Lars Saabye Christensen

A Storm for Christmas

A group of people arrive at Oslo airport. Some to welcome their loved ones, some to fly home to their families, and some who want to fly away and escape Christmas. But in one way or another, their Christmas mission goes awry. They are all stranded at the airport and the clock is ticking… only 24 hours till Christmas – so what do they do?

Release Date2022-12-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count6

Vote Count50

King of Devil's Island

Norwegian winter, 1915. On the island Bastøy, outside Oslo, a group of young boys aged 11 to 18, are held in an institution for delinquent youth, notorious for its sadistic regime. One day a new boy, Erling, arrives, determined to escape from the island. After a tragic incident, he ends up leading the boys in a violent uprising. When the boys manage to take over the island, 150 soldiers are sent in to restore order.

Release Date2010-12-16

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count255

The Half Brother

Revolving around the life of un-produced screenwriter Barnum Nilsen, The Half Brother is a dramatic family saga that offers an historical parable of 20th century Europe. On V Day, May 1945, as a continent emerges from war, Barnum’s mother Vera is raped in her attic in Oslo by an unknown man, leading to the birth of Barnum’s half brother, Fred. When Barnum is born five years later, to the man that Vera has since met and married, the Nilsen family, like Europe, is already splitting in two. Growing up together during the Cold War – Barnum with his father, Fred searching for his – the half brothers become estranged and Fred eventually disappears. At the film festival in Berlin in 1990, as the Wall is still coming down, Barnum learns that Fred has returned. Finally, as the true identity of Fred’s father comes to light, the two half brothers may once again be reunited.

Release Date2013-01-06

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count8

Vote Count8

Pax

PAX is a grand-scale drama. An intimate and powerful romantic film about seven people's encounter with themselves as life forces them into the raging storm. They all have someone waiting. PAX, the Latin word for peace, is also flight terminology for flight passengers. When flying in an airplane we are all "pax".

Release Date2010-02-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count6

Beatles

At long last, one of the most important novels in Norwegian history will be made into a film. Beatles relates the story of four Oslo boys born in 1951 and hooked on The Beatles, from the time they as seventh graders find themselves on the threshold of the adult world. The film is all about boyish pranks, hopes, disappointments, and of course about pretty girls, hopeless infatuations, drunkenness and parties. The world is changing, and so is the friendship between the boys. But the conclusion is, true friendship endures all - and no band in the world is better than The Beatles.

Release Date2014-08-29

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count21

Herman

"Herman", based on Lars Saabye Christensen's novel of the same name, tells the story of the young boy Herman who suddenly loses his hair and becomes bald at the age of eleven. It follows him through what is a very difficult period in his life, through big mood swings and irrational behaviour until he finally learns to accept himself for who he is.

Release Date1990-09-13

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count13

The Middle Man

Frank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a community in a depression so deep that they need a middle man to professionally communicate more of the bad news.

Release Date2021-09-17

DepartmentWriting

JobBook

Vote Count45

Vestavind

Norwegian drama TV series.

Release Date1994-03-06

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count17

Burning Flowers

Herman works as a delivery boy for a flower shop after school. One day delivers a bouquet to Rosa Stern, a woman in her early 40s who lives behind heavy curtains in an apartment filled with a mysterious atmosphere. In the coming weeks, Herman will receive more bouquets to be delivered to Rosa. Rosa's visits are becoming increasingly important to him.

Release Date1985-08-18

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count7

Blücher

Blücher is a 1988 Norwegian thriller film directed by Oddvar Bull Tuhus, starring Helge Jordal, Frank Krog and Hege Schøyen. Two North Sea divers who have recently been fired plan to vindicate themselves by a pioneer expedition to the wreckage of the German cruiser Blücher, at the bottom of the Oslofjord. The expedition soon becomes entangled in political intrigues.

Release Date1988-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScript Consultant

Vote Count2

Shameless

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?

Release Date2010-10-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count10

Cross My Heart and Hope to Die

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

Release Date1994-08-05

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count14

The Telegraphist

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.

Release Date1993-02-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count9

The Wanderers

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.

Release Date1989-08-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count7

My Jealous Barber

Bent, Frank and Susie live in the same street, and when they finally meet they have to face new problems. Unknown problems concerning themselves. The question is: Do they manage to solve them?

Release Date2004-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2

Hører du ikke hva jeg sier!

A stand-up comedian who loses his train of thought and his wife takes over the show with resounding success.

Release Date1995-09-08

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2

The Pig

In this live-action, Oscar-nominated short from Denmark, Asbjorn is a patient admitted to a Danish hospital, who quickly warms to a painting of a whimsical pig hung on the walls. It becomes a source of comfort and solace for him - until another patient has it removed by request (Written by Nathan Southern, Rovi)

Release Date2008-11-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count6

Soirée

A poem by Lars Saabye Christensen, filmed by Gustavson.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Kongen som ville ha mer enn en krone

A modern fable about a king who disappears from his castle.

Release Date1999-10-08

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter