Film
Elling
2001 · 1h 29m · Comedy · Drama
They're packed and ready for the greatest adventure of their lives. All they have to do is get out of the house.
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- 7.5
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 85%
- Metacritic
- 70
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Overview
40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.
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Cast
Per Christian Ellefsen
Elling
Sven Nordin
Kjell Bjarne
Marit Pia Jacobsen
Reidun Nordsletten
Jørgen Langhelle
Frank Åsli
Per Christensen
Alfons Jørgensen
Hilde Olausson
Gunn
Ola Otnes
Hauger
Eli Anne Linnestad
Johanne
Cecilie A. Mosli
Cecilie Kornes
Joachim Rafaelsen
Haakon Willum
Per Gørvell
Eriksen
Knud Dahl
Servitør på bar
Knut Haugmark
Stasjonsbetjent
Crew
- Petter NæssDirector
- Axel HellsteniusScreenplay
- Ingvar AmbjørnsenNovel
- Dag AlvebergProducer
- Svein KrøvelDirector of Photography
- Lars Lillo-StenbergOriginal Music Composer
- Inge-Lise LangfeldtEditor
- Harald S. DalCasting
- Jannecke BervelCasting
Media
Details
- Release date
- March 16, 2001
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Norwegian
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rated
- R
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
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