Acting

Esben Høilund Carlsen

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Known For

The Last LieutenantThe Last Lieutenant · 1993
The Last Lieutenant
7.41993
MovieDramaWar
Norwegian war drama. The old sea-captain retires, but the next day German WWII occupation of Norway begins. He then kisses his wife good-bye and is off to Army HQ. There he finds a lack of leadership and morale that offends him. They even laugh at him and his out-dated uniform and officer-rank. Secondloitnanten then finds and leads his private troop of volunteers against the German attack. The movie tells the story of a man that refuses to give up, even when everybody else leaves. He will fight for the country he loves and do his duty.
Kristin LavransdatterKristin Lavransdatter · 1995
Kristin Lavransdatter
5.01995
MovieDramaRomance
The daughter of a prominent medieval Norway landowner, Kristin grows up in total harmony with the ideals of the time: strong family ties, social pride and devout Christianity. As she accepts the fact that she has been arranged to marry the son of another landowner, Kristin's beauty, innocence and purity evokes violent emotions around her: envy, lust, murder, revenge. She seeks refuge in a convent, awaiting marriage. Here, the passion of her life strikes, the knight Erlend Nikulaussonn. However, their love cannot be private, and suddenly Kristin is the centre of a scandal.
Only the TruthOnly the Truth · 1975
Only the Truth
7.01975
MovieDramaCrime
A woman, Ilse Brehmer, finds the body of a dead man, a journalist. He has been murdered, and later when the body turns up in the harbor, the woman denies everything, even though witnesses has seen her nearby the crime scene. She simply can’t remember anything, but the detective on the case, Mørck, knows how to smell a lie and soon start to unravel this bloody mess.
Zero KelvinZero Kelvin · 1995
Zero Kelvin
6.51995
MovieDramaThriller
Larsen, an aspiring poet in '20s Oslo, leaves his girlfriend to spend a year as a trapper in East Greenland. There he is teamed with a seemingly rough old sailor/trapper, Randbæk, and a scientist, Holm. Trapped in a tiny hut together as the Arctic winter sets in, a complex and intense love/hate relationship develops between Randbæk and Larsen, who are more similar than either would like to admit. A powerful psychological and physical drama set against stunningly bleak Arctic scenery.
Black Pete – No, You're ItBlack Pete – No, You're It · 1980
Black Pete – No, You're It
1980
MovieDramaDocumentary
A drama-documentary film about the fatal effect of poor living conditions on health – the so-called "social inheritance." The principal characters in the film are two fourteen or fifteen-year-old children, Carl and Hanne. Covering a hundred-year period and drawing on case stories recorded by actual hospital staff, the film illustrates a number of variations of "the same old story."
Nineteen Red RosesNineteen Red Roses · 1974
Nineteen Red Roses
7.71974
MovieCrimeThriller
After his girlfriend is killed in an automobile accident, a man decides the best revenge on those responsible is to murder their loved ones.
I morgen, min elskedeI morgen, min elskede · 1971
I morgen, min elskede
6.01971
MovieDrama
About five young people and their complicated love affairs. Isabel, the diplomat's daughter, is training to be an actress, Marca is a ballet dancer, Michael is a theater director, and David has just completed his military service. However, it is Gerd, in particular, whose fate will have an impact on the group. She has fled from East Germany but returns when she feels isolated. Michael and David follow her, but an attempt to bring her back to the West costs her her life.
The Gangster's ApprenticeThe Gangster's Apprentice · 1976
The Gangster's Apprentice
7.01976
MovieCrime
Crime film about a Copenhagen social worker who, out of boredom, seeks away from his environment and into the criminal underworld, which he soon becomes part of - with fatal consequences.

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