Erik Poppe

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Erik Poppe

Born June 24, 1960 · Oslo, Norway (age 66)

Erik Poppe is a Norwegian film director, screenwriter and former cinematographer and press photographer. Poppe started his career as a photographer for the newspaper Verdens Gang. He graduated as a cinematographer at the Dramatiska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden in 1989, and had great success as a cinematographer for commercials. He was director of photography on Bent Hamer's film Eggs. His first…

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Utøya: July 22Utøya: July 22 · 2018
Utøya: July 22
7.12018
MovieHistoryDrama
A teenage girl fights for survival and to locate her young sister during the 2011 terrorist attack at a political summer camp on the Norwegian island of Utøya.
In Order of DisappearanceIn Order of Disappearance · 2014
In Order of Disappearance
6.92014
MovieThrillerAction
Upstanding community leader Nils has just won an award for "Citizen of the Year" when he learns the news that his son has died of a heroin overdose. Suspecting foul play, Nils begins to investigate, and soon finds himself at the center of an escalating underworld gang war between Serbian drug dealers and a sociopathic criminal mastermind known only as “The Count.”
The Last KingThe Last King · 2016
The Last King
5.72016
MovieActionAdventure
Norway, 1204. A civil war between the birkebeiners —the king's men— and the baglers —supporters of the Norwegian aristocracy and the Church— ravages the country. Two men must protect a baby, the illegitimate son of King Håkon, who will be the future king and peacemaker, from those who want to kill him.
The King's ChoiceThe King's Choice · 2016
The King's Choice
6.82016
MovieWarAction
On 9 April 1940, German soldiers arrive in the city of Oslo. The King of Norway faces a choice that will change his country forever. The King's Choice is a story about the three most dramatic days in Norway's history, the royal family's escape and King Haakon's difficult choice after Nazi Germany's invasion of Norway.
A Thousand Times Good NightA Thousand Times Good Night · 2013
A Thousand Times Good Night
6.82013
MovieDrama
On assignment while photographing a female suicide bomber in Kabul, Rebecca – one of the world’s top war photojournalists - gets badly hurt. Back home, another bomb drops as her husband and daughters give her an ultimatum: her work or her family.
The EmigrantsThe Emigrants · 2021
The Emigrants
5.52021
MovieDramaHistory
Sweden, 1849. A poverty-stricken family decides to move to America in the hope of finding a better and more prosperous life. Although they know the journey will be dangerous and the pressure of facing a new life in a strange and wild land is great, they are determined to succeed.
FatsoFatso · 2008
Fatso
5.52008
MovieComedyDrama
Overweight loner Rino spends his days in seclusion, until his dad rents a room to an overtly sexual girl who challenges Rino to break down his walls.
Beloved
Sep 18, 2026
Beloved · 2026
Beloved
2026
MovieDrama
Asle and Gerd met in a small coastal village far west towards the sea. They have a son, and for a time their happiness is perfect. But Asle, the sailor, is restless and is drawn to the sea, while Gerd is left in the village, alone with the child. The distance between them folds, and the question is asked: How much distance can love tolerate?

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Hawaii, OsloHawaii, Oslo · 2004
Hawaii, Oslo
6.82004
MovieDramaRomance
Hawaii, Oslo is the story of a handful of people who cross each other's path without necessarily knowing each other, during the hottest day of the year, in Oslo. We follow Frode and Milla. They are having their first child, who they are told will not live long. We follow Bobbie-Pop, a faded singer who tries to commit suicide. We follow Leon, an institutionalized kleptomaniac who is loking for Åsa, to whom he has a ten year old deal to get married. We meet Leon's brother, Trygve, who fetches Leon at the institution to celebrate his birthday, but who himself has plans to use his leave from prison to run away. And most of all we meet the angel Vidar, Leon's best buddy at the institution, who sees things no one else can see, and who may be able to save everyone - except himself?

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