''Sophie's World'' (''Sofies verden'') is a 1999 Norwegian
drama
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adventure film
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directed by
Erik Gustavson and starring Silje Storstein as Sophie. It is an
adaptation
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of the 1991
novel of the same name by
Jostein Gaarder. Upon its release in 1999 it was the most expensive film to date in Norway.
It has since been released on DVD dubbed into German.
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125507/ ] An English-subtitled DVD was released in 2005 in the UK and, likewise, a Dutch-subtitled DVD was released in the Netherlands.
Cast
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Silje Storstein as Sofie Amundsen / Hilde Møller Knag
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Tomas von Brömssen as Alberto Knox
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Andrine Sæther as Sofie's mother
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Bjørn Floberg as Major Albert Knag
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Hans Alfredson as
Socrates
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Nils Vogt as Lærer Jacobsen
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Minken Fosheim
Birte Fosheim Wienskol (20 March 1956 – 7 June 2018), better known as Minken Fosheim, was a Norway, Norwegian actress and author, best known for her children's books about famous composers, and her role as Vigdis Reverud in the 1990s sitcom ''Ka ...
as Hilde's mother
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Edda Trandum Grjotheim as Jorunn
* Arne Haakenaasen Dahl as Georg / Mischa / Giovanni
* Sullivan Lloyd Nordrum as Jørgen
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Kjersti Holmen as Fru Johnsen
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Jon Eivind Gullord as the guide in Greece
Box office
The film was the second highest-grossing Norwegian film for the year with admissions of 200,000 and a gross of 9.4 million Krone($1.3 million).
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References
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1999 films
1990s adventure drama films
Films based on Norwegian novels
Films directed by Erik Gustavson
Films about philosophy
Norwegian adventure drama films
1999 drama films
Films scored by Randall Meyers
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