Alf Malland

Acting

Alf Malland

Born — Died

1917-01-24 — 1997-08-16

Place of birth

Berrgen, Norway

Known for

Acting

Credits

39 titles

Known for

Ransom poster
5.5

Following a series of bomb attacks in London, a group of terrorists seize Britain's ambassador to Scandinavia. With the ambassador now a hostage in his residence, another group hijacks an airliner at the capital's airport, announcing that the passengers will not be freed until their demands are met. Colonel Nils Tahlvik, Scandinavia's resourceful and ruthless head of security, seeks to take an uncompromising stance against the terrorists yet his attempts meet resistance from unknown forces at every turn...

Ransom

1974

The Call of the Wild poster
6.1

John Thornton, is a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure out how to travel the deadly 600 miles from Skagway to Dawson, Alaska in the icy winter. His incredibly dog Buck is by his side and part of how he survives.

The Call of the Wild

1972

The Count of Monte Cristo poster
NR

Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.

The Count of Monte Cristo

1965

Spøkelsesbussen poster
NR

Pakistani Ali Reza is found dead under a bridge, with a stab wound in the back. He was last observed boarding a bus the night before.

Spøkelsesbussen

1981

Death Is a Caress poster
6.0

An engaged mechanic begins a tempestuous affair with a rich married woman.

Death Is a Caress

1949

Benoni and Rosa poster
8.0

Set in the township of Sirilund in northern Norway, "Benoni and Rosa" follows the journey of Benoni, a young postman and fisherman, as he grows richer and rises through the ranks to the merchant class, and strives to propose to the beautiful priest's daughter, Rosa.

Benoni and Rosa

1975

Film credits

1980s · 5 titles

1970s · 11 titles

Ransom poster
5.5

Following a series of bomb attacks in London, a group of terrorists seize Britain's ambassador to Scandinavia. With the ambassador now a hostage in his residence, another group hijacks an airliner at the capital's airport, announcing that the passengers will not be freed until their demands are met. Colonel Nils Tahlvik, Scandinavia's resourceful and ruthless head of security, seeks to take an uncompromising stance against the terrorists yet his attempts meet resistance from unknown forces at every turn...

Ransom

1974

The Call of the Wild poster
6.1

John Thornton, is a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure out how to travel the deadly 600 miles from Skagway to Dawson, Alaska in the icy winter. His incredibly dog Buck is by his side and part of how he survives.

The Call of the Wild

1972

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich poster
6.7

Fly-on-the-wall treatment of an ordinary day in the life of a prisoner in Stalin's Gulag. Closely adapted from Solzhenitsyn's classic novel based on his own experiences. Shot entirely on location in northern Norway

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

1970

Bør Børson II poster
5.0

Bør is startled when he discovers that his father-in-law is becoming more Norwegian than he is. The father-in-law is about to raise the village's highest flagpole. Bør can't sit still and watch, and that's why the fight and the intricacies are underway.

Bør Børson II

1976

The Olsen Gang and Data-Harry Blows Up The World Bank poster
6.6

With the help of a corrupt diplomat the Olsen Gang plans to rob the World Bank, with help from the re-schooled Dynamite-Harry, now a computer expert.

The Olsen Gang and Data-Harry Blows Up The World Bank

1978

Blood of the Railroad Workers poster
4.3

A group of migratory rail road workers arrive in a small town in Norway, and cause social conflict. One of the men, Sjugur, stands apart as a strong, independent man. The girls like him, but he has set his sights on the daughter of a wealthy landowner.

Blood of the Railroad Workers

1979

The Olsen Gang For Full Music poster
6.8

Egon Olsen is commissioned to help a baron with an insurance fraud. As the dividend can finance Basse's wedding, even Valborg accepts the plans.

The Olsen Gang For Full Music

1976

Kjære Maren poster
8.0

Set in Rodeløkka of Kristiania eastside around the year 1900 and is a rough sketch of how it was to be young and unmarried working girl at the time.

Kjære Maren

1976

The Ballad of the Masterthief Ole Hoiland poster
4.4

Ballad of the Masterthief Ole Hoiland (Norwegian: Balladen om mestertyven Ole Høiland) is a 1970 Norwegian drama film directed by Knut Andersen, and starring a broad cast of notable Norwegian actors, headed by Per Jansen as Ole Høiland. Ole Høiland was an actual Norwegian Robin Hood-figure in the early 19th century. He steals from the rich and gives to the poor, enjoying numerous affairs with attractive women along the way. The story culminates in the ambitious burglary of Norges Bank, Norway's central bank.

The Ballad of the Masterthief Ole Hoiland

1970

Bør Børson Jr. poster
5.9

Bør Børson Jr. will become a great man quickly, but will be ridiculed when lower class in Olderdalen crashes with modern Norway.

Bør Børson Jr.

1974

Love Is War poster
4.7

In this film, Norwegian writer, director, cameraman and musician Ragnar Lasse has fashioned an intricate, exquisitely photographed and multilayered examination of the lives, problems and relationships of a father and this two children, a boy and a girl. The story ranges over a wide time period and is covered in multiple flashbacks and from a number of different points of view.

Love Is War

1970

1960s · 12 titles

Venner poster
6.3

Mountain climbing and its dangers get a different twist in this standard drama by Norwegian director Tancred Ibsen. When one of two climbing buddies returns from an attempt to scale Eagle Peak, he is happy to claim his award for being the first to reach the summit. But his celebration is short-lived after his friend comes back down from the mountain with another version of his "victory" climb. This second version has the supposedly successful climber cast as an attempted murderer. The story behind the climb comes out in flashbacks as the Alpine Club reviews the accusation.

Venner

1960

The Guards poster
4.7

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?

The Guards

1965

Surrounded poster
5.5

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.

Surrounded

1960

Smugglers poster
7.0

For many, the happy twenties were not very happy, with high unemployment, poverty and a bitter disillusioned youth. But at the same time there was prohibition in Norway, with large-scale smuggling and easy-earned money. Ernst, an unemployed architect, stumbles onto the smuggler path, and replaces a gray, boring life with a lush, rowdy and colorful world. Klara, the girl he loves, walks away from him, and Jenny becomes his new girlfriend. Together with Hugo and Elsa, these four make a number of smuggling trips by car - with big profits - but it's not enough. So Ernst invests in boats, and that's when the really messy smuggling starts. He operates in the entire Oslo Fjord, all the way down to Rotterdam, pursued by police and customs, with his infamous torpedo boats. We follow Ernst all the way to the so-called Bygdøyslaget, where smugglers and police brutaly clash together.

Smugglers

1968

Broder Gabrielsen poster
5.3

" Broder Gabrielsen " in its time awoke a major debate , and already during the shooting of the film went high waves in the press . The film points a strong warning against religious fanaticism and against contemporary preachers, and it met then also strong opposition from some of these . In the film we meet the piecemeal lay preacher , Brother Gabrielsen ( ALF MALLAND ) , who discovers how modern music , rhythms and ecstasy gives great success when it comes to getting listeners to his preaching . He will soon get his big break , and keeps ecstatic revival meetings with tongues and " healings " through prayer . It ends in discouragement and defeat then wonders absent for Gabrielsen , and personal tragedies for those who were misguided .

Broder Gabrielsen

1966

Cold Tracks poster
5.2

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.

Cold Tracks

1962

Et øye på hver finger poster
9.0

A surveillance radar is to be placed at the Norwegian coastline. Three soldiers volunteer to guard it, but only so that they can have a party afterwards.

Et øye på hver finger

1961

Clocks in the Moonlight poster
6.2

Four men are gathered to play a game of bridge, when the conversation turns to unnatural and occult events.

Clocks in the Moonlight

1964

Freske fraspark poster
6.7

Per has won the 50 kilometer in Holmenkollen, but which village is he from, Alvdal or Tynset?

Freske fraspark

1963

No artwork available
10.0

A refugee escapes on a Norwegian ship.

Marenco

1964

An-Magritt poster
6.8

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

An-Magritt

1969

Two on Top poster
7.0

A deckhand, Rolf Just Nilsen, is mistaken for pop singer Dickie Dons, also played by Rolf Just Nilsen, aboard the car ferry from Kiel to Oslo. The deckhand quickly settles into his new role and enjoys drinking champagne with the captain. However, things become more difficult as time goes on – not least because Dickie Dons turns out to be secretly married to his secretary.

Two on Top

1965

1950s · 7 titles

Pastor Jarman Comes Home poster
6.0

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.

Pastor Jarman Comes Home

1958

Nine Lives poster
6.6

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.

Nine Lives

1957

Hjem går vi ikke poster
7.0

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.

Hjem går vi ikke

1955

King of Skating poster
9.0

The throne of ice skating sees a change of regent when Hans takes over as “The King”, and the sports press can’t seem to get enough of him.

King of Skating

1953

Oslofilm: 42 99 00 poster
NR

A short film about the fire unit in Oslo. ***** Oslofilm was a series of public information films about life in and around Oslo, produced between 1940 and 1980. Funded by the state, the films offer valuable insight into postwar Norwegian society. A wide range of Norwegian filmmakers contributed to the productions, resulting in a rich variety of styles and expressions. Several of the films also possess notable cinematic qualities, standing out as more than just informational material. The Oslofilms represent a unique and important chapter in Norwegian film history.

Oslofilm: 42 99 00

1950

The Disappearance of a Young Wife poster
6.5

The young wife of an upper-class academic disappears while her husband is on holiday. In his search for her, the husband learns that there was much he did not know both about her past and about their relationship.

The Disappearance of a Young Wife

1953

No artwork available
NR

If fire should happen at any home, then 42 99 00 was the phone number to use in order to call Oslo's fire department. Firemen and vehicles are coming from different stations to extinguish a residential fire in Bjerregårdsgate. Firefighters are training in case of similar situations, and they are also working with fire prevention.

42 99 00

1950

Series credits

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