Toralv Maurstad

Peer Gynt (2020)

70 years after Det Norske Teatret first staged Peer Gynt, Erik Ulfsby and his excellent team have developed a new version, with the role of old Peer congenially filled by Toralv Maurstad. The play's original chronology has been broken up and fragments of P ...

Louis & Luca and the Snow Machine (2013)

The small town of Pinchcliffe is experiencing a great lack of snow, which is why the inventor Reodor Felgen is asked to create a snow machine. However, things do not go as planned. ...

Before, during and after the Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (2013)

Remo Caprino loosely and grippingly tells the story about the making of the now beloved norwegian movie, the production itself and the cultural impact it has had for almost 40 years. ...

Magic Silver 2 (2011)

It's the harshest winter in memory, and the gnomes' very existence is in danger. Eager to help, Queen Fjellrose betrays one of their strictest rules and goes out looking for the Blue Horn, a magical instrument that can alter the weather. ...

The Junior Olsen Gang Rocks It (2004)

The Gang form The Dynamites. After winning a talent competition they are told by manager Pop-Johansen that the band will be huge in the U.S. But is he only after their prize money? ...

Gurin with the Foxtail (1998)

A gnome named Gurin wakes up with a foxtail as punishment for his practical jokes. ...

Arne Skouen - en mann for sin tid (1998)

Chasing the Kidneystone (1996)

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. ...

Det var en gang (1994)

Based on three classic Norwegian folk tales collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe: The Little Boys Who Met the Trolls in Hedal Forest, Three Lemons and The Twelve Wild Ducks. ...

Etter Rubicon (1987)

Two boys who were found sick on a boat in the sea near northern Norway, are hospitalized with mysterious symptoms. The secret service starts investigating the case, confiscates the bodies. When Hoff notices that the whole event shall be kept secret, he beg ...

The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (1975)

100 miles north, a bit east and up, is Pinchcliffe, the home of bicycle repairman Reodor Felgen and his two assistants, Solan Gundersen and Ludvig. Sponsored by oil sheik Ben Redic Fy Fazan, they build the car "Il Tempo Gigante" to race against Reodor's fo ...

Song of Norway (1970)

Like the play from which it derived, the film tells of the early struggles of composer Edvard Grieg and his attempts to develop an authentic Norwegian national music. It stars Toralv Maurstad as Grieg and features an international cast including Florence H ...

Hennes meget kongelige høyhet (1968)

A princess falls in love with a man of the people, and their love must be a secret. But when someone takes a photo of them together, the scandal is a fact. ...

Black Palm Trees (1968)

Four sailors stranded in Rio are about to retrieve their salary for a salvage. The only requirement is that they ALL must be sober. ...

The Ashlad and the Hungry Troll (1967)

An exuberant story about Askeladden, the hero of Norwegian traditional fairy tales, outwitting the good-natured troll. ...

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 Ashlad and His Good Helpers (1961)

Askeladden (Norwegian "The Ash Lad") is the main character in many Norwegian folktales. ...

The Passionate Demons (1961)

A youthful drama about a young guy and his struggles with his hatred of his father. Not even a relationship with a good-looking girl seems to cool his emotions. ...

Hjem går vi ikke (1955)

A six year old boy runs away from home with the family's big dog, a St. Berhard, who the grown ups wants to put down. ...

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. ...

Andrine and Kjell (1952)

Andrine and Kjell are both 17, and attends a private high school. Many things disturb their way to the spring exams, and fall in love. The come from different backgrounds, but gets common problems when she rents a room at Kjells parents. ...

Krane's Confectionery (1951)

A woman who has sacrificed everything for her family meets a man who makes her reassess her life ...

Trysil-Knut (1942)

Trysil-Knut is a Norwegian film from 1942. Directed by veteran Rasmus Breistein and is a ski themed melodrama about the legendary skier Trysil-Knut from Trysil. He is a powerful patriot, who in the early 1800s prevent that a war breaks out between Norway a ...

Gypsy (1937)

An orphan, Josefa, runs away from her threatening uncle with whom she is living, and stows away on traveller Fændrik's boat. She is no better off with him, however, as he forces himself on her and makes her steal and beg for a living. Meanwhile Fændrik's ...

Glade vrinsk (1975)

Based on Oslo Nye Teater's revue "Jubileumsrevyen 7 1/2" (The 7 1/2 Anniversary Revue), which premiered on August 19, 1974. Begins with interviews with Torvald Maurstad, Arve Opsahl, Aud Schønemann, and Rolf Just Nilsen. Interviews by Knut Bohwim. Followe ...