Known for Acting
When the King and Queen are poisoned, brothers Per and Pål get arrested, suspected of being behind it. Younger brother Espen "Ash Lad" and Princess Kristin set out on a quest to find the mythical Soria Moria castle, which is said to be built of pure gold. In Soria Moria, there sits a well containing the Water of Life; the only thing that can cure Kristin's parents. But some wicked Danes are also on the hunt to find the castle. If Espen and Kristin fail, it will spell the end for the brothers, the kingdom - and perhaps the entire world.
A woman returns home to her father and childhood home, after being gone for over 20 years. Her purpose for the visit is to deliver the message that her fathers former wife has passed away.
After a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his eleven comrades dead, a Norwegian resistance fighter finds himself fleeing the Gestapo through the snowbound reaches of Scandinavia.
The investigation of a mysterious serial-killer in a mountain village, set in Norway in the mid 1300s.
The confused old age home patient Nils creates a bond with the new substitute Karen, but is she able to help him with his last wish?
In a war-ridden and occupied Norway of the future, two young refugees steal an item of great importance from the occupiers. Pursuers ever on their tail, their story guides us through the magnificent Northern landscape, now tattered with the remnants of war and broken industry. On their journey they come across other people, all challenged in their humanity as they try to survive in a Norway that is no longer a land of plenty. The boys must balance brotherhood and ruthless pragmatism. Their childhood is already gone.
Dunderland Valley, 1695. A young maiden is accused of witchcraft. Her persecutors end her life in the bottomless pits of the Djupkista Waters. In the years to follow, numerous horrendous events and tragedies strike the valley. In 2011, the young, aspiring theater director Laura arrives in the valley with an ensemble of Norway’s premier actors. They are soon made aware of the valley's dark and bloody history. Then the star actor disappears.
Unn is 80 years old, lives in a nursery home and is looking for love. Her body bear witness of a long life, but on the inside beats the heart of a twenty year old girl. When a 25 year old boy becomes Unns new nurse, her heart beats faster and faster, and an old love bloom.
A man breaks out of his group of friends to follow his own calling. His old friends will not accept this and bring him back home for punishment and subduing. The story takes place in a twisted Sámi universe in Northern Norway.
Jernanger is a tale about the tempered Eivind who isn't scared of anything- except love. Eivind, lives aboard a boat in the South of Norway. The boat lies low and lopsided in the water. Thirty years ago Eivind left his homestead and his teenage sweetheart behind, and he has not been back since. He was meant to go back when everything was honky-dory- only that never happened. Then young Kris appears...
At school they used to call him Bázo, a Sami expression for a slightly retarded person. In his village they still use the name behind his back. In a way it is true. Emil is not the smartest person in the little mountain village where he lives with his father. he never even learned how to read or write properly.
