Arild Brinchmann

Directing

Arild Brinchmann

Born — Died

1922-01-31 — 1986-10-09

Place of birth

Oslo, Norway

Known for

Directing

Credits

18 titles

Arild Brinchmann (31 January 1922 – 9 October 1986) was a Norwegian stage producer, film producer and theatre director. He was born in Kristiania son of psychologist and writer Alex Brinchmann. He produced the films Blodveien (1955), Ut av mørket (1958), and Høysommer (1958). Ut av mørket was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.He built up the theatre department of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, and was leader for Fjernsynsteatret from 1959 to 1967. He was theatre director at the National Theatre from 1967 to 1978. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arild Brinchmann, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Behind the camera

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A Norwegian adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler. It was filmed in 1975, but originally preformed at the national theater in Norway.

Hedda Gabler

1975

Krane's Confectionery poster
7.0

Seamstress Katinka Stordal is a lonely and tired woman in search of love and freedom. When everyday life gets too much, she goes to Krane's pastry shop.

Krane's Confectionery

1963

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8.0

A symbolic reconstruction of the Auschwitz process in Frankfurt in 1963-1965. Litigation against those responsible for the mass extermination in German prison camps during the Second World War.

Ransakningen

1967

The Wild Duck poster
9.0

A loving family's world is shattered by an old friend's arrival, carrying a dark secret.

The Wild Duck

1970

I faresonen poster
7.0

I Faresonen is a combination of a documentary and fictional approach to the problem of alcoholism -- or alcohol dependency. Tackling a problem common to other Nordic countries as well, director Bjoern Breigutu has focused on the life of sailors, among others, and how alcohol is used or abused in that sector of the population. This was the Norwegian entry at the 1961 Berlin Film Festival.

I faresonen

1961

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8.0

Radio personality Rolf Kirkvaag, playing himself, is appointed to design an apartment to be given out as the main prize in a lottery. He is in over his head, but is assisted housewife consultant Eva Lund. The third in a series of Norwegian commercial compilations addressed to "the modern housewife".

Slik vil vi ha det

1955

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8.0

Radio personality Rolf Kirkvaag, playing himself, is appointed to design an apartment to be given out as the main prize in a lottery. He is in over his head, but is assisted housewife consultant Eva Lund. The third in a series of Norwegian commercial compilations addressed to "the modern housewife".

Slik vil vi ha det

1955

I denne verden er alt mulig poster
9.0

Drama about a group of young people in 1933 Berlin in search of an identity find themselves drawn to dangerous movements in society.

I denne verden er alt mulig

1983

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Husmorvikaren : et nytt yrke

1959

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Husmorvikaren : et nytt yrke

1959

Høysommer poster
8.5

A love story about Rasmus, whom after failing as a painter has retreated himself from civilization as a lighthouse keeper's assistant on a remote island. One day he discovers a boat with an unconscious young woman in it. Having revived her, he discovers that she has tried to commit suicide by poisoning herself.

Høysommer

1958

Andrine and Kjell poster
5.7

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.

Andrine and Kjell

1952

A Doll's House poster
7.0

Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed lives in fear of her husband's finding out and of the shame such a revelation would bring to his career. But when the truth comes out, Nora is shocked to learn where she really stands in her husband's esteem.

A Doll's House

1973

A Doll's House poster
7.0

Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed lives in fear of her husband's finding out and of the shame such a revelation would bring to his career. But when the truth comes out, Nora is shocked to learn where she really stands in her husband's esteem.

A Doll's House

1973

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7.0

Norwegian Drama based on a play by Johan Falkberget

Den Fjerde Nattevakt

1960

The Blood Road poster
5.9

Yugoslav Partizans, captured by Nazis, are sent to concentration camps in distant Norway. The local population help some Partizans survive or flee to neutral Sweden.

The Blood Road

1955

Ut av mørket poster
7.5

The film deals with mental illness and aims to prove that psychological trauma can and should be treated just like any other illness.

Ut av mørket

1958

Ut av mørket poster
7.5

The film deals with mental illness and aims to prove that psychological trauma can and should be treated just like any other illness.

Ut av mørket

1958