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''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
Petter Vennerød Petter Vennerød (25 September 1948 – 19 September 2021Filmskaper Petter V ...
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 This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
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

* Bjørn Skagestad as Jacob *
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 * Sossen Krohg as Diddi * Knut Husebø as Harald *
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 *
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 * Jorunn Kjellsby as Tante Nøste * Sverre Gran as Herr Bergmann *
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 *
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

*
List of submissions to the 53rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 53rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films ...
*
List of Norwegian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Kingdom of Norway has submitted films in the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film category at the Oscars since 1957. They only submitted two films in their first twenty years, but they became a regular fixture in the competition ...


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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 {{1980s-drama-film-stub