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Reisen Til Julestjernen
''Reisen til Julestjernen'' (Journey to the Christmas Star) is a Norwegian play by Sverre Brandt from 1924. It was performed for the first time on Saint Stephen's Day (December 26), 1924. The play holds the record for the most performances at the National Theatre in Oslo; its 500th performance took place in January 1962. Brandt used the well-known Christmas carol "Silent Night" as a theme for the play. Johan Halvorsen composed the music for the play. The play has also been performed at many other venues in Norway and abroad. Film adaptations Brandt's play was adapted as the film '' Reisen til julestjernen'' in 1976. The film was directed by Ola Solum and starred Hanne Krogh, Knut Risan, and Bente Børsum. Another film version was made in 2012, directed by Nils Gaup and starring Vilde Marie Zeiner, Agnes Kittelsen, and Anders Baasmo Christiansen. The film versions of the play have been broadcast by NRK on Christmas Eve Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sverre Brandt
Sverre Brandt (3 March 1880 – 16 July 1962) was a Norwegian theatre worker and playwright, born in Trondheim. He is remembered for his children's play '' Reisen til Julestjernen'' from 1924, which has been staged numerous times at theatres in Scandinavia, and also adapted into a film. He was financial manager at Nationaltheatret The National Theatre in Oslo () is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts. History The theatre had its first performance on 1 September 1899 but can trace its origins to Christiania Theatre, which was ... from 1919 to 1948. Further reading * References 1880 births 1962 deaths Writers from Trondheim 20th-century Norwegian dramatists and playwrights Norwegian male dramatists and playwrights {{Norway-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bente Børsum
Bente Børsum (born 21 June 1934) is a Norwegian actress, probably best known for her roles in the movies ''Mors hus'' (1974) and ''Reisen til julestjernen'' (1976). Børsum had her debut in the movie ''Jakten'' in 1959, and worked at Oslo Nye Teater from 1979. She retired from regular performance in 2005, with her performance in the play ''The House of Bernarda Alba'' by Federico García Lorca. Since then she has continued to perform, however, and has toured the country with her monologue about her mother, ''Min forestilling om mor''. Børsum's mother, Lise Børsum, was involved in the Norwegian resistance movement in World War II and spent time in Ravensbrück concentration camp. When she returned, she abandoned her husband and child. Børsum's grandfather was the composer Eyvind Alnaes. Select filmography * 1959: '' Jakten'' * 1967: '' Liv'' * 1971: '' Rødblått paradis'' as Mrs. Jervell * 1973: ''Et Dukkehjem'' * 1974: ''Mors hus'' * 1974: '' Bobby's War'' * 1976: '' Rei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas, the festival commemorating nativity of Jesus, the birth of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus. Christmas Day is observance of Christmas by country, observed around the world, and Christmas Eve is widely observed as a full or partial holiday in anticipation of Christmas Day. Together, both days are considered one of the most culturally significant celebrations in Christendom and Western world, Western society. Christmas celebrations in the Christian denomination, denominations of Western Christianity have long begun on Christmas Eve, due in part to the Christian liturgical day starting at sunset, a practice inherited from Jewish tradition, and based on the Genesis creation narrative, story of Creation in the Book of Genesis: "And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day." Many churches still ring their church bells and hold Christian prayer, prayers in the evening; for example, the Nordic Lutheran churches. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Baasmo Christiansen
Anders Baasmo (born 29 January 1976) is a Norwegian actor originally from Hamar. Baasmo earned his breakthrough in 2003 when he received the Amanda award for his performance in the Norwegian picture '' Buddy''. He won the TV award Gullruten in 2007 for his portrait of Henrik Ibsen in the TV-series '' An Immortal Man'' (''En udødelig mann'') on NRK. Baasmo starred in the Swedish 2008 film ''Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End''. That same year he won Norway's most prestigious actor's award, the Heddaprisen, for his interpretation of Hamlet. He then became the first actor to collect an Amanda, a Gullruten and a Hedda award. He received the Shooting Stars Award, the annual acting award for up-and-coming actors by European Film Promotion, at the Berlin International Film Festival 2010. Baasmo voiced Hans in the Norwegian dub of the Disney animated film '' Frozen'' and played Herman Watzinger in the 2012 adaptation of Thor Heyerdahl's ''Kon-Tiki The ''Kon-Tiki'' expedition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes Kittelsen
Agnes Elisabet Hilden Kittelsen (born 20 May 1980) is a Norwegian actress. Biography Agnes Kittelsen is known for her role as Anneli in the TV-series ''Skolen'' (2004), as the title character's wife Tikken in the 2008 film '' Max Manus'' and as Liv Heyerdahl, the wife of Thor Heyerdahl in the film ''Kon-Tiki''. She also starred in the sitcom '' Dag'' from 2010 to 2015. After graduating from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 2003, she worked at Den Nationale Scene from 2004 to 2006, before starting at the National Theatre in 2007. She played the witch in the Norwegian 2012 movie ''Reisen til julestjernen'' and Vivian in then television adaption of the book '' The Half Brother'' that was broadcast on NRK in 2013. From 2019 to 2023, Kittelsen played Hermine Vejle in Exit, a series in 3 seasons that described the decadent lives of 4 men in Oslo's finance elites. It became the most streamed in the history of Norwegian national television. Kittelsen's mother is Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilde Marie Zeiner
Vilde Marie Zeiner (born July 7, 1999) is a Norwegian actress. Career Her first role as an actress was as Sonja in the film ''Reisen til julestjernen'', which premiered on November 9, 2012. Filmography *2012: ''Reisen til julestjernen ''Reisen til Julestjernen'' (Journey to the Christmas Star) is a Norwegian play by Sverre Brandt from 1924. It was performed for the first time on Saint Stephen's Day (December 26), 1924. The play holds the record for the most performances at the ...'' as Sonja *2016: '' Costa del Kongsvik'', season 2 References External links * 1999 births 21st-century Norwegian actresses People from Asker Norwegian film actresses Norwegian television actresses Living people {{Norway-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Gaup
Nils Gaup (born 12 April 1955) is a Sámi film director from Norway. Career Gaup was born in Kautokeino, Finnmark County in Northern Norway. He first intended to become an athlete but from 1974 to 1978 he went to drama school and studied at the Beaivváš Sámi Theatre in Kautokeino. He also founded the first Sami language theatre ensemble. After acting in several movies, he rose to international prominence in 1987 with his film ''Ofelaš'' (international English title '' Pathfinder''). It was the first full-length movie with all of the dialogue in Northern Sámi. This movie earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign language film and the Grand Prize award at the 1990 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. After that he made the Disney-financed movie Haakon Haakonsen (Shipwrecked), based on the youth adventure novel ''Haakon Haakonsen. En norsk Robinson'' (''Haakon Haakonsen. A Norwegian Robinson'') by Norwegian author O. V. Falck-Ytter. In 1993 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reisen Til Julestjernen (2012) '' franchise
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Knut Risan
Knut Risan (19 February 1930 – 1 February 2011) was a Norwegian actor. He was born in Trondheim, and made his stage debut at Nationaltheatret in 1956. He was employed here until 1998, and had guest appearances at the Norwegian National Opera, Den Nationale Scene and Riksteatret. He is remembered for his roles in ''Reisen til julestjernen (film), Reisen til julestjernen'' and for the voiceover in ''Tři oříšky pro Popelku'', shown every Christmas in Norway. He was a prolific voice actor, and did many Norwegian dubs of Disney films. He voiced Mr. Snoops in the dub of ''The Rescuers'', Happy in the 1994 dub of ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)'', the title character in the dub of ''Robin Hood (1973 film)'', Basil of Baker Street in the dub of ''The Great Mouse Detective'', King Triton in the dub of ''The Little Mermaid (1989 film)'' and Tod in the dub of ''The Fox and the Hound''. He was married to Astrid Folstad. References 1930 births 2011 deaths Male act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Stephen's Day
Saint Stephen's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Stephen, is a Christian saint's day to commemorate Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr or protomartyr, celebrated on 26 December in Western Christianity and 27 December in Eastern Christianity. The Eastern Orthodox churches that adhere to the Julian calendar mark Saint Stephen's Day on 27 December according to that calendar, which places it on 9 January of the Gregorian calendar used in civil contexts. In Western Christian denominations, Saint Stephen's Day marks the second day of Christmastide. It is an official public holiday in Alsace-Moselle, Austria, the Balearic Islands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Catalonia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Madeira, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, Switzerland and Newfoundland. The date is also a public holiday in those countries that celebrate B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanne Krogh
Hanne Krogh (born 24 January 1956) is a Norwegian singer and actress from Haugesund and Oslo. Krogh is among the most selling record artists in Norway ever. She represented Norway alone at the age of fifteen at the "Eurovision Song Contest 1971" with the song "Lykken er..." and is internationally well known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with Elisabeth Andreassen in the group Bobbysocks!. Personal life She is the mother of television presenter Sverre Krogh Sundbø and actress :no:Amalie Krogh, Amalie Krogh. Career She officially started singing when she was 9 years old, and released her first album when she was 14. She represented Norway with the song "Lykken er..." ("Happiness is...") in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest. She has received major acclaim through Norwegian awards. Among them are numerous Spellemann (Norwegian Grammy) including the Honorary Award, and the Peer Gynt Prize, which is awarded by members of the Parliament to those Norwegians who have d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Solum
Ola Solum (17 July 1943 – 28 June 1996)"Ola Solum" ''Norsk biografisk leksikon'' was a Norway, Norwegian film director. In 1983, he directed the documentary ''Kamera går! – Norsk filmproduksjon gjennom 75 år'' (Camera Running - 75 Years of Norwegian Film Production). One of Norway's greatest directors,Atle Jørstad "Lager ny ''Reisen til Julestjernen''" ''Verdens Gang'', 29 January 2011 he was particularly known for ''Orion's Belt (film), Orion's Belt'', which premièred in 1985 and won four Amanda Awards, including best Norwegian film of the year. He also wrote scripts for a number of Norwegian films. Career Solum began his career as a director in the e ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
