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Nils R. Müller
Nils R. Müller (17 January 1921 – 6 March 2007) was a Norwegian film director. He was born in Shanghai. His debut was ''Så møtes vi imorgen'' (1946), and he broke through with the comedy '' Vi gifter oss'' (1951). Later films include ''Vi vil skilles'' (1952), ''Skøytekongen'' (1953), '' Kasserer Jensen'' (1954), ''Kvinnens plass'' (1956), ''Det store varpet'' (1960), ''Tonny'' (1962), ''Elskere'' (1963), ''Broder Gabrielsen'' (1966), ''De ukjentes marked'' (1968), and ''Min Marion'' (1975). ''Det store varpet'' was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival. He directed 21 films in total, and was awarded the Amanda Committee's Honorary Award in 1996. Nils R. Müller was the brother of the Stalag Luft III POW POW is "prisoner of war", a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. POW or pow may also refer to: Music * P.O.W (Bullet for My Valentine song), "P.O.W" (Bull . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai
Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it. The population of the city proper is the List of largest cities, second largest in the world after Chongqing, with around 24.87 million inhabitants in 2023, while the urban area is the List of cities in China by population, most populous in China, with 29.87 million residents. As of 2022, the Greater Shanghai metropolitan area was estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (GDP (nominal), nominal) of nearly 13 trillion Renminbi, RMB ($1.9 trillion). Shanghai is one of the world's major centers for finance, #Economy, business and economics, research, science and technology, manufacturing, transportation, List of tourist attractions in Shanghai, tourism, and Culture of Shanghai, culture. The Port of Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elskere
''Elskere'' () is a 1963 Norwegian drama film directed by Nils R. Müller, starring Ingerid Vardund and Wenche Myhre Wenche Synnøve Myhre (born 15 February 1947), known in German as Wencke Myhre, is a Norwegian singer who has had a great number of hit songs since the 1960s in the Norwegian, Danish, German and Swedish markets and languages. She represented Ger .... Ludvina (Vardund) is considered a woman of loose morals in her small home town, and her only real friend is the orphaned girl Grethe (Myhre). When Ludvina becomes pregnant, she decides to raise the child without the help of a man. External links * * 1963 films 1963 drama films Norwegian drama films Films directed by Nils R. Müller 1960s Norwegian-language films Norwegian-language drama films {{Norway-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 Births
Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish liner ''Santa Isabel'' breaks in two and sinks off Villa Garcia, Mexico, with the loss of 244 of the 300 people on board. * January 16 – The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa. * January 17 – The first recorded public performance of the illusion of "sawing a woman in half" is given by English stage magician P. T. Selbit at the Finsbury Park Empire variety theatre in London. * January 20 – British K-class submarine HMS K5, HMS ''K5'' sinks in the English Channel; all 57 on board are lost. * January 21 – The full-length Silent film, silent comedy drama film ''The Kid (1921 film), The Kid'', written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin (in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Müller (pilot)
Jens Einar Müller (30 November 1917 – 30 March 1999) was a Norwegian pilot trained in Little Norway in Canada and a prisoner of war in the German POW camp Stalag Luft III. He was one of only three men to escape to freedom in the " Great Escape". Early life Müller was born in Shanghai, China, the son of Norwegian engineer Einar Jønsberg Müller (1872–1943) and British actress Daisy Constance Russell (1891–1978). Jens Müller had one brother, the Norwegian movie director Nils R. Müller. The brothers grew up in Aker, Norway. Müller had already received a pilot's license at age eighteen in 1935. Müller was studying in Zürich when World War II broke out. In May 1940 he arrived in England. Career By 1942 he was an officer in 331 (Norwegian) Squadron at North Weald in England. On 19 June 1942, after completing a so-called " Roadsted" mission, his Spitfire Mark V (tail number AR298) was shot down by a German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 just off the Belgian coast after ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stalag Luft III
Stalag Luft III (; literally "Main Camp, Air, III"; SL III) was a ''Luftwaffe''-run prisoner-of-war (POW) camp during the Second World War, which held captured Western Allied air force personnel. The camp was established in March 1942 near the town of Sagan, Lower Silesia, in what was then Nazi Germany (now Żagań, Poland), south-east of Berlin. The site was selected because its sandy soil made it difficult for POWs to escape by tunnelling. It is best known for two escape plots by Allied POWs. One was in 1943 and became the basis of a fictionalised film, '' The Wooden Horse'' (1950), based on a book by escapee Eric Williams. The second breakout—the so-called Great Escape—of March 1944, was conceived by Squadron Leader Roger Bushell of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and was authorised by the senior British officer at Stalag Luft III, Herbert Massey. A fictionalised version of the escape was depicted in the film '' The Great Escape'' (1963), which was based on a book by for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' (, abbreviated ''SNL'') is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. It has several subdivisions, including the Norsk biografisk leksikon. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with up to 3.5 million unique visitors per month. Paper editions (1978–2007) The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1906–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales of paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Amanda Award Winners
The following is a list of Amanda Award winners within the main categories awarded at the annual Norwegian International Film Festival since the award's initiation in 1985. In 1993, the so-called "Nordic Amanda" honoured cinematic achievements from all the Nordic countries. This practice was discontinued the following year, but an award for best Nordic film was awarded until the year 2000. Categories ''The list of categories is incomplete.'' Best Film (Norwegian) 1985–2004 the Amanda Award for Best Norwegian Film was given to the director. In 2005 this practice was changed, and the award is now given to the film's producer. Best Director The award for best director has only been awarded since 2005. Before this the best film award, which is now given to the producer, was given to the director. People's Amanda Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Role Given intermittently up until 2007, starting in 2008 this award is given out in both a male and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Moscow International Film Festival
The 2nd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 9 to 23 July 1961. The Grand Prix was shared between the Japanese film '' The Naked Island'' directed by Kaneto Shindo and the Soviet film '' Clear Skies'' directed by Grigori Chukhrai. Jury * Sergei Yutkevich (USSR - President of the Jury) * Chinghiz Aitmatov (USSR) * Zoltán Várkonyi (Hungary) * Luchino Visconti (Italy) * Sergei Gerasimov (USSR) * Karel Zeman (Czechoslovakia) * Mehboob Khan (India) * Joshua Logan (USA) * Leon Moussinac (France) * Roger Manwell (Great Britain) * Francisco Piña (Mexico) * Walieddin Youssef Samih (Egypt) * Jerzy Toeplitz (Poland) * Huang Guang (China) * Michael Tschesno-Hell (East Germany) * Liviu Ciulei (Romania) * Borislav Sharaliev (Bulgaria) Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition: Awards * Grand Prix: ** '' The Naked Island'' by Kaneto Shindo ** '' Clear Skies'' by Grigori Chukhrai * Special Golden Prize: '' Everybody Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Min Marion
''Min Marion'' (My Marion) is a Norwegian drama film from 1975 directed by Nils R. Müller. It is based on Terje Stigen's 1972 novel ''Min Marion''. Plot The film tells the story of a love affair between two adults, Marion and Georg. Marion (played by Ulrikke Greve) is disabled and her face has been disfigured since birth. Georg (played by Sverre Anker Ousdal) was disabled as the result of a car accident. The two people of them have experienced good and bad in life and have encountered much resistance. Together they find strength in each other, and the two of them limp along together on their own legs. The film is a sensitive portrayal of a different kind of love story. Cast * Ulrikke Greve: Marion * Sverre Anker Ousdal: Georg * Sverre Hansen: a supervisor * Johan Kjelsberg: Hammerstein * Mette Lange-Nielsen: the landlady * Arne Lie: the landlord * Eli Anne Linnestad: Anne-Lise * William Nyrén: a tenant * Siri Rom: Marion's mother * Irene Thomsen: the tenant's wife * Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Ukjentes Marked
''De ukjentes marked'' (The Market of the Outcasts) is a Norwegian film from 1968. It was directed by Nils R. Müller, who also wrote the screenplay and edited the film. The film is based on Åge Rønning's 1966 novel ''De ukjentes marked''. The film premiered on November 7, 1968, at cinemas in Oslo, Kristiansand, Tønsberg, Drammen, and Ski. Plot Star journalist William Klement's career is struggling, and he needs a scoop to make a comeback. One day he comes across an elderly asthmatic outcast called Glassblåser'n (the Glassblower). He is an eternal outcast that has lost his name on the path of life, but who still has his imagination, disrespectful irony, and heart intact, despite his atherosclerosis and asthma. The life of an outcast is not the subject matter for this tough journalist, who has seen most of this world's hypocrisy and ugliness, but he feels sorry for Glassblåser'n and wants to help him. But then he meets Glassblåser's friends. They are outcasts too, a number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonny
''Tonny'' is a 1962 Norwegian drama film directed by Nils R. Müller and Per Gjersøe. It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Per Christensen as Tonny * Wenche Foss as Tonnys mor * Liv Ullmann as Kari * Joachim Calmeyer as Rørleggeren * Rolf Daleng as Alfred * Finn Kvalem as Rødtopp * Ola B. Johannessen as Politimann * Henny Skjønberg as Dame med parasoll * Helga Backe * Finn Bernhoft * Erik Melbye Brekke * Synnøve Gleditsch * Rolf Nannestad * Alfred Solaas References External links * 1962 films 1960s Norwegian-language films 1962 drama films Norwegian black-and-white films Films directed by Nils R. Müller Norwegian drama films Norwegian-language drama films {{Norway-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
