Aage Aaberge Movies
- 2007
Director Alexander Eik's witty sex comedy Cold Feet (aka Kalde Føtter, 2007) finds Scandinavian hunk Kalle (Lasse Valdal) heading back to his small Norwegian hometown after making himself wealthy in the U.S. He's anticipating a rekindled relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Trine (Sarah Elise Steensby), but is shocked and horrified to learn of her marital engagement to the dippy Christer (Andreas Blix Henriksen), a young man saddled with a rather embarrassing sexual dysfunction. To rectify this crisis, the crafty schemer Kalle concocts a wild plan: he will hire a loose and uninhibited girl to seduce Christer away from Trine and then dump her -- leaving her free for himself. Kalle finds the perfect candidate in sultry Veronica (Hanna Kavli Lund), who agrees to participate. At first, everything goes as planned; then several unforeseen twists arise that turn the scheme onto its head, bewildering poor Kalle. Thomas Moldestad authored the original script. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lasse Valdal, Elise Steensby, (more)
An adventuresome galley boy and a young girl who lives by the sea attempt to save the inhabitants of Luna Bay from the most fearsome pirate ever to sail the seas in this animated adventure for the entire family. Legend has it that Captain Sabertooth is still searching for the treasure of Gory Gabriel, and he'll stop at nothing to unearth the legendary riches. Tiny is a young galley boy who dreams of growing up to be a pirate just like Captain Sabertooth, but when the notorious sea plunderer shows up searching for the treasure that has eluded the grasp of all who dared claim it, it's up to Tiny and local Luna Bay girl Veronica to battle fate and test their luck against a living legend who refuses to admit defeat. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Øystein Dolmen, Terje Formoe, (more)
- 1999
In what has to be one of the worst ideas in Christmas party planning history, Swedish house wife Sara (Katarina Ewerlof) decides to celebrate the yuletide season with her three ex-husbands and their families. Though her current spouse Janne (Peter Haber) initially is quite opposed, he eventually gives in. At first, the party -- filled with adults and children alike -- recalls the gauzy warmth of the famous Christmas scene in Fanny and Alexander (1982). Then the booze kicks in. Families start infighting. Janne grows increasingly annoyed as the guests make repeated references to having sex with his wife. And during dinner, Sara announces that she is pregnant. This strikes Janne as odd considering that he had a vasectomy a year before. Soon the party devolves into utter chaos. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Peter Haber, Leif Andree, (more)
The fifth film in a series based on the best-selling novels of Scandinavian author Jan Guillou, Hamilton follows the exploits of Swedish super-agent Carl Hamilton and stars Mark Hamill as the villain. The CIA discovers a stolen missile being routed through the Arctic by Russian rebels. Since they plan to smuggle it into Sweden, the Swedish secret service is called in. After Hamilton (Peter Stormare) and his men kill the smugglers, Hamilton realizes it was a set-up, since another missile went into Sweden. He follows the trail to Murmansk where he meets ex-CIA operative Mike Hawkins (Hamill) -- and the search continues in Stockholm, and Washington, before the final confrontation in Libya. This 127-minute feature was trimmed down from a four-part TV miniseries. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Peter Stormare, Lena Olin, (more)
- 1998
Based on the novel by the pseudonymous "John W. Grow," this drama is the first feature to examine the unsolved murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, who was shot in February of 1986 as he walked through the center of Stockholm with his wife. Troubled police officer Roger (Mikael Persbrandt) is on the brink of a breakdown, and his pal Bo (Reine Brynolfsson) gets an order to find out the problem. Roger relates how he almost prevented Palme's murder, and the tale then flashes back to the beginnings of the conspiracy and the killer (Michael Kitchen) in Malta. While the novel fingers a leader in the Swedish business community as the manipulator of the murder, the film evades this point. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mikael Persbrandt, Michael Kitchen, (more)
- 1998
Robert Mitchum's is seen in one of his last performances in this Norwegian drama about four lifelong friends. After Carl (Espen Skjonberg) collapses in an Oslo street, he awakens in the hospital to the grins of his buddies Ernest (Mitchum), Ted (Cliff Robertson), and August (Erland Josephson). The dying Carl's last wish is to hear opera sung by the sister of a dead friend. The four head for Heidelberg where they all went to 1937 medical school. As they seek the singer, revelations surface from the pre-WWI Nazi era, including a plot none knew about 60 years ago. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robert Mitchum, Cliff Robertson, (more)
- 1989
As he is helping a young child find his bicycle, which may have been stolen, lawyer Lex Larsen (Frank Krog) stumbles onto a situation in which the boy's mother Vigdis Wang (Kristin Kajander) is being threatened with rape by gang of delinquents. After sending the boys packing, the woman discovers that Lex is a lawyer and asks him to help her get a divorce from her husband, whom she is no longer living with. When that same husband is found on Vigdis' living room floor quite dead, suspects multiply, beginning with the Vigdis herself. Is the murderer her boss, who may or may not be her lover? Is it an old family friend? Her hyper-religious sister? In this detective story, Lex attempts to find out, but meanwhile one suspect after another is being killed. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Frank Krog, Kristin Kajander, (more)
- 1987
A Norwegian doctor is pursued by NATO agents when he uncovers evidence of a radiation leak in this political exploitation thriller. He is chased by police in cahoots with the military who want to silence him from revealing the fact that a ship in the Arctic Circle is doomed to radioactive destruction. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sverre Anker Ousdal, Ewa Carlsson, (more)
