Egil Hjorth-Jenssen Movies

An exuberant story about Askeladden, the hero of Norwegian traditional fairy tales, outwitting the good-natured troll.

A love triangle of two men who desire the same woman. We follow them through three days of grouse hunting, a chase that ends violently. Or does it?

Gerd, considered a woman of dubious morals, falls in love with a boy whose family does not accept their relationship, so both run away and settle in...

The play opens in the study at Hakon Werle's house during a dinner party for the return of Werle's son, Gregers, from the Hoidal mines. Gregers has...

The young wife of an upper-class academic disappears while her husband is on holiday. In his search for her, the husband learns that there was much...

This the story of a wizard elk - Rauten, as people called him. He was a human being in animal guise. The story begins in Ré Valley, which lies...

Norwegian propaganda film and cult drama about Eva (16) and Arne (17), both from well established homes, attend a class where a professor says that...

The working-class family Bråten is living in a top floor of a tenement house on the outskirts of Oslo. The family includes three sons and two...

Student Tom Polden lives in difficult conditions at home. His mother lives constantly on the memories of her deceased husband. Her little hat shop is...

Mountain climbing and its dangers get a different twist in this standard drama by Norwegian director Tancred Ibsen. When one of two climbing buddies...

In "Skadeskutt" we follow the couple Einar and Else Wang in a painful drama about love, happiness, sorrow and eternal damnation. About a couple's...

Shipping broker Landheim tries to save a failing theater, but falls in love. Is the broker a journalist, and the actress a prima donna? Who knows?

Oslo family the Monsens recieve uncle Pavel's house on the south coast of Norway after his passing. Mr. Monsen is also under the assumption that he...

Erik Dahl escapes from prison where he is serving a sentence for smuggling. He seeks out his family, but the police have already been there, and he...

A caretaker at a music academy is solving most problems for the young musicians, however not only the most appropriate way. But down inside he really...

Bustenskjold is a Norwegian film of 1958. The film is based on comic book Jens von Bustenskjold . Leif Juster starred as Jens von Bustenskjold ....

A slice of life in 'Solbråten' where citizens are concerned with everyday many chores. In particular, men busy. They struggle with a resident's...