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Pål Bang-Hansen (29 July 1937 – 25 March 2010) was a
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, film director, screenwriter and
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. He is particularly known as a television personality and film expert at the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, leading the television film show ''Filmmagasinet'' for more than thirty years.


Early life and career

Bang-Hansen was born in
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, the son of writer Odd Bang-Hansen (1908–1984) and physician Elise Aas. He was married to Oddbjørg Havik, and was the brother of actor and theatre director
Kjetil Bang-Hansen Kjetil Bang-Hansen (born 16 May 1940) is a Norwegian actor, dancer, stage producer and theatre director. Early and personal life Bang-Hansen was born in Oslo as the son of writer Odd Bang-Hansen and physician Elise Aas. He married dancer and cho ...
(born 1940). As a young boy he regularly participated in audio plays for children. Among his main characters were the master detective "Blomkvist" in adaptations of Astrid Lindgren's children's books (the
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series). He made his film debut as a child, when he played the character "Sofus" in
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's film ''Gategutter'' from 1949. He played the character "Tom" in the children's film ''Tom og Mette på sporet'' from 1952, directed by Lauritz Falk, based a book by Bang-Hansen's
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. After finishing his
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in 1957 he worked for a time on film commercials. He studied film in Italy at , the Italian National film school, from 1959 to 1961, and spent one year with the Italian film industry. He was a journalist and film critic for the newspaper ''
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'' from 1962 to 1966.


Film director

Bang-Hansen directed six films. His first film production was ''Skrift i sne'' (''Script in Snow'') from 1966. He produced the agent film ''Douglas'' in 1970. His satirical film ''Norske byggeklosser'' (1972) was a great success. In 1973 he made the film ''Kanarifuglen'', and in 1974 the thriller ''Bortreist på ubestemt tid'', based on a crime novel by
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. His last film was the political drama ''Kronprinsen'' from 1979, based on a true story, with
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making his debut in the leading role.


Film critic

Despite his success as a filmmaker Bang-Hansen has for several generations been best known throughout Norway as one of the nation's leading film critics, while working in that capacity for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) for forty years, from 1967 to 2007. He was anchor for the regular television show ''Filmmagasinet'' from 1966 to 1989. Another of his film programs was ''I objektivet'' from 1969 to 1976, where he introduced more special films to the public. In his role at NRK he was the one and only film presenter on Norwegian television for decades. Bang-Hansen regularly reported from
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s in Europe, notably from the
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consecutively for more than forty years, and also the Berlin Film Festival and the
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. Over the years he conducted interviews with Alfred Hitchcock,
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,
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, and
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. He is the only Norwegian to have interviewed
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.


Writer

Among his books are ''Dager med Douglas'' from 1970, ''24 ganger i sekundet'' from 1988, and ''Norske filmplakatar 1917–1988'' from 1989. He has also written travel books. Among his posthumous works is a film script about an undercover resistance group from
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, a branch of the clandestine organization XU.


Awards

Bang-Hansen was awarded the
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honorary prize in 2001. In 2002 he was given the Amanda Honorary Award, shared with
Rolv Wesenlund Rolv Helge Wesenlund (17 September 1936 – 18 August 2013) was a Norwegian comedian, singer, clarinetist, writer and actor. Biography Wesenlund was most known for having portrayed the title character in the movies ''Bør Børson'', ''Bør Bø ...
. He was awarded the Aamot statuette in 2009. Shortly before his death, in March 2010, he was awarded the order ''Den Hvide Knap'' from the Norwegian Students' Society's theatre ''Teater Neuf'' in Oslo. He died in March 2010, having been diagnosed with
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a week before.


Selected filmography

* '' Trost i taklampa'' (1955) * ''
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'' (1956) * ''Skrift i sne'' (1966) * ''Douglas'' (1970) * ''Norske byggeklosser'' (1972) * ''Kanarifuglen'' (1973) * ''Bortreist på ubestemt tid'' (1974) * ''Kronprinsen'' (1979)


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