''Cross my Heart and Hope to Die'' ( no, Ti kniver i hjertet) is a 1994 Norwegian film directed by
Marius Holst
Marius Holst (born 15 January 1965) is a Norwegian filmmaker, a producer and a screenwriter.
Life
Film school student
Marius Holst studied at the London International Film School. In 1990, his diploma film was nominated for the Amanda Award for ...
. 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 in northern Norway; both places play a major r ...
's novel ''Gutten som ville være en av gutta''. The film was selected as the Norwegian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Cast
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Martin Dahl Garfalk as Otto
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Trond Halbo as Johnny
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Jan Devo Kornstad as Frank
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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 T ...
as Mother
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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 Amanda ...
as Father
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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, and he is especially famous for the roles as Merlin and ...
as Bulken
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Bjørn Floberg as Wiik
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Gisken Armand
Gisken Armand Lillo-Stenberg (born 26 November 1962) is a Norwegian actress. She is the daughter of actor Eilif Armand, and sister of Merete Armand and Frøydis Armand, both actresses. She debuted on stage at the age of fourteen, at Den Nationale ...
as Sager
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Ingar Helge Gimle
Ingar Helge Gimle (born 28 September 1956) is a Norwegian actor.
He was born in Oslo, Norway. He made his stage debut at Trøndelag Teater in 1985, was employed at Oslo Nye Teater from 1989 and the National Theatre of Norway from 1996.
For stag ...
as Gregers
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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, along ...
as Piano tuner
*
Karl Bomann-Larsen Karl may refer to:
People
* Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name
* Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne
* Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer
* Karl of Austria, last Austri ...
as Judge
Awards
The film was nominated to the
Golden Bear
The Golden Bear (german: Goldener Bär) is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of Berlin.
History
The winn ...
at the
45th Berlin International Film Festival
The 45th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 22 February 1995. The Golden Bear was awarded to French film '' The Bait'' directed by Bertrand Tavernier. The retrospective dedicated to American actor Buster Keaton was show ...
.
See also
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References
External links
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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
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