Arnljot Berg (22 October 1931 – 9 December 1982) was a Norwegian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. He directed eight films between 1966 and 1974. His 1972 film '' Lukket avdeling'' was entered into the

22nd Berlin International Film Festival The 22nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 4 July 1972. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Italian film '' I racconti di Canterbury'' directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Jury The following people were announced as ...

and his 1974 film '' Bobby's War'' was entered into the

24th Berlin International Film Festival The 24th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June – 2 July 1974. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Canadian film '' The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'' directed by Ted Kotcheff. Jury The following people were announc ...

Personal life

In 1957, Berg married the Danish film editor Edith Toreg (1921–2003). They had a daughter, Merete Berg Toreg (born 1957), a graphic designer and visual artist. This marriage was later dissolved. He subsequently married Aase Marie (Mie) Ingvaldsen (born 1942). They had two children: Lene Berg (born 1965), a film director and artist, and Marius Sheamus Berg, a furniture designer (born 1968). This marriage was also dissolved. In 1974 he married the French actress Evelyne Zammit (1948–1975).

Murder of Evelyne Zammit

On January 25, 1975, Berg was imprisoned in Paris on suspicion of the murder of his 27-year-old wife, Evelyne Zammit-Berg, and convicted in 1976 of involuntary manslaughter. In 2022, a work by his daughter about the murder, entitled “Fra Far,” was shown at Bergen Kunsthall.

Filmography

* ''

Før frostnettene ''Før frostnettene'' (English: ''Before the Frosts'') is a 1966 Norwegian drama film directed by Arnljot Berg. It is based on Sigurd Hoel's 1935 novel '' Fjorten dager før frostnettene'' (Fourteen Days before the Frosts) and it premiered on Jan ...

'' (1966) * ''

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'' (1967) * '' Tilfluktsrommet'' (1968) * ''

Hennes meget kongelige høyhet Hennes may refer to: Business * H&M, a Swedish multi-national retail-clothing company * ''Hennes (magazine)'', a Swedish magazine Places * Hennes, Norway, a village in Hadsel municipality, Nordland county, Norway Music * Hennes bästa, a compil ...

'' (1968) * '' Huset på grensen'' (1969) * '' Døden i gatene'' (1970) * '' Lukket avdeling'' (1972) * '' Bobby's War'' (1974)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Berg, Arnljot 1931 births 1982 deaths Norwegian film directors