Hildegun Riise Movies

Upstanding community leader Nils has just won an award for "Citizen of the Year" when he learns the news that his son has died of a heroin overdose....

A man brings home a ugly dog to annoy his wife.

With the distinctive technique of using multi-level glass tables, Norwegian animator Elin Grimstead has created a darkly mystical fairy tale. A girl...

For the second time the two curious boys named Pelle and Proffen get mixed up in dangerous business.

The Other Side of Sunday, also known in Norwegian as "Søndagsengler", is a movie that criticizes the small, and often tight, church community....

When Norwegian scientist Marie attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it is her own measurement of disappointment, grief and, not...

Edvard Munch was one of the most important artists in the period between the 19th and 20th centuries. His motif Skrik (The Scream), repeated in...

Reidar is a resident at Solihøgda psychiatric institution. He is expecting the Earth to be hit by a huge meteor any time now, but until then...

Bent, Frank and Susie live in the same street, and when they finally meet they have to face new problems. Unknown problems concerning themselves. The...

Farukh sits in the middle of beautiful Norway. Like the rest of the asylum seekers he waits for a response from the UDI for a residence permit....

The story of Tell Teigen from Høyanger in Sogn og Fjordane, which in the 1950s became world famous for his daring aerial acrobatics. Tell...

At the psychiatric clinic Varden the attendants are mad and the inmates are sane.

Three episodes based upon short stories written by Hans E. Kinck from the rural Norwegian landscapes and villages.

A women lives close by a sharp curve in the road

Daniel Jor is a 28-year-old psychiatrist, still living with his mom. He and his friend Ronny have one thing in common, they like searching for...

Gjertrud has an affair with an engaged priest's son.

In the late 1860s, after becoming engaged to three bachelors in the town, Petra flees from an angry mob and seeks refuge in a rectory. Based on the...