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Portrettet
''Portrettet'' (The Portrait) is a Norwegian comedy film from 1954. It was directed by Per Aabel and Borgwall Skaugen. They also wrote the script for the film, which was based on a concept by Odd Grythe and Randi Kolstad. Aabel played the lead role in the film. Plot The film takes place in the idyllic town of Solsund, where Per Haug lives. He is a pharmacist, bachelor, amateur painter, and leader of the political opposition in the city council. One day he rushes home from a stormy city council meeting and angrily paints a portrait of Mayor Abrahamsen. Haug's anger is not only due to different political views, but also to the fact that Abrahamsen is trying to seduce Haug's housekeeper. One day, Haug is visited by a childhood friend from Oslo. When the friend travels home, he takes the portrait of their old school teacher painted by Haug. Haug learns that painting has become the sensation of the year at the Autumn Exhibition in Oslo. Cast *Per Aabel as Per Haug, a pharmacist *Wen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulf Selmer
Ulf Selmer (December 10, 1885 – September 24, 1961) was a Norwegian actor and painter. Selmer was the son of the actor Jens Selmer (1845–1928) at the Christiania Theater and his wife, the actress Eleonora Josephine Nielsen (1850–1930), whose stage name was Leonora Selmer. Selmer debuted at the Central Theater in 1904; he was in the National Tour () traveling ensemble of Ludovica Levy (1856–1922) for one year before he was at the Fahlstrøm Theater for one year. In 1911 he moved to the newly opened Trondheim National Theater, where he remained until 1918. This was followed by three years at Chat Noir and one year at the National Theatre in Oslo before he returned to the Central Theater, where he celebrated the fortieth year of his acting career in 1944. His last appearance on stage was around 1954. He helped shape Norwegian film from the silent film era to more modern films in the mid-1950s. He made his debut in ''Den nye lensmannen'' in 1926, which was directed by L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unni Torkildsen
Unni Torkildsen (14 August 1901 – 20 June 1968) was a Norwegian actress. Biography She was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was first married to actor Olafr Havrevold (1895–1972). Her second marriage was to the actor Oscar Egede-Nissen (1903–1976), the son of Adam Egede-Nissen and the brother of actresses Aud Egede-Nissen (1893–1974), Gerd Grieg (1895–1988), Ada Kramm (1899–1981) and Gøril Havrevold (1914–1992), who was also the ex-wife of Torkildsen's first hushand, Havrevold. Torkildsen spent her entire career at the Nationaltheatret, until retirement in 1964. She made her stage debut at Nationaltheatret in 1925, as " Ophelia". She was later appointed at Nationaltheatret, where she played many leading roles over the years, with a total of 161 assigned tasks at the theatre. Filmography * 1925: ''Fager er lien'' * 1931: '' Den store barnedåpen'' as Georgine * 1932: ''Prinsessen som ingen kunne målbinde'' as the princess * 1937: '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevelin Urdahl
Stevelin Urdahl (born Stevelin Urdahl Foss, September 21, 1899 – August 14, 1967) was a Norwegian stage and screen actor. Urdahl was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. In the 1940s and 1950s, he worked at the New Theater, and in the 1960s at the Oslo New Theater. He was also a screen actor, and he appeared in 13 films and television series between 1946 and 1966. Urdahl made his film debut in Nils R. Müller's ''Så møtes vi imorgen'' in 1946. Urdahl is buried at Vestre Gravlund in Oslo. Filmography *1946: ''Så møtes vi imorgen'' as the police commissioner *1946: '' Englandsfarere'' as Drømmeren *1948: ''Kampen om tungtvannet'' as a military engineer *1949: '' Gategutter'' as the police commissioner *1952: '' Det kunne vært deg'' as the taxi driver *1954: '' Portrettet'' as Anders *1957: '' På slaget åtte'' *1958: ''I slik en natt'' as an SS officer *1958: '' Pastor Jarman kommer hjem'' as a ship's officer *1959: ''Herren og hans tjenere'' *1961: '' Hans Nielsen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folkman Schaanning
Folkman Schaanning (August 17, 1886 – January 1, 1964) was a Norwegian actor. He appeared in several films. Filmography * 1934: ''En stille flirt'' (Norwegian version) as Swanson, a photographer * 1938: '' Bør Børson Jr.'' as the office manager * 1940: '' Tante Pose'' as the provost * 1940: ''Tørres Snørtevold'' as Anton Jessen * 1941: ''Gullfjellet'' as the professor * 1942: '' Det æ'kke te å tru'' as the master barber * 1943: ''Den nye lægen'' as Pastor Reimers * 1943: '' Sangen til livet'' as Storm, a doctor * 1946: '' Et spøkelse forelsker seg'' as the admiral * 1948: '' Trollfossen'' as the impresario * 1948: ''Kampen om tungtvannet'' as the civil engineer * 1949: '' Vi flyr på Rio'' as Hazel, a professor * 1952: '' Nødlanding'' as the frightened painter * 1952: '' Andrine og Kjell'' as a bank manager * 1954: '' Portrettet'' as Johansen, an editor * 1954: ''Heksenetter ''Heksenetter'' (Witch Nights) is a Norwegian drama film from 1954, directed by Leif Sinding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigurd Magnussøn
Sigurd Konrad Magnussøn (December 14, 1889 – November 12, 1961) was a Norwegian theater director and actor. On August 14, 1912 he married the actress Abigael Heber. Magnussøn was a student at the Fahlstrøm Theater from 1906 to 1907. From 1908 to 1911 and from 1912 to 1920 he was an actor at the National Theater in Oslo. Then he was at the National Theater in Bergen from 1921 to 1922. In 1921 and 1922 he also directed the experimental Intimteatret theater, where Agnes Mowinckel debuted as a stage director and Olafr Havrevold debuted as an actor. From 1922 to 1931 he was engaged at Chat Noir, the Trondheim National Theater, the Casino Theater in Oslo, and the Oslo New Theater. From 1931 to 1935 he was at the Norwegian Theater. His last theater was the National Theater in Oslo. He was employed there from 1936 until the theater was closed by the German occupation authorities in 1942 and, when the theater was reopened in 1945, he returned to the National Theater. Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Skjønberg
Espen Henrik Skjønberg (7 April 1924 – 26 August 2022) was a Norwegian actor of stage, screen, and television. Career Skjønberg made his first movie appearances as a child in the 1932 film '' En glad gutt'' and in the 1937 Norwegian classic ''Fant'', in which his mother also appeared. His stage debut came reciting poetry at the Norwegian theatre Chat Noir in 1945. He joined the Norwegian National Theatre in 1946 and became one of its most prominent figures, appearing in 64 different roles in the next 60 years. As late as 2006 he co-starred with Toralv Maurstad (who also appeared in ''Fant'') in an adaptation of '' Waiting for Godot''. Skjønberg's first starring role in films was in 1951's ''Vi vil skilles''. Throughout the years he has acted alongside Tom Courtenay, Nigel Hawthorne, Susannah York, Edward Woodward, Gérard Depardieu, and co-starred with Hollywood veterans Cliff Robertson and Robert Mitchum in the 1995 movie Pakten. In England, he was particularly associated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Christensen
Rolf Christensen (August 4, 1894 – May 18, 1962) was a Norwegian actor and film director who was particularly well known for his roles in operettas, plays, and farces. Christensen debuted on stage in 1918 at the Trondheim National Theater and was engaged from 1922 to 1935 with the National Theater. He was engaged with the Central Theater from 1935 onward, both as an actor and director. Most of his work, both as an actor and a director, was in operettas, plays, and farces. An exception was his dramatic leading role in Toralf Sandø's production of Victor Borg's play ''Jeg drepte!'' (I Have Killed), which he performed at the Central Theater in 1941 and reprised in the film of the same name a year later. He made his film debut in 1921 with a supporting role in ''Growth of the Soil'', and adaptation of Knut Hamsun's novel of the same name. He played the lead role in the film '' Jeg drepte!'' and also had supporting roles in films such as '' Pan'' (1922), '' De vergeløse'' (1939 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Heide Steen
Harald Heide Steen (11 January 1911 – 3 January 1980) was a Norwegian film actor. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1933 and 1977. He was the father of actor Harald Heide-Steen Jr. Partial filmography * ''Vi som går kjøkkenveien'' (1933) - Jørgen Krogh * ''Norge for folket'' (1936) * ''Ungen'' (1938) - Julius * ''Godvakker-Maren'' (1940) - Even * ''Trysil-Knut'' (1942) * '' Vigdis'' (1943) - Anders Moen, skogsarbeider * ''Så møtes vi imorgen'' (1946) - Jørgen Berg * ''Vi vil leve'' (1946) - Anders Moen * ''Om kjærligheten synger de'' (1946) * ''Jørund Smed'' (1948) - Ola * ''Kranes konditori'' (1951) - Justus Gjør * ''Storfolk og småfolk'' (1951) - Opsal * ''Skøytekongen'' (1953) - Slåttan, skøytetrener * ''Portrettet'' (1954) - Ola * ''Det brenner i natt!'' (1955) - Tims barndomsvenn * ''Hjem går vi ikke'' (1955) * ''Toya'' (1956) - onkel Bjørn * ''Salve sauegjeter'' (1958) - Salve, sauegjeter * ''Toya & Heidi'' (1959) - Onkel Bjørn * ''The Master ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marit Halset
Marit Halset (May 18, 1912 – March 22, 1986) was a Norwegian actress. She performed roles in theater, radio theater, and film. Halset was engaged with the National Theater in Oslo from 1933 to 1948. She debuted as the young girl Hazel Niles in Eugene O'Neill's play ''Mourning Becomes Electra'' in the spring of 1933. There she performed together with Johanne Dybwad, August Oddvar, and Ingolf Schanche. Later, she performed significant roles as sensitive young girls, and she ended her time at the National Theater by playing Leonora in Ludvig Holberg's ''The Fidget'' in 1948. In 1948 she moved to the New Theater, where she remained until 1967. Halset also performed regularly in NRK's Radio Theater and Television Theater, in addition to having a number of film roles. Among her films, ''Kranes konditori'' and '' Broder Gabrielsen'' are the best known. Filmography * 1937: '' Fant'' as Halvor's wife * 1948: ''Trollfossen'' as Miss Arneberg * 1951: ''Kranes konditori'' as Mrs. Set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randi Kolstad
Randi Kolstad (born Randi Ballestad, later known as Randi Borch, May 23, 1925 – October 6, 1999) was a Norwegian theater and screen actress. Kolstad made her film debut in 1951 in ''Kranes konditori''. She appeared in 14 films. She participated in preparing the script for the 1954 film '' Portrettet''. Family Randi Kolstad was the daughter of the associate professor Thor Ballestad (1891–1970) and Hjørdis Marie Ruud (1902–1973). She was married to the actor Lasse Kolstad from 1946 to 1955. She later married Hans Jacob Astrup Borch (1924–1996) and took the surname Borch. Filmography * 1951: ''Kranes konditori'' as Borghild Stordal * 1952: '' Nødlanding'' as Kristin * 1952: ''Vi vil skilles'' as Bitten Dahl * 1953: ''Brudebuketten'' as Siv Blom * 1955: ''The Summer Wind Blows'' as Eivor, engaged to Klaus * 1956: ''På solsiden'' as Ester Riibe, Hartvig's wife * 1957: ''Seventeen Years Old'' as Lydia Hennert, a singer * 1958: '' Lån meg din kone'' as Anita (credited as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugen Skjønberg
Conrad Eugen Skjønberg (March 27, 1889 – July 25, 1971) was a Norwegian actor. Eugen Skjønberg was married to the actress Henny Skjønberg. They resided at Ramstad. He was the father of Per Skjønberg, Pål Skjønberg, and Espen Skjønberg, and the grandfather of Hennika Skjønberg, Siv Skjønberg, and Jo Skjønberg, all of whom were actors and actresses. Skjønberg started his career in the banking industry in Kragerø and Skien, but in his twenties he was discovered in the amateur theater by a dance teacher, who recommended him to Alma Fahlstrøm in 1913. Fahlstrøm referred him to Sophie Reimers for training, as well as for singing lessons with Maja Flagstad. Then he received a job at the Stavanger Permanent Theater (''Stavanger faste scene'') with Thora Hansson, and he made his debut as Johan Tønnessen in Henrik Ibsen's ''The Pillars of Society''. He remained there until 1920. He was then engaged with the National Theater from 1920 to 1924 before he went to Chat Noi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Asplin
Per Asplin (10 August 1928, in Tønsberg – 9 October 1996, in Oslo) was a Norwegian pianist, singer, composer and actor. He co-starred in a handful of films as well as participating in Melodi Grand Prix Melodi Grand Prix (), commonly known as Grand Prix and MGP, sometimes as Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix ( no, Norsk Melodi Grand Prix), is an annual music competition organised by Norwegian public broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK). It det ... five times in the 1960s. Still he is probably best remembered as a member of the Norwegian vocal group The Monn Keys and for creating the annual Christmas show '' Putti Plutti Pott and Santa's Beard''. Discography External links * Norwegian male film actors Melodi Grand Prix contestants 1928 births 1996 deaths Norwegian male composers Norwegian male stage actors 20th-century Norwegian male actors 20th-century Norwegian male singers 20th-century Norwegian singers 20th-century composers Musicians from Tønsberg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
