Comrade Pedersen

Comrade Pedersen (Norwegian: Gymnaslærer 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 Gymnaslærer Pedersens beretning om den store politiske vekkelse som har hjemsøkt vårt land ("Gymnasium teacher Pedersen's report on the great political awakening that has haunted our country").[1]

Comrade Pedersen
Berg Upper Secondary School, where the film was shot, during the production.
Directed byHans Petter Moland
Screenplay byHans Petter Blad
Based onGymnaslærer Pedersens beretning om den store politiske vekkelse som har hjemsøkt vårt land
by Dag Solstad
Produced byØrjan Karlsen
CinematographyPhilip Øgaard
Edited byPål Gengenbach
Music byHalfdan E
Production
company
Motlys
Release date
  • 24 February 2006 (2006-02-24)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryNorway
LanguageNorwegian

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.[2]

Cast

References
  1. "Gymnaslærer Pedersen". Norsk filmografi (in Norwegian). National Library of Norway. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  2. "Amandavinnere 1985 – 2013" (PDF). filmfestivalen.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian International Film Festival. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
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