Anyone know anything about a norwegian film called 'The Ice Palace' ?
an48...@anon.penet.fi
As the subject suggests, does anyone know anything about a norwegian
film called 'The Ice Palace', made about 1989. Specifically cast and
availability details as no one seems to have heard about it any in of
the online databases or video retailers with web presence.
thanks in advance
frankie
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Thomas Skogestad
| As the subject suggests, does anyone know anything about a norwegian
| film called 'The Ice Palace', made about 1989. Specifically cast and
| availability details as no one seems to have heard about it any in of
| the online databases or video retailers with web presence.
The original title is "Isslottet" and is based on the novel of the same
name by Tarjei Vesaas.
Directed and written by: Per Blom
D of photography: Halvor Næss
With: Line Storesund, Hilde Nyeggen, Merete Moen
Premiere: Dec. 26th 1987. (And no, this not one of those last day Oscar
releases, the second day of Christmas [Boxing Day for UKers] is
traditionally a *very* big day for opening movies in Norway.)
Produced by: Norsk Film A/S
That's all I know. If you want to know more - and can read Norwegian -
you might want to check the book "Filmen i Norge" released last years,
which chronicles just about every single movie made in Norway the last
100 years. (Not really that many, the book is only about 400-500 pages.)
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Morten Eriksen
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|> As the subject suggests, does anyone know anything about a norwegian
|> film called 'The Ice Palace', made about 1989. Specifically cast and
|> availability details as no one seems to have heard about it any in of
|> the online databases or video retailers with web presence.
I found it in the online Norwegian Movie Database:
http://www.uio.no/cgi-bin/filmleksikon, do a search on "Is-slottet" (which
is the original title) in the upper left-most category ("Norsk Tittel").
All information is in Norwegian, though.
Morten
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Sean Pickett
>As the subject suggests, does anyone know anything about a norwegian
>film called 'The Ice Palace', made about 1989. Specifically cast and
>availability details as no one seems to have heard about it any in of
>the online databases or video retailers with web presence.
General Information
Title: ICE PALACE, THE
ORIG: IS-SLOTTET
Release Date: 1987
Genre: Drama
Star Rating: 2.5
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 92
Color or B&W: Color
Production Company: Norsk
Country of Origin: Norway
PR Rating: C
Cast:
Storesund, Line
Martinsen, Hilde Nyeggen
Sandem, Vidar
Moen, Merete
Huun, Sigrid
Synopsis:
After the death of her unmarried mother, Unn moves to a small town to
live with her aunt and becomes friends with Siss. Unn makes some
tentative sexual advances to Siss, then begins crying, begging Siss to
keep her "secret." The next day on her way to school, Unn stops at a
frozen waterfall that has become an "ice palace," but as she wanders
through room after room of glistening beauty, she loses her way, and
the ice begins to melt. After trudging bravely through the icy water,
she finally succumbs to exhaustion and the cold, collapsing in a heap
and calling out for Siss with her dying breath. When Unn doesn't show
up at school, a search party looks for her, but does not find her
body, and Siss becomes slowly more withdrawn as she tries to deal with
her feelings for her now dead friend. Unmistakably Scandinavian in
tenor, unremittingly somber in tone, THE ICE PALACE makes "The Little
Match Girl" look like Pippi Longstocking. It is difficult to imagine a
more evocative symbol of alienation and isolation than the beautiful
ice cavern that intrigues and finally imprisons Unn. Despite the
earnest performances by its young leads and the thematic consistency
of its ice palace visuals, however, the deeper insights one craves
from Blom's film either don't exist or are buried beneath its
often-impenetrable surface. (In Norwegian; English subtitles.)
Credits:
Director: Blom, Per
Writer: Blom, Per(based on the novel by Tarjei
Vesaas)
Cinematographer: Naess, Halvor
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