Arne Skouen's films ranked
The acclaimed Norwegian film maker Arne Skouen was nominated to Oscar for Nine lives, and was four times selected to participate in the Cannes Film Festival's main proramme.
Here's a rank of all his films except the one I haven't seen, which is put last until it's under my belt.
Here's a rank of all his films except the one I haven't seen, which is put last until it's under my belt.
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- DirectorArne SkouenStarsJack FjeldstadHenny MoanAlf MallandDuring World War II, nine members of the Norwegian Resistance are trapped by the Germans in a deadly ambush. Only one escapes, and a fierce hunt through the ice desert has begun.
- DirectorArne SkouenStarsIvar SvendsenKari ØksnevadRolf KirkvaagFrom his secret radio transmitter in the tower of a woman's hospital in Oslo during WW2, Per keeps contact with London, while being sought after by the German occupiers. Based on true events about war-hero Knut Haugland.
- DirectorArne SkouenStarsClaes GillElisabeth BangHarald Heide SteenTim works at a newspaper during day time, and is a pyromaniac at night. Only the newspaper's editor, which also is a childhood friend, knows about Tim's dark side. Until Margrethe also gets to know.
- DirectorArne SkouenStarsToralv MaurstadHenny MoanAlf MallandWartime 1944. Oddmund stays at a remote cabin in the high mountains, about to lead 12 refugees out of the country. But he also awaits the most important person is his life, Ragnhild, which isn't coming.
- DirectorArne SkouenStarsClaes GillWenche FossGeorg LøkkebergAfter the play by Alexander Kielland about a bishop, Sigurd Helmer, which is accused of foul play after writing anonymous letters smearing his opponent. The accuser is his main rival and daughter's chosen fiancée.
- DirectorUlf GreberArne SkouenStarsTom TellefsenIvar ThorkildsenPål Bang-HansenThe movie takes place on Oslo's east side sometime during the twenties. It depicts the workers' environment by traditional elements like unemployment, strike, poverty, alcoholism, absent fathers, wise and tired mothers, the dream of a better life and the friendship between the boys in the street.
- DirectorArne SkouenStarsLeif JusterLalla CarlsenEgil Hjorth-JenssenThorvald runs a local bus route, with a 1923-model bus nicknamed 'Gamla', in the Norwegian country side. Thorvald himself always takes time to make numerous stops along his route, to help out with the smallest of problems. The old man is so caring he sometimes forget to charge money from his travelers. But modern times are lurking on the doorstep - in the figure of a grumpy county official and an offer from an outside bus company...
- DirectorArne SkouenStarsSynne SkouenArne AasBjørg VatleA hand is pulling the emergency breaks on a train, and a young military recruit has his live all changed. Noone can answer a girl's question in court. What color are dreams? A gathering of destinies. Can anyone answer why things happen?
- DirectorArne SkouenStarsHenki KolstadJack KennedyRandi KolstadAn American bomber is shot down over the western side of the Oslo fjord during World War II, and survivors are hidden in a church by local citizens to escape German occupiers.
- DirectorArne SkouenStarsHenki KolstadHenny MoanAlf MallandThe good priest gets a mystery to solve on his way home by ship to Oslo. A crew member dies, with a final wish to help Makken, and deliver a gold watch to Lily. But Lily denies knowing the man, and is scared when she hears the name Makken.
- DirectorArne SkouenStarsLiv UllmannPer OscarssonWolf von GersumIn Norway in the 1600s, An-Magritt is born as the result of a rape.
- DirectorArne SkouenStarsSølvi WangHenki KolstadCarsten WingerA 17 year old psychology-loving student starts analyzing his father and draws awfully wrong conclusions. He tutors his siblings, shocking, and is forced to show that he is very capable of great accomplishments.
- DirectorArne SkouenStarsEva HenningToralv MaurstadWenche FossThe first film of a trilogy about mentally challenged children. "Om Tilla" is some kind of dream version on how mentally challenged can function in society.
- DirectorArne SkouenStarsErik ByeSynne SkouenFrimann Falck ClausenThe third installment in Arne Skouens trilogy about mentally challenged children, in solidarity of the involved children and families.
- DirectorArne SkouenStarsArne ArnardoJoachim Holst-JensenIlselil LarsenCircus Fandango is a traveling workplace where everyone has to work together to make their living. A trade where occupational pride, commitment, but maybe also loneliness when getting old, like the clown Papa.
- DirectorArne SkouenStarsLeif JusterSynne SkouenHenki KolstadA 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.
- DirectorArne SkouenStarsKaren Randers-PehrsonFinn KvalemAnita RummelhoffCareless youth flirt and court in the sun at the beach. Based upon a play by the director, which was so unhappy with the result, that he doesn't want the film shown anymore.