''Life and Death'' ( no, Liv og død) is a 1980 Norwegian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
and
Svend Wam
Svend Olaf Wamnes Akstuft, known as Svend Wam (5 May 1946 – 7 May 2017), was a Norwegian film director.
Wam was born in Son, Norway. He was best known for his collaborations with Petter Vennerød, creating fourteen films under the moniker ' ...
.
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
53rd Academy Awards
The 53rd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1980 and took place on March 31, 1981, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 7:00 p ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Cast
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Bjørn Skagestad as Jacob
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Kjersti Døvigen
Kjersti Døvigen (27 June 1943 – 26 January 2021) was a Norwegian actress. She was known, among other things, for her role in the popular Norwegian TV-drama ''Offshore''.
At the age of seven, Kjersti started dancing, her career began as a b ...
as Jennifer
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Sossen Krohg as Diddi
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Knut Husebø as Harald
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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 ( ...
as Fru Bergmann
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Per Sunderland
Per Sunderland (9 October 1924 – 4 June 2012) was a Norwegian stage actor and film actor. He made his stage debut at Studioteatret in 1945. He performed at Det Norske Teatret from 1949, at Det Nye Teater from 1951, at Folketeatret from 1952, ...
as Alexander
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Jorunn Kjellsby as Tante Nøste
* Sverre Gran as Herr Bergmann
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Vibeke Falk
Vibeke Falk (née Mowinckel; 27 September 1918 – 9 October 2011) was a Norwegian actress.
Biography
She was a daughter of wholesaler Thorolf Beyer Mowinckel and Jenny Modesta Fasmer,
From 1937 to 1950, she was married to actor Lauritz Falk ...
as Tante Liss
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Svein Tindberg
Svein Randor Tindberg (born 25 June 1953) is a Norwegian actor. He was born in Oslo; the son of Snorre Tindberg and Inger Mogstad. He made his stage debut 13 years old at Det Norske Teatret in 1966, in the musical ''The King and I''. As an actor, ...
as Sundby
See also
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References
External links
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1980 films
1980 drama films
Films directed by Svend Wam
Films directed by Petter Vennerød
Norwegian drama films
1980s Norwegian-language films
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