Viking Magazine - November 2014 - 23

This holiday
season, cozy up
with loved ones and
watch these fantastic
films from Norway,
recommended by the
Norwegian Film Institute.
Norwegian Films
" Headhunters "
Released: 2011
Stars: Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Director: Morten Tyldum
Based on Jo Nesbø's best-selling novel
from 2008, the film follows successful
headhunter Roger Brown. To subsidize his
extravagant lifestyle with gallery-owner
wife Diana, Brown steals works of art on
the side. He learns that a new client, Clas
Greve, is in possession of a very valuable
painting. Hoping to end his financial
problems once and for all, Brown starts to
plan his biggest heist yet. Chaos ensues,
and he soon becomes a hunted man.
Fun fact: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau stars
in the hit HBO series " Game of Thrones "
and American film " The Other Woman, "
opposite Cameron Diaz.
Search for
your favorite
Norwegian movies
on these websites:
Netflix, netflix.com
Amazon Prime, amazon.com
Google Play, play.google.com
iTunes, itunes.apple.com
" Kon-Tiki "
Released: 2012
Stars: Pål Sverre Hagen, Tobias
Santelmann
Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen
Sandberg
Accolades: Golden Globe and Academy
Award nominations for Best Foreign
Language Film (2013)
In 2012, Norwegian directors Joachim
Rønning and Espen Sandberg brought
an updated version of Thor Heyerdahl's
1947 adventure to the big screen. With a
budget of around $15 million, " Kon-Tiki "
is Norway's most expensive film of all
time. Filmed in 60 days in six countries,
scenes were shot in both Norwegian and
English. It opened in Norway in September
2012 to huge box office numbers and
quickly became the highest-grossing film
in Scandinavia. The Weinstein Company
acquired rights to the film, and the English
version hit American screens in April 2013.
That same year, " Kon-Tiki " received Golden
Globe and Academy Award nominations
for Best Foreign Language Film.
Fun fact: Directors Joachim Rønning
and Espen Sandberg also directed
Pål Sverre Hagen in " Max Manus: Man
of War. "
" Kon-Tiki "
Released: 1950
Directors: Thor Heyerdahl, Olle Nordemar
Accolades: Academy Award for Best
Documentary Feature (1952)
This documentary follows the epic journey
of Norwegian biologist and explorer Thor
Heyerdahl on his 4,300-nautical-mile
expedition across the Pacific Ocean. He
set sail on his raft, named Kon-Tiki, from
Peru in 1947 bound for the Polynesian
islands. Heyerdahl wanted to prove that
ancient South American natives could
have populated Polynesia by sailing
across the Pacific Ocean. After 101 days
on the open sea battling the elements,
Heyerdahl and his crew of five washed
ashore on the Raroia reef inside Polynesia.
The expedition was hailed as one of the
most daring and fantastic feats of courage
of its time. It's the only feature film from
Norway that has won an Academy Award.
Fun fact: Heyerdahl's original Kon-Tiki
raft is on display at the Kon-Tiki Museum
in Oslo.
" Kon-Tiki " (2012)
" Headhunters "
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(HEADHUNTERS) ERIK AAVATSMARK / NORWEGIAN FILM INSTITUTE, (KON-TIKI) COURTESY OF NORWEGIAN FILM INSTITUTE

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