Cross My Heart And Hope To Die (film)
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''Cross my Heart and Hope to Die'' () is a 1994 Norwegian film directed by
Marius Holst Marius Holst (born 15 January 1965) is a Norwegian filmmaker, a producer and a screenwriter. Education Holst studied at the London International Film School. In 1990, his diploma film was nominated for the Amanda Award for Best Short Film, and ...
. It is loosely based on
Lars Saabye Christensen Lars Saabye Christensen (born 21 September 1953 in Oslo) is a Norwegian-Danish author. Saabye Christensen was raised in the Skillebekk neighbourhood of Oslo, but lived for many years in Sortland Municipality in northern Norway; both places pl ...
's novel ''Gutten som ville være en av gutta''. The film was selected as the Norwegian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film The following is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various films, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Bes ...
at the
67th Academy Awards The 67th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) took place on March 27, 1995, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the cer ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences


Cast

* Martin Dahl Garfalk as Otto * Trond Halbo as Johnny * Jan Devo Kornstad as Frank *
Kjersti Holmen Kjersti Holmen (8 February 1956 – 26 September 2021) was a Norwegian actress. She was born on Nøtterøy, and later moved to Alnabru, where she grew up with her parents and two sisters. She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of The ...
as Mother *
Reidar Sørensen Reidar Sørensen (born 11 April 1956) is a Norwegian actor. He was born in Hemnesberget. He has worked at various theatres, including Trøndelag Teater, Det Norske Teatret, Riksteatret, Nordland Teater and Agder Teater. He was given the Ama ...
as Father *
Bjørn Sundquist Bjørn Richard Sundquist (born 16 June 1948) is a Norwegian actor, famous for TV, theatre, and movie roles. For many years he worked at Det Norske Teatret and Nationaltheateret in Oslo. Sundquist is especially famous for the roles as Merlin ...
as Bulken *
Bjørn Floberg Bjørn Floberg (born 12 September 1947) is a Norwegian actor of film, television and theatre. He is particularly noted for playing unsympathetic authority figures, but he has also had success playing other types of roles. Career Theatre Flo ...
as Wiik *
Gisken Armand Gisken Armand Lillo-Stenberg (born 26 November 1962) is a Norwegian actress. She debuted on stage at the age of fourteen, at Den Nationale Scene, and has been working at Nationaltheatret since 1988. There she has performed in plays such as Henrik ...
as Sager *
Ingar Helge Gimle Ingar Helge Gimle (born 28 September 1956) is a Norwegian actor. Born in Oslo, he made his stage debut at Trøndelag Teater in 1985. He was employed at Oslo Nye Teater from 1989 and at the National Theatre of Norway from 1996. For his stage wor ...
as Gregers *
Per Oscarsson Per Oscar Heinrich Oscarsson (28 January 1927 – 31 December 2010) was a Swedish actor. He is best known for his role in the 1966 film ''Hunger'', which earned him a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. Early life Oscarsson was born, alo ...
as Piano tuner * Karl Bomann-Larsen as Judge


Awards

The film was nominated to the
Golden Bear The Golden Bear () is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival and is, along with the Palme d'Or and the Golden Lion, the most important international film festival award. The bear is the heraldic an ...
at the
45th Berlin International Film Festival The 45th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 22 February 1995. Israeli film programmer Lia van Leer was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Bear was awarded to '' The Bait'' directed by Bertrand Tav ...
.


See also

*
List of submissions to the 67th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 67th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English language, Engli ...
*
List of Norwegian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Kingdom of Norway has submitted films in the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film category at the Oscars since 1957. They only submitted two films in their first twenty years, but they became a regular fixture in the competition ...


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''Cross My Heart and Hope to Die''
at the Norwegian Film Institute 1994 films 1994 drama films 1990s Norwegian-language films Films directed by Marius Holst Norwegian drama films {{Norway-film-stub