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Comrade Pedersen
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Wikipedia article
'Comrade Pedersen' is a 2006 Norwegian drama film directed by Hans Petter Moland, starring Kristoffer Joner and Ane Dahl Torp. It is set in the late 1960s and 1970s and tells the story of a high-school teacher who tries to settle down in a small industrial town and gets caught up in the then trending Marxist-Leninist movement in Norway. The film is an adaptation of Dag Solstad's 1982 novel 'Gymnaslrer Pedersens beretning om den store politiske vekkelse som har hjemskt vrt land' ("Gymnasium teacher Pedersen's report on the great political awakening that has haunted our country").
The film premiered on 24 February 2006. Moland received the Best Director award at the Montreal World Film Festival. Dahl Torp received the prize for Best Actress at the 2006 Amanda Awards.
Cast
* Kristoffer Joner as school teacher Knut Pedersen
* Ane Dahl Torp as Nina Skty
* Anne Ryg as Lise Tanner
* Jan Gunnar Rise as Werner Ludal
* Stig Henrik Hoff as Jan Klstad
* Fridtjov Sheim as Gunnar Be
* Silje Torp as Anne Britt Bru
* Jon igarden as Harald Tholfsen
* Elin Sogn as Unni Langmoen
* Henriette Steenstrup as Mrs. Be
* Robert Skjrstad as Unni Langmoen's husband
* Linn Skber as principal
References
Category:2006 drama films
Category:2006 films
Category:Films based on Norwegian novels
Category:Films directed by Hans Petter Moland
Category:Films set in Norway
Category:Norwegian drama films
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