''Svarte pantere: Rebels with a Cause'' (Black Panthers: Rebels with a Cause) is a Norwegian crime drama and youth film from 1992 directed by

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. The film is about a group of young and idealistic animal liberation activists who call themselves the "Black Panthers." They live together in a collective in the countryside and engage in illegal activism at night. In the end, they are arrested by the police, and the authorities use the case to blacken both them and the case as much as possible. The leading roles are played by

Henrik Mestad Henrik Mestad (born 22 June 1964) is a Norwegian stage, film, and television actor. He received the Hedda Award in 2011. Mestad was born in Oslo as a son of the politician Viking Mestad. He is educated at the Norwegian Theatre Academy and was h ...

, Anneli Drecker,

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, Guro Sibeko, Bettina Banoun, and

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 H ...

Reception

''Svarte pantere'' received a " die throw" of four out of six in ''

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'', '' Arbeiderbladet'', and ''

Dagbladet ''Dagbladet'' (lit.: ''The Daily Magazine'') is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally ''Dagbladet'' is considered the main liberal newsp ...

'', whereas ''

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'' gave it three.

Cast

* Anneli Drecker as Sonia *

as Marius * Lars Eilert Arentz-Hansen * Bettina Banoun as Bettina * Martin Bjørnersen as Roger * Jan Grønli as a fur farmer *

as Erik * Aamund Johannesen as a veterinarian *

Lasse Kolsrud Lasse Kolsrud (born March 27, 1959) is a Norwegian actor and director. He has performed at the Trøndelag Theater, the Norwegian Theater, and on film. He has also directed the theater version of Frode Grytten's novel ''Bikubesong'' at the Norwe ...

as the defense attorney * Christine Elise Robsahm as Kristin * Guro Sibeko as Lise *

as a police investigator * Jan Fredrik Varden as the prosecutor

References

External links

*
''Svarte pantere''
at the National Library of Norway
''Svarte pantere''
at the Swedish Film Database 1992 films Norwegian crime drama films 1990s Norwegian-language films Films set in Norway Films about animal rights {{Norway-film-stub