Amundsen (film)
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| Directed by | Espen Sandberg |
| Written by | Ravn Lanesskog |
| Produced by | Espen Horn |
| Starring | Pål Sverre Hagen Katherine Waterston Christian Rubeck |
| Cinematography | Pål Ulvik Rokseth |
| Edited by | Perry Eriksen, Martin Stoltz |
| Music by | Johan Söderqvist |
Release date | 15 February 2019 |
Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | Norway |
| Language | Norwegian/English |
Amundsen is a Norwegian film, released on 15 February 2019, that details the life of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen.[1] It was directed by Espen Sandberg and was distributed in Norway by SF Studios.[2]
Plot
The film details the life of Roald Amundsen, including his well-known expedition to the South Pole in 1910–1911, his romances, and his conflicts with his brother, Leon, who organised the finances of many of his expeditions.
Cast
- Pål Sverre Hagen as Roald Amundsen
- Katherine Waterston as Bess Magids
- Christian Rubeck as Leon Amundsen
- Ruby Dagnall as Aline Amundsen
- Trond Espen Seim as Fridtjof Nansen
- Mads Sjøgård Pettersen as Helmer Hanssen
- Jonas Strand Gravli as Leif Dietrichson
- Fridtjov Såheim as Hjalmar Johansen
- Ole Andre Kaada as Oscar Wisting
- Ole Christopher Ertvaag as Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen
- Ted Otis as Lincoln Ellsworth
- Ida Ursin-Holm as Kristine "Kiss" Elisabeth Bennett
- Preben Hodneland as Fredrik Ramm
- Herbert Nordrum as Kristian Prestrud
- Eirik Evjen as Paul Knutsen
- Sondre Larsen as Gennady Olonkin
- Elg Elgesem as Olav Bjaaland
- Torgny Gerhard Aanderaa as Harald Sverdrup
- Geoffrey Kirkness as Charles Bennett
- David Bark-Jones as Robert Falcon Scott
- Adrian Lukis as George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
- Přemysl Bureš as Robert Peary
- Luca Calvani as Umberto Nobile
- Vojtech Kotek as Karl Feucht
- Kenneth Åkerland Bergas as Sverre Hassel
- Marius Lien as Oskar Omdal
- Endre Hellestveit as Peter Tessem
Production
The film was shot in Norway, Iceland and the Czech Republic.[3] It was released by the Swedish company SF Studios in Norway, who will also distribute it in Sweden, Denmark and Finland.[2]
Reception
On 15 January 2019 Variety reported that Amundsen was "expected to be the biggest Norwegian release of 2019".[2] However many "Norwegian critics have panned the film" owing to its breadth of detail and shallow focus.[3] It also received criticism for its apparent similarity to sections of a biography written by Tor Bomann-Larsen.[3]
Bernhard Ellefsen in Morgenbladet believed that "The best thing about the film about Roald Amundsen is that the polar explorer appears as something resembling the arsehole he was."[4]
Birger Vestmo of NRK said that, although it was beautifully filmed, critics believed the characters portrayed in the film were conveyed as too cold and stiff to engage with.[5]
References
- ^ Trailer (norsk tekst) (in Norwegian), retrieved 2019-02-22
- ^ a b c Keslassy, Elsa (2019-01-15). "SF Studios Unveils International Trailer for 'Amundsen' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ^ a b c "Critics rage against new Amundsen film". www.newsinenglish.no. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ^ "Sangere, talere, røkere og sportsmen". nmorgenbladet.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 15 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ "Amundsen". NRK P3 (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 February 2019.
External links
- Amundsen at IMDb
- Amundsen on Filmweb (Norwegian)