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Norwegian Film History
 0  0  0 Usually seen as Norways first released picture. It is a short about poverty concidered lost to the public
1 6 4.8  Tragic drama where Anny meets love, but makes a scandal when she falls for her new husband's son. They steal money from father/husband and things start to fall apart. Director: Adam Eriksen 
0 0 0  Romantic comedy where an engaged couple discover that they both really are interested in someone else. 
0 0 0  Crime-thriller where people try to clear friend for a crime he did not do. 
0 0 0  Suspense adventure where two kids discover that their new fosterparents plan to kill them and take the house they inheritated from their real parents. 
0 0 0  Drama where director wants a Russian revolution in Norway, but shows it in form of a strike revolution. Director Ottar Gladtvedt 
0 0 0  Romantic drama where girl loses man to another woman. The director also made "Paria" (1916) but since it never had any official cinema release and is pretty much unavailable to anyone as the director saw its editing and production as a "mess with too many amateurs behind and infront of the camera" Still picture down below:  
0 0 0  Romantic drama where widow falls for her son's officerfriend. Widow's father oppose this relationship. This film never had any official cinema premiere and was only showed for a selected few people. 
0 0 7.1  Technically a Swedish film but the movie was so based in Norwegian culture and history that it made both critics and audience furious that it was not possible to make these kind of movies in its own country and then kickstarting once and for all Norwegian filmhistory. 
0 0 5.6  First movie in a long wave of movies that romanticed Norwegian culture and its past. This movie is seen as a minor revolution for Norwegian silent film and a major classic for that time. [First Norwegian silent released on Blu-ray by the Norwegian Film Institute] 
0 0 0  Documentary that follows explorer Roald Amundsen during a part of his many travels. There was made several of this films during the early days of Norwegian cinema 
0 0 0  After several movies between 1921-24 that did not make money came finally a movie that awoke som interest again and was one of the bigger successes during the silent era 
2 0 6.9  Danish Carl Th. Dreyer went to Norway and made a film full of Norwegian romantic imagery 
2 9 7.1  Based upon novel "Marit Skjøte" by Kristofer Janson. One of the more epic national romantic epics under the silent era. Directed by Rasmus Breistein 
0 0 0  Comedy. Was a critical favorite but did not gather any audience interest and was consired a flop. Based upon Wilhelm Krags story. Danish George Schneevoigt directed. 
0 0 5.9  Director Walter Fyrsts directorial debut. Some see this as the best movie that was produced during the silent era in Norway. Especially the camerawork and use of Norwegian nature has been seen as excellent. 
2 7 7.4  One of Norways first crime movies. It was also a big box office success that also made its run in other countries. 
0 0 0  Crime thriller filmed in the darker corners of Oslo. Directed by Walter Fyrst 
2 9 7  Silent epic that had better technical work than several talkies would have later on and is seen as a minor filmhistoric classic as well - restored and is also available in the U.S. through DVD label Kino.
0 0 0 'Propaganda' traveldocumentary that show Norwegian landscape and places for both foreigners and those who did not have the money to go there and to show Norway in all its splendor. Also known under the title "Norge, vårt Norge - i toner og billeder". Nationalpatriotic imagery as lakes, midnightsun, fjords and old wooden churches are essential here.
0 0 6.9  Rasmus Breistein directed this drama that got less positive reviews than "Brudeferden i Hardanger" mostly because critics did not want to have another national romantic silent movie 
0 0 6.6  Norways first talkie was based upon Oscar Braathens novel was also directorial debut to Tancred Ibsen. Comedy. 
0 0 5.7  A huge flop for director Tancred Ibsen, but at least he got to experiment with picture and sound and learn from this mistake that is largely forgotten now. 
0 0 0  First film produced in a professional film studio. Comedy directed by Tancred Ibsen and Einar Sissener after Finn Bøs comedic play. Include music numbers.
0 0 6.6 Crime movie based upon Stein Rivertons novel. Forgotten except in film historic circles.
0 0 6.5  Based upon Gabriel Scotts novel. Directed by Tancred Ibsen. This movie is usally seen as one of the finest from the 1930s. 
0 0 6.6  Based upon Sigurd Christensens novel. Directed by Norways first great director Tancred Ibsen. It was a major success with both public and the critics. 
0 0 7.1  Sonja Wigert was one of Norways best actors (at least in real life) as she played a double agent under WW2 and did it so well that she was frozen out of Norway to Sweden as many thought she was a German collaberator. 
0 0 7  Comedy based upon Johan Falkbergets novel. It was later remade to a musical in the 1970s. 
0 0 6.9  Adventure about Norways own "Robin Hood", freely based upon real events. 
0 0 7.3  Based upon true events and the novel by Gabriel Scott about terrible conditions in a foster family. Directed by Leif Sinding. 
5 7 6.4  Essential Christmas movie on national TV every year. First film under Norwegian occupation 
0 0 6.5  Comedy losely based upon Alexander Kiellands novel "Jacob" and was directed by Tancred Ibsen |
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Ettersom at den for øyeblikket inkluderer hele fire(!) norske filmer!
Også lagt den til her: http://www.listal.com/list/2011-films-worst-10
Siden den for øyeblikket inneholder to norske filmer!
My Norwegian Top 5 would be
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1. 1732 Høtten
2. O’Horten
3. Reprise
4. Happy, Happy
5. DeUsynlige