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Støv På Hjernen (1959 Film)
''Støv på hjernen'' is a 1959 Norwegian comedy film directed by Øyvind Vennerød and starring Inger Marie Andersen and Odd Borg. It was based on a novel by Eva Ramm, and shot on location in Lambertseter. The film's title translates into "''dust on the brain''" and the story centers around the busybody housewives of a modern Norwegian working-class neighbourhood of the 1950s. It became an immediate smash hit, was seen by 1.5 million people in Norwegian cinemas, making it one of the most successful Norwegian movies in history (the population of Norway at the time was under 4 million). It has since been repeated often on television. It was followed by two sequels, ''Sønner av Norge'' (1961) and ''Sønner av Norge kjøper bil'' (1962), and remade in Denmark as '' Støv på hjernen''. Cast * Inger Marie Andersen as Randi Svendsen * Odd Borg as Gunnar Svendsen * Kari Diesen as Fru Hansen * Willie Hoel as Herr Hansen * Lalla Carlsen as Fru Svenkerud * Unni Bernhoft as Fru Sørens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Øyvind Vennerød . Among his films are '' Støv på hjernen'' from 1959, ''Sønner av Norge'' from 1961, '' Alle tiders kupp'' from 1964, and '' Himmel og helvete'' from 1969.
Øyvind Vennerød (22 July 1919 – 27 September 1991) was a Norwegian film director and producer. He was born in Kristiania, and was the father of Petter Vennerød Petter Vennerød (25 September 1948 – 19 September 2021 References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalla Carlsen
Lalla Carlsen (née Haralda Petrea Christensen) (17 August 1889 – 23 March 1967) was a Norwegian singer and actress. She is regarded as one of the most legendary female revue artists in Norway. Personal life Lalla Carlsen was born in Svelvik as the daughter of shipmaster Carl Alfred Christensen and Laura Nilsson. The family moved to Christiania (now Oslo) when she was ten years old. She married composer, pianist and kapellmeister Carsten Carlsen (1892 –1961) in 1917 and was known by the stage name Lalla Carlsen. Their daughter Gjertrud Carlsen (1919–2007) was also a pianist on Chat Noir, wrote several children's songs and was the mother of NRK media personality Vibeke Sæther (born 1943). Their son Arne-Carsten Carlsen (born 1922) became an author, journalist and editor at ''Aftenposten''. Career She studied at the Oslo Conservatory of Music from 1909 to 1913, as a soprano singer. She made her professional debut in the musical comedy ''Høstmanøver'' in 1914. She pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Comedy Films
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1959 Films
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with '' Ben-Hur'' winning a record 11 Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1959 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 23 – Republic Pictures releases its last production, ''Plunderers of Painted Flats''. *January 29 – Walt Disney's ''Sleeping Beauty'' premieres, their most expensive film to date and the first animated film to be shot in Super Technirama 70. It initially ends up losing money for the studio due to its high production costs. However, it would eventually gain a cult following and is now considered one of Disney's great classics. *April 30 – François Truffaut's '' The 400 Blows'' opens the 1959 Cannes Film Festival bringing international attention to the French New Wave. * June 4 – The Three Stooges release their 190th and last short film, ''Sappy Bull Fighters''. * June 7 – A contract between Paramount and Jerry Lewis Production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arne Bang-Hansen
Arne Bang-Hansen (September 8, 1911 – February 23, 1990) was a Norwegian actor that performed at the National Theater in Oslo for many years. Acting career Arne Bang-Hansen played a total of 155 roles at the National Theater, where he worked from 1932 to 1982. For many, he is better known as the voice actor for Chief of Police Bastian in the audiobook version of Thorbjørn Egner's ''When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town''. Many also know him from the role of Professor Slatters in the TV series '' Brødrene Dal og spektralsteinene'' (The Dal Brothers and the Spectral Stones). At the National Theater, Bang-Hansen already made a name for himself as a student in August Strindberg's ''To Damascus''. In addition to the National Theater, he was at times employed at venues such as the National Theater in Bergen (1934–1938), Carl Johan Theater (1941–1945), Central Theater (1945–1948), and Trøndelag Theater (1948–1949). After that he worked again at the National Theater from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turid Balke
Turid Balke (25 July 1921 – 5 January 2000) was a Norwegian actress, playwright and artist. Biography Born in Kirkenes, she started her professional career at Trøndelag Teater in 1949. She would spend many of her years as an actress at Folketeatret and the famous Norwegian revue-stage Chat Noir. She was also an artist and a designer, even designing "proper" toys for children, but more importantly she would become one of the pioneers in Norwegian children's theatre. She wrote and staged several plays for children and is also remembered for creating ''Balkeby'' (Balke-town), a miniature-town with puppets and their stories performed by Balke. Her first film appearance came as a secretary in the 1953-comedy ''Brudebuketten''. Throughout the years she would appear in classic Norwegian films such as ''Støv på hjernen'', (1959), its sequels '' Sønner av Norge'' and ''Sønner av Norge kjøper bil'', and other popular titles like '' Olsenbanden for full musikk'' (1976) and '' Kam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liv Wilse
Liv Wilse (née Liv Ingebrigtsen, May 27, 1931 – August 17, 1994) was a Norwegian actress and singer. In the 1950s, she was briefly married to Arve Opsahl and was known as Liv Opsahl; she and Opsahl had a daughter together, Line Janiche Opsahl. She then married Anders Beer Wilse (1930–1990), with whom she ran a photography business. In the film ''Troll i ord'' she performed the song "Elskling" (melody: Jocke Johanson, lyrics: Egil Hagen, arranged by: Egil Monn-Iversen). The song was also recorded by Liv Opsahl with an orchestra conducted by Øivind Bergh, and it was released on the 78-rpm disc Musica A 5009. Filmography * 1954: ''Troll i ord'' * 1954: '' Kasserer Jensen'' * 1955: '' Arthurs forbrytelse'' * 1957: ''Peter van Heeren'' * 1957: ''Selv om de er små ''Selv om de er små'' (Even If They Are Little) is a Norwegian family film starring Lille Grethe. The film premiered on December 26, 1957. Plot Brit's mother and father are divorced. Brit lives with her mother in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sverre Holm
Sverre Holm Gundersen (24 July 1931 – 17 March 2005) was a Norwegian stage and film actor. He is probably best known for playing "Benny" in the Olsenbanden-movies (1969–1999), and as station master O. Tidemann the Norwegian children's program '' Sesam Stasjon'' (1990–1998), the Norwegian version of the US program, ''Sesame Street''. Sverre Holm was born in Drammen and was in his youth a relatively good player for a bandy club known as Drafn. He married three times: to Marit Gulbrandsen (later divorced), to the actress Sissel Juul (1939–1987) in 1963, and to the occupational nurse Kari Anne Harnes in 1990. He died in Larvik Larvik () is a town and municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. The municipality of Larvik has about 46,364 inhabitants. The municipality has a 110 ..., Norway at the age of 73, from cancer. References External links * 1931 births 2005 deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Theodor Haugen
Per Theodor Haugen (8 October 1932 – 14 October 2018) was a Norwegian actor. Haugen was theater manager at Oslo Nye Teater from 1985 to 1988. Haugen was born at Kongsberg. He was the son of Trygve Haugen (1897–1943) and his wife Hjørdis Wissestad (1904–60). At age 16 he became a student at Rogaland Theater in Stavanger. He had his stage debut in 1949 at Rogaland Teater. In 1959, he played the lead role in the movie '' Støv pÃ¥ hjernen'' (Dust on the Brain). Haugen also worked as director of Oslo Nye Teater from 1985 until 1989. With his wife, actress Sissel Sellæg Sissel Sellæg (10 February 1928 – 5 January 2014) was a Norwegian actress. She debuted in 1950 at the Studioteatret. She worked at Folketeatret in the years 1951–56, at Den Nationale Scene from 1959 to 1964 and at Oslo Nye Teater f ... (1928–2014), he had a son Kim Haugen (born 1958), who also became an actor. References External links * 1932 births 2018 deaths People from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wenche Foss
Eva Wenche Steenfeldt Stang (5 December 1917 – 28 March 2011), better known as Wenche Foss (), was a leading Norwegian actress of stage, screen and television. Personal life Wenche Foss was born to engineer Christian August Steenfeldt-Foss (1878–1960) and Alfhild Røren. Foss grew up with an atheist mother and a devout Christian father; she inherited both views but has stated: "I could not fall asleep without the prayer". Her first marriage was to engineer and film producer Alf Scott-Hansen (1903–1961), a son of port director Alf Scott-Hansen, but the marriage was dissolved. In 1953 she married landowner and industrialist Thomas Stang (1897–1982), thus becoming a sister-in-law of Axel Heiberg Stang and daughter-in-law of Ole A. Stang and Emma Heiberg. Her son Fabian Stang was mayor of Oslo from 2007 to 2015. Career She made her stage debut in 1935 as Ingrid in Vilhelm Dybwad's operetta ''Taterblod''. She was subsequently part of the ensemble at the Carl Johan Tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unni Bernhoft
Unni Elisabeth Bernhoft (born 4 March 1933) is a Norwegian actress and tobacco retailer. Personal life Bernhoft was born in Oslo to singer and revue writer Bias Bernhoft and Margit Haug, and is a granddaughter of Tobias Bernhoft. She is married to actor Bjørn Sand, and is the mother of television producer and executive Jon Ola Sand. Career Bernhoft made her stage debut at Chat Noir in 1953, in the revue ''Katten er løs''. Her film appearances include ''Bedre enn sitt rykte'' (1955), ' (1957), ''Fjols til fjells'' (1957), '' Støv på hjernen'' (1959), and '' Millionær for en aften'' (1960). In the comedy ''Fjols til fjells'' she played the character "Ruth Granberg," opposite Leif Juster as "Poppe." Until 2002 ''Fjols til fjells'' was the fourth-most-viewed Norwegian film of all time. Her best known song recording is probably ''Lille Frøken Stang'' from 1955. She gave voice to the character "Vips" (Red Fraggle) in the Norwegian dub of ''Fraggle Rock ''Fraggle Rock'' (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Hoel
Willie Hans Karsten Hoel (16 June 1920 – 15 June 1986) was a Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ... actor and comedian. He is best known for on-stage performances and for numerous roles, mainly comedic, in Norwegian movies, including the Olsenbanden movies. References 1920 births 1986 deaths Male actors from Oslo Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male comedians Norwegian male stage actors 20th-century Norwegian male actors 20th-century comedians {{Norway-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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