Nils Ole Oftebro Movies

Based on a short story by noted Norwegian writer Oystein Lonn, Thranes Metode/Thrane's Method concerns the slowly developing attraction between two people living in the same apartment building. Thrane (Bjorn Sundquist) has money but no job, and has spent much of his life drifting from one place to another. He's infatuated with his upstairs neighbor, a jazz fan named Molly (Petronella Barker), despite the fact that she's married. However, her husband is frequently gone, and, with time, Molly finds herself drawn to Thrane, as well. Thranes Metode/Thrane's Method boasts a soundtrack of classic Charles Mingus sides (thanks to Molly's admirable taste in music) and received its American premier at the 1999 New Directors/New Films showcase in New York; it was also screened at the 1999 Berlin Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

A quiet young man learns about adult behavior in this sensitive Norwegian film. LP is an only child of a middle-class Norwegian couple. He steals a sailboat to celebrate his graduation from junior-high school. Unfortunately he doesn't know how to sail. He is saved from crashing by pretty 20-year old Line who comes aboard. Together they spend a few days of innocent skinny-dipping. Their adventure is interrupted when LP's dad finds them and board the ship. Father and son gain new perspectives about each other and their relationships as they sail with the beautiful girl. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Operation Cobra went into Norwegian theatres as Operasjon Cobra. Aimed principally at children, the film tells of a group of three schoolkids who head for the Oslo airport to witness the arrival of a Kissinger-like American diplomat. Here they become mixed up in a PLO plot to kill the American visitor. Though the children are clearly the heroes, it is interesting to note that the assassins are not drawn as villains--merely fervent nationals doing what they believe is right. Operation Cobra is based on a novel by Anders Bodelsen. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

The interactions of three exiles in Berlin in the 1890s are the object of this film's inquiry. United by their admiration for an uncommonly lovely Norwegian woman named Dagny (Lise Fjeldstad), the group included the Polish writer Stanislaw Przybyszewski (Daniel Olbrychski), the troubled Norwegian painter, Edvard Munch (Nils Ole Oftebro), and the Swedish playwright August Strindberg (Per Oscarsson). The beauty marries the writer Przybyszewski, who travels all over northern Europe with her and then leaves her. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi