Espen Skjønberg

Espen Skjønberg

Born: April 7, 1924
Died: August 26, 2022
in Asker, Viken county, Norway
Espen Skjønberg was born on April 7, 1924 in Asker, Norway as Espen Henrik Skjønberg. He is an actor, known for O'Horten (2007), En håndfull tid (1989) and Secondløitnanten(1993). He was previously married to Mona Hofland.

Movies for Espen Skjønberg...

Through a Glass, Darkly
Title: Through a Glass, Darkly
Character: Grandfather
Released: October 17, 2008
Type: Movie
A moving, magic and playful story about a young girl who, at the end of her life, learns to accept death and understands how wonderful life really is. The script is based on the novel by Jostein Gaarder.
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Fiin aargang
Title: Fiin aargang
Released: June 20, 2008
Type: Movie
Herman is a funeral agent. His only remaining pleasure in life is to prepare his own funeral.
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O'Horten
Title: O'Horten
Character: Trygve Sissener
Released: December 26, 2007
Type: Movie
Odd Horton is dependable and contained: he's a train driver retiring after 40 years of service, living a simple life. His idea of adventure is to fly from one city in Norway to another. Starting on the night of his retirement dinner, Odd has a series of dislocating experiences: a boy insists that Odd sit by his bedside while he falls asleep; misadventure causes Odd to miss his last run; he witnesses an arrest; he assists an old man and makes a friend; he takes a trip with a blindfolded driver; he adopts a dog; he takes stock late one night at the roundhouse; he revisits his mother's disappointment in him. How should he live the rest of his life?
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Title: Berlinerpoplene
Character: Tormod Neshov
Released: October 8, 2007
Type: TV
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Title: Jul på Månetoppen
Character: Erke
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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Guggen: The Big Cheese
Title: Guggen: The Big Cheese
Character: (voice)
Released: October 22, 2002
Type: Movie
Guggen is not like the other rat-children. He hates the sewers and loves the fresh air on the roof, where he has emigrated. His mom is worried. What will become of this fresh-air-loving, guitar playing son of hers? She forces her husband, Roger Rotten to take Guggen on a father-and-son trip down the sewers to hunt for cheese. On their adventure they must conquer sewercats, gigantic spiders and alligators. At the end of the day, Roger must admit that he has learned as much of his son as Guggen of him.
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I Am Dina
Title: I Am Dina
Character: Merchant #2
Released: March 8, 2002
Type: Movie
In Northern Norway during the 1860s, a little girl named Dina accidentally causes her mother's death. Overcome with grief, her father refuses to raise her, leaving her in the care of the household servants. Dina grows up wild and unmanageable, with her only friend being the stable boy, Tomas. She summons her mother's ghost and develops a strange fascination with death as well as a passion for living.
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Title: Jul i Blåfjell
Character: Erke
Released: December 1, 1999
Type: TV
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Sophie's World
Title: Sophie's World
Character: Leonardo da Vinci
Released: August 6, 1999
Type: Movie
Sofie is an ordinary Norwegian girl. One day she recieves a video tape on which a certain Alberto Knox talks directly to her from ancient Greece. They then start to meet at different occasions and throughout the film, Alberto takes Sofie on an odyssey of the history of philosophy, from ancient Greece, over the Roman empire, the Middle ages, the renaissance, the enlightenment, the big revolutions and up to today. Throughout this journey, they start to realise that they are only fictions of a story writer's imagination and start conceiving a plan for escaping into reality. (Written by Anders E Lundin )
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Frosset hjerte
Title: Frosset hjerte
Character: Nansen (voice)
Released: January 29, 1999
Type: Movie
Frozen heart tells the story of Roald Amundsen, a well known polar hero from Norway.
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Title: Familiesagaen De syv søstre
Character: Haakon Frydenlund
Released: September 28, 1996
Type: TV
Familiesagaen De syv søstre is a Norwegian soap opera that was broadcasted from 1996 to 2000.
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The Sunset Boys
Title: The Sunset Boys
Character: Carl Berner
Released: August 4, 1995
Type: Movie
Ernest, Ted and August fulfill their friend Carl's dying wish and take him to Heidelberg, where they all first met 45 years ago, to see his old girlfriend one last time. However, the locals won't talk about her, due to a WW2 secret.
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Dreamplay
Title: Dreamplay
Character: Faren
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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Second Sight
Title: Second Sight
Character: Fortelleren
Released: July 22, 1994
Type: Movie
Maren, a young girl, is the sole survivor of the Black Death in her Norwegian village. Using instincts, folklore, luck, and the clairvoyant powers granted her by being born with a "Victory Cap," Maren survives on her own, waiting for other people to discover her plight.
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Title: Vestavind
Character: Algot Engan
Released: March 6, 1994
Type: TV
Norwegian drama TV series.
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The Last Lieutenant
Title: The Last Lieutenant
Character: Thor Espedal
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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The Polar Bear King
Title: The Polar Bear King
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: June 20, 1991
Type: Movie
After his father is killed, Prince Valemon ascends the throne, only to be turned into a polar bear by a bitter witch who wants to be his queen.
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Svampe
Title: Svampe
Character: Trym
Released: December 26, 1990
Type: Movie
During the Summer while his parents are busy with work, a nine year old boy slips into a fantasy world to entertain himself. A world of strange adults, talking birds and magic. On his quest travelling involves steam engines and handcars.
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Smykketyven
Title: Smykketyven
Character: Smykkehandleren
Released: August 30, 1990
Type: Movie
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A Handful of Time
Title: A Handful of Time
Character: Old Martin
Released: October 12, 1989
Type: Movie
Gothic thriller about Old Martin who heeds the voice of Anna, who calls him back to the mountain cabin where he left her to die while she gave birth to their surviving son.
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The Wanderers
Title: The Wanderers
Character: Knoff
Released: August 17, 1989
Type: Movie
The story concerns Edevart (Trond Peter Stamso Munch), a young man who is learning about life an his place in it. In the story, he at first takes up with August (Helge Jordal), a charming trader who is at least half con-man. After trailing along with him for a while, he decides that August is not a man he wants to model his life after. He becomes acquainted with and falls in love with Lovise Margrete (Marika Lagercrantz) a woman living alone on a sheep farm. She has feelings for him also, but she remains true to her missing husband and their acquaintance does not progress to being a full-fledged romance. It is not until her husband returns to her life that any resolution to Edevart's frustration (which lasts for years) can be achieved.
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Codename: Kyril
Title: Codename: Kyril
Character: General Michaelov
Released: March 29, 1988
Type: Movie
At the height of the cold war, a known Russian spy ("Kyril") is sent to the UK under falsely reported pretenses in order to hopefully indirectly spark an unknown mole in the KGB to reveal himself; the endeavor eventually has repercussions which none of the initial players could have predicted.
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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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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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Krypskyttere
Title: Krypskyttere
Character: Tandberg
Released: August 27, 1982
Type: Movie
A conflict between the Norwegian military and the civilian population during the cold war. A disagreement arises about the right to a military shooting field.
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The Witch Hunt
Title: The Witch Hunt
Released: August 24, 1981
Type: Movie
Having gone through many personal struggles, Eli (Lil Terselius) returns to her native village and begins to work on the farm of Ingeborg Eriksdotter (Anita Bjork), eventually tending a plot that once belonged to her family. But Eli has been gone a long time, and the opaque villagers see her as an outsider—she is suspicious from the start. The year is 1625, and stories of witches conjuring up evil are a part of the daily culture. Eli unwittingly makes matters worse for herself when she is able to cure the sick with herbs, and when she begins an affair with Aslak (Bjoern Skagestad) a farmhand—clearly she must have cast a spell on him. This all adds up to a witch hunt with a ready-made "witch." Eli, in the end, is officially accused of witchcraft by a devious bailiff, while Ingeborg makes every attempt to save her, and Aslak himself does not survive the stress—hardly a good omen for the outcome of the trial.
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Heritage
Title: Heritage
Character: Jon Skaug
Released: August 12, 1979
Type: Movie
Gathered at a funeral for a successful business man, the testament is to be read. They will all inherit, with a big IF; if the family company is to be joint run by all the heirs.
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Blood of the Railroad Workers
Title: Blood of the Railroad Workers
Character: Spelol
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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Spring Night
Title: Spring Night
Character: Hjalmar
Released: February 26, 1976
Type: Movie
A story of two siblings who for the first time spend a night without their parents, and are visited by strangers who ask for room for the night. Based on the novel by Norwegian writer Tarjei Vesaas.
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Title: A Little Horror?
Character: Leieboeren
Released: November 17, 1973
Type: TV
Norwegian scary stories to tell in the dark.
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Knut Formos siste jakt
Title: Knut Formos siste jakt
Character: Presten
Released: September 19, 1973
Type: Movie
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Remonstrance
Title: Remonstrance
Released: November 9, 1972
Type: Movie
A meta-film about a film and the common man in our own political reality. A reality that is just scenes of a film without any cinematic development, but which might be plain reality tomorrow.
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Gråt elskede mann
Title: Gråt elskede mann
Released: December 26, 1971
Type: Movie
Nikolai seeks solitary to work in peace, and realize himself, when Ilni rises from the sea. She is also seeking herself, but also common bonds with people. Eva thinks she a snake in the garden of eden, forcing Nikolai to do wrong.
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Title: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Character: Tiurin
Released: November 26, 1970
Type: Movie
Fly-on-the-wall treatment of an ordinary day in the life of a prisoner in Stalin's Gulag. Closely adapted from Solzhenitsyn's classic novel based on his own experiences. Shot entirely on location in northern Norway
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Prosessen
Title: Prosessen
Released: March 22, 1962
Type: Movie
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Hans Nielsen Hauge
Title: Hans Nielsen Hauge
Character: Mikkel Nielsen Hauge
Released: February 11, 1961
Type: Movie
Hans Nielsen Hauge was a Norwegian reformer in the early 1800's both financially and spiritually.
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Rendezvous with Forgotten Years
Title: Rendezvous with Forgotten Years
Character: Knut Valstad
Released: April 22, 1957
Type: Movie
Mona Hofland is a nastily manipulative woman who enjoys playing one lover against the other.
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Roser til Monica
Title: Roser til Monica
Character: Egil Ek
Released: January 19, 1956
Type: Movie
Finn Ek has a lover, Monica. When his wife Cecilia finds out, she is devastated and leaves town.
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Arthur's Crime
Title: Arthur's Crime
Character: Arthur
Released: March 4, 1955
Type: Movie
Arthur Sellmann is marrying Irene, and his friend, the spiritual Diana makes him read his future in the palm of his hands every week. Maybe he shouldn't have started believing what he is told.
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Portrettet
Title: Portrettet
Character: Nilsen
Released: December 26, 1954
Type: Movie
The film takes place in the idyllic town of Solsund. Per Haug, a temporary worker, bachelor, amateur painter and leader of the political opposition in the city council, lives there. One day he rushes home from a turbulent city council meeting and angrily paints a portrait of Mayor Abrahamsen.
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Treasurer Jensen
Title: Treasurer Jensen
Character: Svensen
Released: October 28, 1954
Type: Movie
There is a confusion between comedy treasurer Theodor Jensen and an escaped felon, Gerhardt Müller, both played by Carsten Winger. Nanna Stenersen had the role of Mrs Jensen.
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King of Skating
Title: King of Skating
Character: Høye
Released: October 1, 1953
Type: Movie
The throne of ice skating sees a change of regent when Hans takes over as “The King”, and the sports press can’t seem to get enough of him.
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Vi vil skilles
Title: Vi vil skilles
Character: Ola Berg
Released: September 26, 1953
Type: Movie
Bitten and Ola seeks out the priest who married them in order to get mediated before they file for a divorce. As they recount the history of their marriage, it becomes clear that the two has differing opinions of what caused their dissension.
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The Disappearance of a Young Wife
Title: The Disappearance of a Young Wife
Character: Einar Møller, farmasøyt
Released: August 26, 1953
Type: Movie
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 he did not know both about her past and about their relationship.
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Andrine and Kjell
Title: Andrine and Kjell
Released: March 10, 1952
Type: Movie
Andrine and Kjell are both 17, and attends a private high school. Many things disturb their way to the spring exams, and fall in love. The come from different backgrounds, but gets common problems when she rents a room at Kjells parents.
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Unknown Man's Story
Title: Unknown Man's Story
Character: Bokselgeren
Released: November 19, 1951
Type: Movie
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 will have to flee. Erik alters their appearance and start a new life as fishmonger in a small town, but he plans to leave the country...
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Dei svarte hestane
Title: Dei svarte hestane
Character: Ola Nordbø
Released: September 23, 1951
Type: Movie
Ambros Fornes owns two large farms and stunning four horses. These horses comes to fill his life because his young beautiful wife, Lisle, does not manage to love him as he loves her.
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The Defenceless
Title: The Defenceless
Character: En skolegutt
Released: September 28, 1939
Type: Movie
Based upon true events and the novel by Gabriel Scott about terrible conditions in a foster family.
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Gypsy
Title: Gypsy
Character: fantegutt
Released: December 26, 1937
Type: Movie
An orphan, Josefa, runs away from her threatening uncle with whom she is living, and stows away on traveller Fændrik's boat. She is no better off with him, however, as he forces himself on her and makes her steal and beg for a living. Meanwhile Fændrik's sister, who has been left penniless on shore by her deceitful brother, joins forces with Josefa's fiancé, Oscar, in a search for the missing pair.