Nils Ole Oftebro

Nils Ole Oftebro

Born: December 1, 1944

Movies for Nils Ole Oftebro...

The Trip
Title: The Trip
Character: Mikkel
Released: July 30, 2021
Type: Movie
A dysfunctional couple head to a remote lakeside cabin under the guise of reconnecting, but each has secret designs to kill the other. Before they can carry out their respective plans, unexpected visitors arrive and the couple is faced with a greater danger than anything they could have plotted.
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Title: Pernille
Character: Ole Johan
Released: May 2, 2021
Type: TV
Pørni is about the dilemmas that you end up in when you, to the best of your abilities, try to do the right thing for your loved ones, and yourself. In that order. Pørni has two daughters with a jerk of an ex who has moved to Copenhagen, who focuses mainly on himself.
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My Grandpa is an Alien
Title: My Grandpa is an Alien
Character: Grandpa
Released: March 21, 2019
Type: Movie
Una and an alien robot have 24 hours to find her Grandpa who was kidnapped by aliens. The extraordinary adventure leads to friendship, the rational robotic logic is replaced by emotions and Una's selfless love saves her partly alien family.
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Rock Band
Title: Rock Band
Character: Alak
Released: February 16, 2018
Type: Movie
A young band from Norway set out on a journey across the country to attend the National Championship of Rock in a race against time, the police and their parents.
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Darkest
Title: Darkest
Character: Gustav
Released: January 1, 2018
Type: Movie
Jesper is a weekend-dad fed up with life, so he travels out into the woods to commit suicide. Equipped only with the birthday gift to his son, he drives as far as the forest allows before he connects the exhaust pipe to the driver's window and turns the ignition. But not even this can go as wanted, and the night offers a surprising acquaintance.
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The Hunger
Title: The Hunger
Character: coach
Released: June 14, 2017
Type: Movie
A sixteen year old boy with an intense desire for recognition seeks out a vicious criminal to prove his boundless grit. An expressive suburban gothic tale which enters the mindset of a teenager and explores the phenomenon of sensation seeking at a young age.
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Title: Black Lake
Character: Erkki
Released: October 20, 2016
Type: TV
An unsettling chain of events are set into motion when a group of young friends an visit an abandoned ski resort in the far reaches of Sweden. The remote and neglected Black Lake has been closed for years when Johan invites his friends to stay there. He dreams of reopening the isolated hotel and restoring it to a luxury ski resort, but what begins as a fun research trip soon takes a sinister turn as the group is gripped by a series of unexplained and disturbing events. They soon uncover the real reason Black Lake was abandoned all those years before, and solving the mystery rapidly becomes a matter of life and death.
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Title: Mammon
Character: Frank Mathiesen
Released: January 1, 2014
Type: TV
Peter Verås is an uncompromising journalist in the most respected newspaper in Norway. He makes his life’s biggest mistake when he gets hold of evidence of a financial fraud from an anonymous source. It turns out the evidence points to his own brother. As he still pursues and the story breaks, the brother commits suicide. Peter tries to track down the anonymous source, only to discover that the source was the brother himself. A search for the truth has commenced that involves media, high – ranked politicians as well as the financial elite. The closer he gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes for him and his brother’s family.
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Journey to the Christmas Star
Title: Journey to the Christmas Star
Character: Bamse Brakar
Released: November 9, 2012
Type: Movie
13 year old kind-hearted Sonja arrives at a tiny village together with a company of bandits. But there is a curse on the village. A long time ago, the King’s only daughter Goldhair disappeared while searching for the Christmas Star. The Queen died of a broken heart, leaving the shattered King all on his own. From that day on, the King cursed the Christmas Star, thereby causing darkness and grief to descend upon the land. However, an old sage has revealed that Goldhair is still alive, and will return only if the King finds the way back to the Christmas Star. Ever since, the King has been searching for the Christmas Star every Christmas, but all in vain.
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Little Grey Fergie and His New Friend Clunky
Title: Little Grey Fergie and His New Friend Clunky
Character: Gråtass (voice)
Released: February 18, 2011
Type: Movie
Little Grey Fergie has settled in on his life on the farm, but sometimes he feels lonely as the only machine. One day a random event brings the metal scarecrow to life and gives Fergie a new friend.
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En helt vanlig dag på jobben
Title: En helt vanlig dag på jobben
Character: Tom Frimann
Released: March 12, 2010
Type: Movie
A young man dreams of becoming a journalist, in order to write stories which may change the world. This does not turn out as planned, and instead he ends up as a reporter for the celebrity magazine Se og Hør. We are observing a man who gradually loses all inhibitions in order to reach the top in the country's largest weekly magazine.
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Above the Street, Below the Water
Title: Above the Street, Below the Water
Character: Carl
Released: October 23, 2009
Type: Movie
This is the day when the lives of an intertwined group of people take a new direction. Everything they have taken for granted starts to change. While Anne and Ask's relationship succumbs to 'metal fatigue', Charlotte has to realise that her husband Carl may not be right for her. At the same time Bente has to decide if she is prepared to wait for ever for her lover, while her ex-husband Bjørn must face the pain of finally letting Bente go. The characters and their children are twirled around in an ever-increasing drama which peaks during the opening night of Hamlet. Anne is on stage as Ophelia, and the question remains: to be or not be responsible for one's own happiness.
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Elias and the Royal Yacht
Title: Elias and the Royal Yacht
Character: Rocke Gabrielsen II (voice)
Released: February 23, 2007
Type: Movie
Elias, a young rescue boat, signs on to a mission to find the Royal Ship. During the mission Elias has to prove his bravery.
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Title: Torpedo
Character: Leif
Released: February 4, 2007
Type: TV
Emotionally-charged miniseries about a “Torpedo” (enforcer) who has his life turned upside down in an instant – the moment he finds his wife murdered. She was killed with her husband’s weapon, making him the prime suspect, and leaving him with the responsibility of caring for their five-year-old daughter as he embarks on a harrowing four-day quest find the real killers and clear his name Less
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Title: Tjuefjerde
Character: Julenissen, Battle Claus
Released: December 1, 2005
Type: TV
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Little Grey Fergie: The Secret of the Farm
Title: Little Grey Fergie: The Secret of the Farm
Character: Gråtass (voice)
Released: September 24, 2004
Type: Movie
Little Grey Fergie moves to a new farm with his friends. On the new farm they’re going to have such a good time! But things don’t turn out as they planned.
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Title: Jul på Månetoppen
Character: Ekko-Ekkos stemme
Released: December 1, 2002
Type: TV
Christmas on the Moontop is a Norwegian christmas series. It was produced and sent on NRK in 2002 with replays in 2005, 2010 and 2014. Idea and screenplay by Gudny Ingebjørg Hagen. Christmas on the Moontop was the successor to Christmas in Blåfjell and Amalies Christmas. Directed by Torunn Calmeyer Ringen.
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The Salt Mill
Title: The Salt Mill
Character: Narrator
Released: November 11, 2000
Type: Movie
A young man from Larvik never says no. One day he gets a magic salt grinder from a salt troll. The town's richest person steals the salt grinder, and it ends with disaster.
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Title: Jul i Blåfjell
Character: Ekko-Ekko
Released: December 1, 1999
Type: TV
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Fengslet av Olsenbanden
Title: Fengslet av Olsenbanden
Released: February 20, 1999
Type: Movie
A documentary film about the highly successful Norwegian movie franchise «Olsenbanden», featuring old clips and interviews with the actors and director. Originally broadcast on TV 2 Norway in 1999.
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The Olsen Gang's Last Trick
Title: The Olsen Gang's Last Trick
Character: Hallandsen
Released: February 19, 1999
Type: Movie
Fifteen years after they last saw each other, Benny, Valborg and Dynamitt-Harry discovers that Egon Olsen is out of prison and living in a retirement home. Olsenbanden is reunited, and Egon has a plan.
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Thranes metode
Title: Thranes metode
Character: Arkitekten
Released: June 5, 1998
Type: Movie
Thrane has always had his own method of dealing with life. He tends to slip away. But when he sees beautiful Mol the same day he moves to a new apartment, he knows he'll be staying, even though she's married. Her husband is away workdays. Starring one of Norways finest actors; Bjørn Sundqvist.
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Blessed Are Those Who Thirst
Title: Blessed Are Those Who Thirst
Character: Finn Håverstad
Released: October 24, 1997
Type: Movie
Adapted from a novel by Norway's justice minister Anne Holt. Lesbian policewoman Hanne Wilhelmsen (Kjersti Elvik), who has a live-in lover, tools about Oslo on her Harley-Davidson. After a number of women vanish, police find blood but no bodies, and Wilhelmsen begins a search for the suspected serial killer.
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Berømmelsens pris
Title: Berømmelsens pris
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Two clerks dream of appearing in the newspaper and becoming famous.
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Dangerous Waters
Title: Dangerous Waters
Character: Falken
Released: July 14, 1995
Type: Movie
A dangerous criminal, named Falken, robs a bank together with a redneck small-criminal. They have to take a hostage and escape in a racing boat. When the hostage jumps overboard they have to stay at a lighthouse to wait for a boat. Here the conflicts starts.
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Title: Brødrene Dal og legenden om Atlant-is
Released: September 24, 1994
Type: TV
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Dreamplay
Title: Dreamplay
Character: Victorias elsker
Released: August 5, 1994
Type: Movie
Hindu god Indra has a daughter Agnes, who visits Earth to find out if people have legitimate complaints. She marries a lawyer from Bergen and has children, but is disillusioned by marriage and embarks on a journey among men.
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Daddy blue
Title: Daddy blue
Character: Far
Released: March 4, 1994
Type: Movie
16 year old LP (Håkon Bolstad) has just graduated from junior high school. He lives in Oslo and he's the only-child to a middle-class couple. Wanting to get away from his parents he steals a sailboat, vaguely envisioning to look up some girl he once knew a bit down the Oslofjord. Not knowing how to sail he almost collides into a pier when the stunningly beautiful Line (Benedikte Lindbeck) rescues him. She jumps on board and joins LP on his journey. LP is sullen and introvert, however, the confident and well versed girl thaws him as they continue on their sunny escapade of the Oslofjord archipelago. Then LP's father (played by seasoned Norwegian leading actor Nils Ole Oftebro) appears and demands the end to the adventure. A battle of wills ensues between the equally stubborn father and his offspring. Neither has really learned to know the other, and Line becomes the catalyst which makes both realize new aspects about the other.
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The Last Lieutenant
Title: The Last Lieutenant
Character: Col. Paulsen
Released: August 27, 1993
Type: Movie
Norwegian war drama. The old sea-captain retires, but the next day German WWII occupation of Norway begins. He then kisses his wife good-bye and is off to Army HQ. There he finds a lack of leadership and morale that offends him. They even laugh at him and his out-dated uniform and officer-rank. Secondloitnanten then finds and leads his private troop of volunteers against the German attack. The movie tells the story of a man that refuses to give up, even when everybody else leaves. He will fight for the country he loves and do his duty.
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Title: Aksjemordet
Character: Politibetjent Bekkevar
Released: March 6, 1990
Type: TV
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The Dive
Title: The Dive
Character: Akselsen
Released: August 31, 1989
Type: Movie
Sundquist and Eidsvold play the two deep sea divers, who agree to do a quick unscheduled dive before taking their Christmas vacation, to help an oil company who's got a oil-valve caught in a trawl. The dive is to take only 5 minutes, and the divers will get a nice bonus. But things go wrong. The diving bell gets tangled in the trawl, and while trying to hoist up the bell, they tear asunder the oxygen tanks. Suddenly the bell is stuck, and the crew is unable to get it up. Caught in a diving bell at the bottom of the sea, rapidly running out of air, both the divers and the crew on the surface are racing against time to find a solution; how to get the two men up ALIVE!
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Title: Vidkun Quisling et liv - en rettssak
Character: Vilhelm Ullmann
Released: February 28, 1988
Type: TV
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King Lear
Title: King Lear
Released: November 5, 1985
Type: Movie
Based on the play by William Shakespeare.
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Du kan da ikke bare gå
Title: Du kan da ikke bare gå
Character: Johan
Released: October 21, 1985
Type: Movie
Standard Norwegian TV-drama from the 1980's
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Farewell Illusions
Title: Farewell Illusions
Character: Birger
Released: March 12, 1985
Type: Movie
A harrowing and ironic story about the first big and well educated generation born after WW2, living without any major concerns between 1965 and 1975.
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On the Threshold
Title: On the Threshold
Released: December 30, 1984
Type: Movie
Set in Oslo during the 1950s. 12 year old Lars looks for diversions to take his mind off the deteriorating relationship between his parents. He spends his time getting up to mischief with his friend Peter. He travels into the countryside with his uncle on a motorcycle and he befriends Lill, a young prostitute. He also has to face the death of a loved one.
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Title: Brødrene Dal og Spektralsteinene
Character: Ånden i lampen
Released: February 6, 1982
Type: TV
While digging for a meteor fragment containing Curium 82, a substance that can cure the common cold, the three brothers Dal finds a shining, diamond-like stone. Later, Roms Dal is visited by an alien in a space ship, and receives a ring containing blueprints to an unknown machine. The brothers decide to build the contraption, hoping to find out what it does. When Roms accidentaly triggers its mechanism using the stone, they are off on an exciting time-traveling adventure.
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Spøkelsesbussen
Title: Spøkelsesbussen
Character: Bussjåfør
Released: February 27, 1981
Type: Movie
Pakistani Ali Reza is found dead under a bridge, with a stab wound in the back. He was last observed boarding a bus the night before.
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Blood of the Railroad Workers
Title: Blood of the Railroad Workers
Character: Sjugur Rambern
Released: January 26, 1979
Type: Movie
A group of migratory rail road workers arrive in a small town in Norway, and cause social conflict. One of the men, Sjugur, stands apart as a strong, independent man. The girls like him, but he has set his sights on the daughter of a wealthy landowner.
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Operation Cobra
Title: Operation Cobra
Character: Jørgen
Released: October 6, 1978
Type: Movie
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Dagny
Title: Dagny
Character: Edvard Munch
Released: January 26, 1977
Type: Movie
Dagny Juell was the doctors daughter who left Kongsvinger for Berlin to study music, and became famous painter Edvard Munchs mistress and model. Than she ran into August Strindberg. They had a brief affair but after a couple of weeks Dagny left him for Stanisław Przybyszewski.
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Kjære Maren
Title: Kjære Maren
Character: Politibetjent
Released: February 19, 1976
Type: Movie
Set in Rodeløkka of Kristiania eastside around the year 1900 and is a rough sketch of how it was to be young and unmarried working girl at the time.
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Lady Inger of Ostrat
Title: Lady Inger of Ostrat
Character: Hans Breder
Released: October 2, 1975
Type: Movie
This historical drama is based on a play by Henrik Ibsen and set in the year 1528. The central figure in the low-keyed story is a Norwegian noblewoman who is seeking to bring independence to that country despite the involved political intrigues of the Swedes and Danes, who are using Norway as a pawn in their rivalries.
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Ukeslutt
Title: Ukeslutt
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
«What do you really want», Jan shouts to Reidun. They are a young couple, but their relationship is brittle and seems to be dissolving due to both internal and external pressures. On the weekend they invite another couple for dinner, but the companionship and fun are gradually destroyed by quarrels and infidelity. Still, the two women finally seem to find understanding and solidarity in eachother. Week-End depicts how the political also permeate the private, in a way both original and typical of its age. The tension between old and new gender roles is one cause of the problems in the relationship between Reidun and Jan, but the political is just one aspect in a film that also deals with emotions, relations and identity. Week-End is rooted in 1970s social modernism, mixing modernist storytelling strategies with a political sub-theme of female identity and solidarity
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Closed Ward
Title: Closed Ward
Character: Harrys besøk
Released: March 8, 1972
Type: Movie
This black-and-white Norwegian film is a great rarity: a film with comic elements set in a mental ward which does not overstep the bounds of common sense or good taste.
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Pelikanen
Title: Pelikanen
Character: Sønnen
Released: January 13, 1970
Type: Movie
Norwegian TV movie based on August Strindberg's play.
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Semmelweis
Title: Semmelweis
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Based on a play by Jens Bjørneboe.