Espen Skjønberg Movies

O'Horten

68/100

A drama focused on a life-changing moment in 67-year-old train engineer Odd Horten's existence: the evening of his retirement.

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

72/100

Fly-on-the-wall treatment of an ordinary day in the life of a prisoner in Stalin's Gulag. Closely adapted...

Secondløitnanten

66/100

The old sea-captain retires, but the next day German WWII occupation of Norway begins. He then kisses his wife good-bye and is off to Army HQ. There he finds a lack of leadership and morale... See full summary »

A Handful of Time

66/100

Gothic thriller about Old Martin who heeds the voice of Anna, who calls him back to the mountain cabin where he left her to die while she gave birth to their surviving son.

The Sunset Boys

60/100

Ernest, Ted and August fulfill their friend Carl's dying wish and take him to Heidelberg, where they all first met 45 years ago, to see his old girlfriend one last time. However, the locals won't talk about her, due to a WW2 secret.

Ung frue forsvunnet

65/100

A young teacher comes back home after a mountain trip, and finds his wife missing. Noone has seen her since the day he left for the trip. The police starts an investigation starts to find out what has happened.

Vi vil skilles

54/100

A young married couple who want to get divorced seeks the council of their priest.

Knut Formos siste jakt

42/100

The 1820s. Knut Formo, a young man aged 22, goes mountain hiking to shoot a white reindeer buck. Through five long days we follow Knut's exhaustion, when he disillusioned doesn't succeed.

Rendezvous mit vergessenen Jahren

Motforestilling

69/100

A meta-film about a film and the common man in our own political reality. A reality that is just scenes of a film without any cinematic development, but which might be plain reality tomorrow.

Next of Kin

54/100

I et blomstersmykket kapell er en sørgerskare forsamlet til begravelse. Kai Skag, den vellykkede forretningsmannen...

Vildanden

53/100

Kasserer Jensen

56/100

It's time for a lot of trouble and confusion when cashier Jensen is confused with a lookalike, an escaped convict Gerhardt Mülle.

Vårnatt

54/100

Hallstein og Sissel bor sammen med foreldrene på et småbruk i en liten bygd. Denne vårnatten skal de...

Prosessen

57/100

King of Skating

20/100

The throne of ice skating sees a change of regent when Hans takes over as "the king", and the sports press can't seem to get enough of him. The dethroned king gets the negative attention, ... See full summary »

Bleikeplassen

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

Nedjma

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