4. Sonja Lodge Media Library
Around Stavager [VHS]
2002 48 Minutes No. Discs: 1 (Camelot Media)
A tour of the 800 year old city.
A tour of the 800 year old city. [less]
Babette's Feast
Stéphane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, Bodil Kjer, Jarl Kulle, Jean-Philippe Lafont
2001 102 Minutes No. Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 (MGM (Video & DVD))
EAN: 9780792848394 UPC: 027616857958
Artistic, sensual and sacred passions unite in Babette's Feast. Written and directed by Gabriel Axel, from a short story by Out of Africa's Isak Dinesen, this Oscar(r)-winning*film offers "an irresistible mixture of dry wit and robust humanity" (Newsweek). Onthe desolate coast of Denmark live Martina and Philippa, the beautiful daughters of a devout clergyman who preaches salvation through self-denial. Both girls sacrifice youthful passion to faith and duty, and even many years after their [...]
Artistic, sensual and sacred passions unite in Babette's Feast. Written and directed by Gabriel Axel, from a short story by Out of Africa's Isak Dinesen, this Oscar(r)-winning*film offers "an irresistible mixture of dry wit and robust humanity" (Newsweek). Onthe desolate coast of Denmark live Martina and Philippa, the beautiful daughters of a devout clergyman who preaches salvation through self-denial. Both girls sacrifice youthful passion to faith and duty, and even many years after their father's death, they keep his austere teachings alive among the towns people. But with the arrival of Babette, a mysterious refugee from France's civil war, life for the sisters and their tiny hamlet begins to change. Soon, Babette has convinced them to try something truly outrageous - a gourmet French meal! Her feast, of course, scandalizes the local elders. Just who is this strangely talented Babette, who has terrified this pious town with the prospect of losing their souls for enjoying too much earthly pleasure? *1987: Foreign Language Film [less]
Best of Norway [VHS], The
2002 60 Minutes No. Discs: 1
A helicopter journey through Norway's magnificent countryside.
A helicopter journey through Norway's magnificent countryside. [less]
Best of Sweden [VHS]
60 Minutes (SCANDINAVIAN FILM GROUP)
EAN: 7022590001055
Souvenir video: North American version
Souvenir video: North American version [less]
Biography - Leif Ericson [VHS]
2000 50 Minutes No. Discs: 1 (A & E Home Video)
EAN: 733961140484 UPC: 733961140484
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Bothersome Man, The
Petronella Barker, Per Schaanning, Birgitte Larsen, Trond Fausa Aurvåg
2007 95 Minutes No. Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 (Film Movement)
EAN: 616892885726 UPC: 616892885726
Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job and an apartment, but before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. The people around him seem cut off from any real emotion and communicate only in superficialities. He makes an attempt to escape from the city, but he discovers there is no way out, and even several attempts to kill himself prove unsuccessful. Andreas meets a man who has found a crack in a wall in his cellar. Beautiful music [...]
Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job and an apartment, but before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. The people around him seem cut off from any real emotion and communicate only in superficialities. He makes an attempt to escape from the city, but he discovers there is no way out, and even several attempts to kill himself prove unsuccessful. Andreas meets a man who has found a crack in a wall in his cellar. Beautiful music streams out from the crack, but from where? Is it the way out? Winner - ACID Award - Cannes Film Festival. Official Selection - Toronto and Seattle Film Festivals. In Norwegian with English subtitles.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply. [less]
Buddy
Aksel Hennie, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Pia Tjelta, Janne Formoe
2010 90 Minutes No. Discs: 1 (Film Movement)
EAN: 629159032603 UPC: 629159032603
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Christmas in Norway [VHS]
1996 60 Minutes No. Discs: 1 (Nordic Adventures)
EAN: 9781879498143
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Cool & Crazy
Odd Marino Frantzen, Einar F.L. Strand, Arne Wensel, Kare Wensel, Arne Blomso
2002 89 Minutes No. Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (FIRST RUN FEATURES)
EAN: 720229910064 UPC: 720229910064
Much as Buena Vista Social Club revealed a rich and unexplored world of music and culture, Cool & Crazy introduces us to a group of men who find purpose, companionship and even fame, as members of the Berlevåg Male Choir in Norway. From singing above precipitous cliffs during a raging snowstorm, to the backstage maneuverings on their Russian tour, Cool & Crazy revels in the spirit of these rugged men as they bare their souls through songs of faith and hope. The Berlevåg Male Choir, the [...]
Much as Buena Vista Social Club revealed a rich and unexplored world of music and culture, Cool & Crazy introduces us to a group of men who find purpose, companionship and even fame, as members of the Berlevåg Male Choir in Norway. From singing above precipitous cliffs during a raging snowstorm, to the backstage maneuverings on their Russian tour, Cool & Crazy revels in the spirit of these rugged men as they bare their souls through songs of faith and hope. The Berlevåg Male Choir, the unlikeliest of movie stars, is a group of 30 or so fisherman--the youngest at age 30, the oldest in his 90s--from a little village on the northernmost coast of Europe on the banks of the Barent sea which has a practically uninterrupted view of the North Pole. In Cool & Crazy one of Norway's most experienced directors, Knut Erik Jensen, captures this otherworldly environment in a majestic and profound manner. We witness the lives of a group of stout-hearted men, perched above the edge of the Barent Sea, facing the unforgiving onslaught of icy Arctic waves, dressed for their 'engagements' in navy suit jackets, black bow ties and white sailors caps. For some, this will be a film about men, for others it will be about love, or politics, or fish. Above all it is about the beauty and dignity of ordinary lives lived under extreme circumstances.Cool & Crazy has enjoyed incredible success in its native Norway, where over half a million people have seen it. It was voted 'Best of the Festival' at the 2001 Edinburgh Film Festival-- The Guardian called it "The best movie about music since Buena Vista Social Club." Cool & Crazy made its US premiere at the Chicago International Film Festival, where it won the Gold Hugo Award for Best Documentary, before opening in theatres around the country to great critical acclaim. [less]
Denmark [VHS]
1987 60 Minutes No. Discs: 1 (Traveloguer)
Historical and cultural tour of Denmark.
Historical and cultural tour of Denmark. [less]
Edinburgh Military Tattoo 1987 VHS
1994 No. Discs: 1 (IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT)
EAN: 37429002636 UPC: 037429002636
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Edvard Grieg's Life & Music [VHS]
1993 (Ansvarlig:Artic Multimedia)
EAN: 7025590000011
A video book with a small text attached
A video book with a small text attached [less]
Elling
Per Christian Ellefsen, Sven Nordin, Marit Pia Jacobsen, Jørgen Langhelle, Per Christensen
2002 89 Minutes No. Discs: 1 (Alchemy / Millennium)
EAN: 687797980090 UPC: 687797980090
Elling is a slyly funny odd couple about two misfits trying to find their places in the world. After living in a state home, Elling and his best friend Kjell are given their own apartment in the center of Oslo. The two find oddball ways to cope with society, striking up unlikely friendships in the strangest places.
Elling is a slyly funny odd couple about two misfits trying to find their places in the world. After living in a state home, Elling and his best friend Kjell are given their own apartment in the center of Oslo. The two find oddball ways to cope with society, striking up unlikely friendships in the strangest places. [less]
Great Courses: The Vikings, The
No. Discs: 6 (The Teaching Company)
DDC: 948.02
EAN: 9781598030709
As raiders and explorers, the Vikings played a decisive role in the formation of Latin Christendom, and particularly of western Europe. Now, in a series of 36 vivid lectures by an honored teacher and classical scholar, you have the opportunity to understand this remarkable race as never before, studying the Vikings not only as warriors, but in all of the other roles in which they were equally extraordinary - merchants, artists, kings, raiders, seafarers, shipbuilders, and creators of a [...]
As raiders and explorers, the Vikings played a decisive role in the formation of Latin Christendom, and particularly of western Europe. Now, in a series of 36 vivid lectures by an honored teacher and classical scholar, you have the opportunity to understand this remarkable race as never before, studying the Vikings not only as warriors, but in all of the other roles in which they were equally extraordinary - merchants, artists, kings, raiders, seafarers, shipbuilders, and creators of a remarkable literature of myths and sagas. Professor Harl draws insights from an astonishing array of sources: The Russian Primary Chronicle (a Slavic text from medieval Kiev), 13th-century Icelandic poems and sagas, Byzantine accounts, Arab geographies, annals of Irish monks who faced Viking raids, Roman reports, and scores of other firsthand contemporary documents. Among the topics you'll explore are the profound influence of the Norse gods and heroes on Viking culture and the Vikings' extraordinary accomplishments as explorers and settlers in Iceland, Greenland, and Vinland. And with the help of archaeological findings, you'll learn to analyze Viking ship burials, rune stones and runic inscriptions, Viking wood carving, jewelry, sculpture, and metalwork. By the end of the series, you'll have a new understanding of what it meant to be a Viking and a richer appreciation of this remarkable race - a people who truly defined the history of Europe, and whose brave, adventurous, and creative spirit still survives today. [less]
Great Courses: The Vikings, The
2005 (The Teaching Company)
DDC: 948.02
Course Guidebook to accompany the DVDs. For each of the thirty-six lectures, the Guidebook gives Scope, Outline, Further Reading and Questions to Consider. Includes maps, timeline, glossary, biographical notes and bibliography.
Course Guidebook to accompany the DVDs. For each of the thirty-six lectures, the Guidebook gives Scope, Outline, Further Reading and Questions to Consider. Includes maps, timeline, glossary, biographical notes and bibliography. [less]
Hamsun
Max von Sydow, Ghita Nørby, Anette Hoff, Gard B. Eidsvold, Eindride Eidsvold
2006 154 Minutes No. Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 (FIRST RUN FEATURES)
EAN: 720229912129 UPC: 720229912129
In this epic story of love and treason, Max Von Sydow gives a career-crowning performance as Knut Hamsun, Norway's controversial Nobel Laureate, who stunned the world by becoming the only major European artist to side with the Nazis in WWII. Max Von Sydow brilliantly captures the loneliness and confusion of the last seventeen years of Hamsun's life, as he faces the consequences of his outspoken support of Nazi politics in Norway. Knut Hamsun, a staunchly anti-British nationalist, was his country [...]
In this epic story of love and treason, Max Von Sydow gives a career-crowning performance as Knut Hamsun, Norway's controversial Nobel Laureate, who stunned the world by becoming the only major European artist to side with the Nazis in WWII. Max Von Sydow brilliantly captures the loneliness and confusion of the last seventeen years of Hamsun's life, as he faces the consequences of his outspoken support of Nazi politics in Norway. Knut Hamsun, a staunchly anti-British nationalist, was his country's most beloved writer, best known for his modernist books Hunger (1890) and Growth of the Soul (1917), which gave Norway's literature worldwide stature. But with the shadow of Nazism quickly darkening Europe, Knut Hamsun and his wife Marie embrace Hitler-- who sees Hamsun's support as the surest way to win over the Norwegian people. Hamsun never learns German so his speeches are interpreted-or mis-interpreted by others, including his frustrated, former actress/author wife Marie--played brilliantly by Ghita Nørby (Babette's Feast, Sophie, The Kingdom). Before long Hamsun and Marie are engulfed not only in Hitler's war, but also in their own turbulent relationship, and the angry wrath of a betrayed nation. After the war, instead of being jailed for treason, Hamsun is ordered to undergo months of intense psychiatric evaluations and a court trial that almost ends both his relationship with Marie and his life. [less]
Hawaii, Oslo
Trond Espen Seim, Jan Gunnar Roise, Evy Elise Kasseth Rosten, Aksel Hennie, Stig Henrik Hoff
2007 124 Minutes No. Discs: 1 (Film Movement)
EAN: 616892693925 UPC: 616892693925
Hawaii, Oslo is the story of a handful of desperate people whose paths cross on the hottest day of the year in Oslo. Frode and Milla have their first child, but learn he will not live long without an expensive operation they cannot afford. Bobbie-Pop is a faded singer who tries to commit suicide. Leon is an institutionalized mental patient, who hopes to keep a 10-year-old date on his birthday with his teenage sweetheart. Leons brother, Trygve, gets a weekend leave from prison to be with Leon on [...]
Hawaii, Oslo is the story of a handful of desperate people whose paths cross on the hottest day of the year in Oslo. Frode and Milla have their first child, but learn he will not live long without an expensive operation they cannot afford. Bobbie-Pop is a faded singer who tries to commit suicide. Leon is an institutionalized mental patient, who hopes to keep a 10-year-old date on his birthday with his teenage sweetheart. Leons brother, Trygve, gets a weekend leave from prison to be with Leon on his birthday, but plans on using the furlough to escape. Overseeing Leon and protecting him is his guardian angel Vidar, Leons best buddy at the institution, who sees things no one else can see, and who may be able to save everyone - except himself… [less]
Heroes of Telemark, The [VHS]
Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson, Michael Redgrave, David Weston
1993 131 Minutes No. Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
EAN: 43396376465 UPC: 043396376465
It is 1942 and Norway is under the thumb of the Nazis. In a Norwegian factory, Nazis are producing "heavy water," an essential element in the production of atomic weapons. The leader of the Norwegian underground is enlisted by British intelligence to aid in destroying the factory.
It is 1942 and Norway is under the thumb of the Nazis. In a Norwegian factory, Nazis are producing "heavy water," an essential element in the production of atomic weapons. The leader of the Norwegian underground is enlisted by British intelligence to aid in destroying the factory. [less]
Kon-Tiki Expedition, The [VHS]
1949 60 Minutes (Kon-Tiki Museum: Oslo)
Academy Award winning documentary
Academy Award winning documentary [less]
Kristin Lavransdatter Long Version VHS
Linus Aaberg, Gisken Armand, Berard Arnø, Bernhard Arnø, Peter Baden
2002 180 Minutes No. Discs: 2 (Homevision)
EAN: 37429146934 UPC: 037429146934
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Lindesnes Trekkspillklubb: Memories from Southern Norway [VHS]
2004 60 Minutes No. Discs: 1 (Odin, Ltd: lake Forest, MN)
Lindesnes Accordion Club performs in Norway and the US. Twenty segments
Lindesnes Accordion Club performs in Norway and the US. Twenty segments [less]
Norway: Land of Enchanment [VHS]
1994 30 Minutes No. Discs: 1 (Flessing & Flessing)
The beauty and music of Norway featuring soloist Solveig Larsen.
The beauty and music of Norway featuring soloist Solveig Larsen. [less]
Norwegian in Three Months
1989 (Hugo)
Simplified language course: Text with 4 audio cassettes (lesson 1 cassette missing)
Simplified language course: Text with 4 audio cassettes (lesson 1 cassette missing) [less]
Norwegian - Norsk
1986 (Language / 30)
2 audio cassettes: Stresses conversationally useful words
2 audio cassettes: Stresses conversationally useful words [less]
Norwegian Royal Family [VHS], The
1995 79 Minutes (Teh Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)
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On Horseback Across America [VHS]
1994 90 Minutes (The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)
Geir Petter rode on horseback from Brooklyn to Seattle following the emigration of his great, great grandfather who in 1825 was one of the first Norwegians to come to America.
Geir Petter rode on horseback from Brooklyn to Seattle following the emigration of his great, great grandfather who in 1825 was one of the first Norwegians to come to America. [less]
Other Side of Sunday, The
Marie Theisen, Hildegun Riise, Bjørn Sundquist, Sylvia Salvesen, Martin Dahl Garfalk
2000 103 Minutes No. Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 (Fox Lorber)
EAN: 9781572528291 UPC: 720917521329
The Other Side Of Sunday
The Other Side Of Sunday [less]
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Edward G. Robinson, Margaret O'Brien, James Craig, Frances Gifford, Agnes Moorehead
2010 105 Minutes No. Discs: 1 (MGM)
EAN: 883316221549 UPC: 883316221549
An endearing and quietly rhapsodic slice of Americana about a single year among the Norwegian immigrants in a Wisconsin farm town, Our Vines Have Tender Grapes enthralled 1945 audiences and critics with its timeless joys. Told from the viewpoint of little Selma (Margaret O'Brien), the film explores grand childhood adventures: making friends, a pet calf, Christmas, a terrifying trip down a flood-swollen river, a barn fire and a ride on a circus elephant's trunk. In a change-of-pace role, Edward G [...]
An endearing and quietly rhapsodic slice of Americana about a single year among the Norwegian immigrants in a Wisconsin farm town, Our Vines Have Tender Grapes enthralled 1945 audiences and critics with its timeless joys. Told from the viewpoint of little Selma (Margaret O'Brien), the film explores grand childhood adventures: making friends, a pet calf, Christmas, a terrifying trip down a flood-swollen river, a barn fire and a ride on a circus elephant's trunk. In a change-of-pace role, Edward G. Robinson is a revelation of wisdom and compassion as Selma's father, leading a fine cast that illuminates the profound power of everyday triumphs and sorrows. [less]
Sofie
Karen-Lise Mynster, Erland Josephson, Ghita Nørby, Jesper Christensen, Torben Zeller
2001 146 Minutes No. Discs: 1 (Arrow Entertainment)
EAN: 9781580771030 UPC: 780273072552
Adapted from a 1932 Danish novel, SOFIE tells the tale of a young Jewish woman in the Copenhagen of the 1880s. At 28, Sofie (Karen-Lise Mynster) is unmarried and fills her days with books. Longing for a man in her life, Sofie finally embarks on an affair with Hojby, a dashing, intelligent artist. Her parents, unable to accept a gentile into the family, instead push her into a marriage with her dimwitted piano-playing cousin, Jonas. Giving up her youthful dreams of true love, she follows her [...]
Adapted from a 1932 Danish novel, SOFIE tells the tale of a young Jewish woman in the Copenhagen of the 1880s. At 28, Sofie (Karen-Lise Mynster) is unmarried and fills her days with books. Longing for a man in her life, Sofie finally embarks on an affair with Hojby, a dashing, intelligent artist. Her parents, unable to accept a gentile into the family, instead push her into a marriage with her dimwitted piano-playing cousin, Jonas. Giving up her youthful dreams of true love, she follows her parents' wishes to find that hardship is a recurrent theme in her life. Liv Ullman's directorial debut is ripe with beautiful photography and emotional resonance. [less]
Song of Norway [VHS]
Florence Henderson, Toralv Maurstad, Christina Schollin, Frank Porretta, Harry Secombe
1998 138 Minutes No. Discs: 2 (Starz / Anchor Bay)
EAN: 9786305074076 UPC: 013131052534
Song of Norway is a 1970 film adaptation of the successful operetta of the same name, directed by Andrew L. Stone. Like the play from which it derived, the film tells of the early struggles of composer Edvard Grieg and his attempts to develop an authentic Norwegian national music. It stars Toralv Maurstad as Grieg and features an international cast including Florence Henderson, Christina Schollin, Robert Morley, Harry Secombe, Oskar Homolka, Edward G. Robinson and Frank Porretta (as Rikard [...]
Song of Norway is a 1970 film adaptation of the successful operetta of the same name, directed by Andrew L. Stone.
Like the play from which it derived, the film tells of the early struggles of composer Edvard Grieg and his attempts to develop an authentic Norwegian national music. It stars Toralv Maurstad as Grieg and features an international cast including Florence Henderson, Christina Schollin, Robert Morley, Harry Secombe, Oskar Homolka, Edward G. Robinson and Frank Porretta (as Rikard Nordraak). [less]
Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice [VHS]
1994 52 Minutes (The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)
Documentary, Biography
Documentary, Biography [less]
Sound of Norway [VHS], The
1994 30 Minutes (The Norwegian Film Institute)
Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A-minor accompanied by scenes of Norway
Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A-minor accompanied by scenes of Norway [less]
Syttende Mai [VHS]
1999 No. Discs: 1
Sonja Lodge Observance. May 16, 1999.
Sonja Lodge Observance. May 16, 1999. [less]
Together
Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyqvist, Emma Samuelsson, Sam Kessel, Gustaf Hammarsten
2004 106 Minutes No. Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (MGM (Video & DVD))
EAN: 9780792859666 UPC: 027616887528
Heartfelt and scrupulously funny (Rolling Stone), this comedy about a Swedish commune is 'the most sheerly entertaining foreign film to reach these shores in years (Movieline)! Starring Lisa Lindgren and Michael Nyqvist, Together is a hilarious (Vogue) and enchanting (Entertainment Weekly) romp through both the familiar and unexpected, where the slightlyridiculous merges with the almost sublime (Los Angeles Times)! Marxists and nudists and vegans oh my! Life goes from hippie heaven to hellish [...]
Heartfelt and scrupulously funny (Rolling Stone), this comedy about a Swedish commune is 'the most sheerly entertaining foreign film to reach these shores in years (Movieline)! Starring Lisa Lindgren and Michael Nyqvist, Together is a hilarious (Vogue) and enchanting (Entertainment Weekly) romp through both the familiar and unexpected, where the slightlyridiculous merges with the almost sublime (Los Angeles Times)! Marxists and nudists and vegans oh my! Life goes from hippie heaven to hellish anarchy when a suburban housewife and her two precocious kids move into a 1970s communeonly to unleash a maelstrom of suburban values. But as the belligerent beatniks and commitment-phobic communists start questioning their beliefs, theyall begin to realize that sometimes living in harmony can be an all-out war. [less]
Vigeland Park North American Version 1995 [VHS]
1995 25 Minutes No. Discs: 1 (Scandinavian Film Group)
EAN: 7022590001703
Video of the Sculpture Park in Oslo.
Video of the Sculpture Park in Oslo. [less]
Vikings in America [VHS]
1995 60 Minutes No. Discs: 1
A Production by the WGBH/Boston Science Unit
A Production by the WGBH/Boston Science Unit [less]
