Kjersti Holmen

Actress

February 8, 1956 (65 years)

† September 26, 2021

Nøtterøy, Norway

Biography

No biography available.

Filmography

6.8

Rød snø

Anne Eriksen

November, 1942, during the war. Anne Eriksen, a young Norwegian woman living in Gothenburg, is on her way to visit good friends in Dalsland – a visit that will have unexpected consequences. The destination of her journey is Linds Pensionat in Nössemark. She is welcomed by Ruth Lind, her son Evert, and the guests at the guesthouse. Peace and idyll reign in the remote guesthouse. But its proximity to occupied Norway makes the tranquility fragile...

7.1

Max Manus: Man of War

Fru Jacobsen

Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of World War II in Norway until peacetime in 1945.

6.5

Marerittet

Eva

«Marerittet» is a Norwegian-Swedish drama-thriller series. Nils (Tomas von Brömssen) and Eva Lind (Kjersti Holmen) are a married couple whose mountain trek in Northern Norway goes awry. After Nils injures his foot, they descend into a remote fishing village in Lofoten. Though the setting appears idyllic, its inhabitants are cold and hostile. As tensions escalate, unsettling events reveal that sinister forces may be at play beneath the surface. It was filmed in Vestvågøya in the Lofoten Islands in Norway during the Summer of 1989.

6.5

A Somewhat Gentle Man

Wenche

After serving a 12-year sentence for killing the man that slept with his wife, a man ponders whether he should try and reconcile with his family, or take revenge on those who turned him in.

6.9

Bloody Angels

Andrea Hartmann

A few months after a girl with developmental disabilities is murdered in the remote village Høtten, the two young men who most townsfolk think killed her go missing. A police detective is sent to investigate and finds this very challenging.

8.0

An immortal man

Marichen Ibsen

The series follows the first years of Henrik Ibsen, the father of the modern drama. From he is 14 years old, until he moves to Christiania as a 22 year old.

6.4

Sophie's World

Fru Johnsen

One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you? and "Where does the world come from?

6.8

Love Me Tomorrow

Elise

Three years have passed since Elling moved to town together with Kjell Bjarne, his roommate from the institution at Brøynes. Elling now lives on his own in the apartment. Kjell Bjarne has moved up one floor, to Reidun and her little daughter Mojo. Elling feels like an outsider, and he isolates himself more and more. He observes humankind with astonishment, and wonders at how everyone else seems to be adjusting so well. Finally, Kjell Bjarne takes care of the situation. Elling protests, but he is still pretty happy as he is transformed into a new man, clean, fully rested and well dressed. Deep inside, he also knows what's lacking, and one evening he finally finds the woman he knows is able to fill the void in his life. He's willing to do anything to win her trust and conquer her love. But when he is invited home to his new girlfriend for dinner, a few objections appear to Elling, and the story doesn't end quite the way he had thought it would.

5.0

The Telegraphist

Jomfru Van Loos

Set against the beautiful backdrop of northern Norway, this film tells the story of a telegraphist in a very small community at the turn of the century.

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Gåten Knut Hamsun

Unge Marie Hamsun

Knut Hamsun through his years as a wandering peddler and starving poet, and are with him in his life's highs and lows.

5.0

Ballen i øyet

Solveig

While near sighted Denise plays football, she accidently gets a ball in her face, and her glasses break. When she wakes up in the hospital she's double sighted.

6.3

People in the Sun

Siv

Two couples decide to spend their Midsummer holiday together and make it an evening to remember — a traditional summer comedy, except for the fact that it's the end of the world.

5.7

Orion's Belt

Eva Gjelseth

Live to tell the truth. What can one man do against the most lethal army on earth? Local fishermen/smugglers/tourist guides Tom, Lars and Sverre discover the Soviet Union aren't just mining for coal in the arctic archipelago of Svalbard. This is a secret too big for any of them, and soon they find themselves hunted down by Soviet forces and secret agents.

6.4

Upperdog

Else Beate

As young children, half-siblings Axel and Yanne are adopted to Norway. They are separated on arrival, him to material wealth on Oslo's west side, her to an average family on the east side. In contrast to her younger brother, Yanne remembers their journey to Norway, but she has no idea where he might be now.

4.9

Shameless

Tante Edith

It's the summer of 1951 in Oslo. Lillian and Amund Wang are blessed with their first and only child. Adrian Wang - a boy or a girl?

6.8

The Art of Negative Thinking

Tori

The local disability support group visits an involuntary member, not realizing that it will bring them to a critical mass.

5.5

Cross My Heart and Hope to Die

Mother

A story about a young boy, Otto, whose childhood is brought to an abrupt end when Frank, an older boy, suddenly enters his life.

6.0

Chasing the Kidneystone

Fru Galle

Once 8 year old Simon gets shrunk down to a microscopic level by a talking teddy bear, he ventures into the body of his ailing grandfather in search of the source of his illness.

4.8

The Woman in My Life

Tante Gal

Jakob is an immigration legislative. He changes girlfriends like he changes socks and is less than responsible when it comes to being there for his family. But all this changes when he meets the charming doctor Nina. Now he must decide if he will give up his carefree, superficial lifestyle to be with the woman he loves.

3.3

Smykketyven

Lillian Green

Jan Strøm has always been popular with women and is used to getting what he wants. But one day he is drawn into dramatic events beyond his control, and suddenly finds himself at a crossroads in his life.