Arne Skouen

An-Magritt (1969)

In Norway in the 1600s, An-Magritt is born as the result of a rape. ...

Musicians (1967)

A caretaker at a music academy is solving most problems for the young musicians, however not only the most appropriate way. But down inside he really has a dream of his own, which goes far beyond being the caretaker. ...

Journey to the Sea (1966)

The third installment in Arne Skouen's trilogy about mentally challenged children, in solidarity of the involved children and families. ...

The Guards (1965)

A hand is pulling the emergency breaks on a train, and a young military recruit has his live all changed. No one can answer a girl's question in court. What colour are dreams? A gathering of destinies. Can anyone answer why things happen? ...

Daddy's Success (1964)

One day, Laffen, a family man, homeowner, and watchmaker, overhears his 17-year-old son lecturing his younger siblings. He gives them a shocking analysis of their poor father. The father puts on his workout clothes and goes for a jog in the neighborhood, t ...

Bussen (1963)

The protagonist is a jovial bus driver, well beloved by his passengers, essentially the whole community around him. The bus, however, is old, and needs to be replaced. The bus driver himself is also needed as a handyman for all the people around him, assis ...

About Tilla (1963)

One autumn day, Ivar goes to the Botanical Garden in Oslo to visit Maria who is the mother of a little girl named Tilla. Ivar is a child psychologist and had Tilla observed a few months earlier. Treatment for her was agreed upon, but Maria has not returned ...

Cold Tracks (1962)

Guilt and sexual jealousy are the main dynamics behind Skouen's gloomy and intense tale about Oddmund, a former Resistance leader who caused the death of 12 refugees during the war. ...

The Bus (1961)

Thorvald runs a local bus route, with a 1923-model bus nicknamed 'Gamla', in the Norwegian country side. Thorvald himself always takes time to make numerous stops along his route to help out with the smallest of problems. The old man is so caring he someti ...

Surrounded (1960)

The film describes how resistance fighter Knut Magne Haugland operated an illegal telegraph station on the roof of the National Hospital in 1944 during World War II. ...

The Master and His Servants (1959)

While Sigurd Helmer is being dressed in his bishop's robes, the fanatical Tornkvist arrives at the ordination and watches from the background. Even before the ordination is over, he goes to the police. He has evidence that Helmer has stolen the office with ...

Pastor Jarman Comes Home (1958)

The good priest gets a mystery to solve on his way home by ship to Oslo. A crew member dies, with a final wish to help Makken, and deliver a gold watch to Lily. But Lily denies knowing the man, and is scared when she hears the name Makken. ...

Nine Lives (1957)

The movie takes place during World War II and depicts the true story of Jan Baalsruds amazing escape from the German army from the coast of Northern Norway and across the border to the neutral country Sweden. ...

Fire in the Night (1955)

Tim is a proofreader at a newspaper in Oslo by day, and a pyromaniac at night. Only one other knows about Tim's dark side: his childhood friend and editor of the newspaper. The two have kept the secret for years until the secretary, Margrethe, finds out. ...

Children of the Sun (1955)

Careless youth flirt and court in the sun at the beach. ...

Cirkus Fandango (1954)

Fandango is the director of a traveling circus. He brings with him a handful of artists who have to stick together to succeed, but there is a clear conflict between the director and the artists. ...

Emergency Landing (1952)

An American bomber is shot down on the Norwegian coast during World War II. The airmen bail out and land at different locations. In spite of the German search for them, the Norwegian resistance picks them up and hides them in the attic of the local church, ...

Boys from the Streets (1949)

The movie takes place on Oslo's east side sometime during the twenties. It depicts the workers' environment by traditional elements like unemployment, strike, poverty, alcoholism, absent fathers, wise and tired mothers, the dream of a better life and the f ...

Arne Skouen - en mann for sin tid (1998)

Filmregissøren Arne Skouen - et portrett (1986)