental hospital in the city. With her is a manuscript of her autobiography, which she calls "her child". The book is Agnes showdown with her family, and in flashbacks presented, Agnes progress from the author of innocent girls' books to serious and self-consuming novelist.
Berta
Alexander tem apenas dez anos e sua irmã, Fanny, seis, quando seu pai morre de um mal súbito. Alexander começa a ver o fantasma do pai frequentemente até que sua mãe se casa com um Pastor de hábitos muito severos e vai morar em sua casa. Lá as duas crianças sofrerão muito, sendo tratadas como prisioneiras. [Esta é a versão original de Fanny & Alexander, que foi concebido como uma série de TV e depois reduzido para o formato de filme]
Gurli Linder
The Swedish 19th century engineer Salomon August Andrée 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.
Nurse (uncredited)
Após ter sido uma mãe ausente por anos, Charlotte (Ingrid Bergman), uma renomada pianista, vai até a casa de sua filha Eva (Liv Ullmann) para lhe fazer uma visita. Ela se surpreende ao encontrar sua outra filha, Helena (Lena Nyman), que tem problemas mentais. Eva tirou Helena da instituição que Charlotte a havia internado para cuidar dela em casa. A tensão entre mãe e filha começa a crescer devagar até elas colocarem tudo em panos limpos, dizendo tudo que sempre gostariam de dizer.
Rosita
A lonely teacher muddles through a midlife crisis as he navigates romantic relationships and tries his hand at composing experimental music.
The Waitress
A young boy lives alone in a small room in a block of flats, with a phone ringing constantly, without anyone at the other end. He runs away, soon to follow everyone telling him to, until he gets involved in a search for a missing girl.
Lina is in her best age, mid-30s. She is strong-willed, resilient and self-conscious. There has never been a man in her life, on the contrary, she even had to play the man's role on the small farm to sustain herself and the parents. But the quest for true love and longing for a man is still strong. She has never had the opportunity to realize this dream in the confined environment she lives in. Her obstinacy has also scared off the men. But one day Gilbert returned to the village after being in America for 20 years.
Pleiersken
This black-and-white Norwegian film is a great rarity: a film with comic elements set in a mental ward which does not overstep the bounds of common sense or good taste.
Based on a play by Dario Fo
Ballad of the Masterthief Ole Hoiland (Norwegian: Balladen om mestertyven Ole Høiland) is a 1970 Norwegian drama film directed by Knut Andersen, and starring a broad cast of notable Norwegian actors, headed by Per Jansen as Ole Høiland. Ole Høiland was an actual Norwegian Robin Hood-figure in the early 19th century. He steals from the rich and gives to the poor, enjoying numerous affairs with attractive women along the way. The story culminates in the ambitious burglary of Norges Bank, Norway's central bank.
Nelly
A caretaker at a music academy is solving most problems for the young musicians, however not only the most appropriate way. But down inside he really has a dream of his own, which goes far beyond being the caretaker.
