Helge Jordal

Acting

Helge Jordal

Born 1946-02-17

Helge Jordal (born 17 February 1946) is a Norwegian actor known for his interpretations of "Jeppe på Bjerget." Jordal has had roles in several feature films, including "Orion's Belt" from 1985. For his role in this film he won an Amanda Award. King Harald V appointed on 8 June 2006 Helge Jordal Knight of St. Olav. Jordal received the award for his long and distinguished career as an actor. The bestowal of the decoration took place on 20 June 2006 in the National Theatre in the actor's hometown of Bergen. In 2009 he got Amanda Committee's Special Award på the award 21 august. In January 2011 he Ivar Medaas award. Committee's arguments were as follows: "The Committee believes Jordal is an artist who works in Ivar Medaas his spirit. Medaas was a man who took the local culture seriously, and especially Nordhordland culture and strilakulturen. "" Jordal spent in Bergen in their expressions, and thus made ​​Bergen culture a great service, "says Berentsen.

Acting credits

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

S/Y Joy poster
6.6

A young couple decides to sail around the world, hoping to get over the death of their young son. They set off in a used sailboat, whose previous owner had a fatal accident in the Bay of Biscay.

S/Y Joy

1989

Cadaver poster
5.6

In the aftermath of a nuclear disaster, a starving family finds hope in a charismatic hotel owner. Lured by the prospect of a free dinner, they discover that the evening's entertainment blurs the lines between performance and reality. Will they wind up the spectators or the spectacle?

Cadaver

2020

Kamilla poster
5.9

A young girl growing up in Bergen, Norway just after the 2nd world war, is trying to deal with the father's adultery and mother's deep depression, as she befriends a boy.

Kamilla

1981

The Ox poster
6.5

In desperation brought on by near-starvation, Helge Roos kills his master's ox to feed his wife and baby daughter, setting off a devastating and unexpected chain of events.

The Ox

1991

Captain Sabertooth poster
6.2

Captain Sabertooth's menacing ship, the Dark Lady, is the only one Tiny, the world's youngest priate has ever known. He dreams that one of these days Captain Sabertooth will come to see that Tiny is a real pirate and a brave one too! But Captain Sabertooth has only one thing on his mind, to discover the long lost, legendary treasure trove of Gory Gabriel. Tiny is mesmerized by the beautiful Veronica, a local girl from Luna Bay. Their destinies entwine and together they must fight fate, legend - and Captain Sabertooth.

Captain Sabertooth

2003

No artwork available
NR

A composer is trying to capture the sound of the snow.

Snø

2013

Tsatsiki poster
5.8

Little Tsatsiki, son of a single mother in Sweden, has never met his father, a Greek fisherman. Tsatsiki befriends a nice but straight-laced motorcycle policeman renting one of their rooms and decices he is the right guy for his mother, an amateur rock singer in love with her band's bass player.

Tsatsiki

1999

Orion's Belt poster
5.7

Live to tell the truth. What can one man do against the most lethal army on earth? Local fishermen/smugglers/tourist guides Tom, Lars and Sverre discover the Soviet Union aren't just mining for coal in the arctic archipelago of Svalbard. This is a secret too big for any of them, and soon they find themselves hunted down by Soviet forces and secret agents.

Orion's Belt

1985

The Polar Bear King poster
5.8

After his father is killed, Prince Valemon ascends the throne, only to be turned into a polar bear by a bitter witch who wants to be his queen.

The Polar Bear King

1991

The Glass-Blower's Children poster
5.7

Based on the novel by Maria Gripe, this is the story of two children, Klas and Klara, growing up in the poor Swedish countryside of the mid-19th century. Their father Albert is a glass-blower, famous for his beautiful vases, but still unable to earn enough money for his wife Sofia and the children. At a spring fair a distinguished gentleman arrives and buys all of Albert's glassware. After this nothing will be the same again. Klas and Klara are kidnapped and taken to a strange castle...

The Glass-Blower's Children

1998

Virgins of Riga poster
4.3

An easy-going, Blue-eyed Norwegian businessman seeking fame and fortune in the post-cold-war Riga. His involvment with a beautiful young Latvian girl, get's him tangled into obscure business with the mafia, the Russian fleet and the 'Sons of Norway'

Virgins of Riga

1996

Hip Hip Hurrah! poster
4.7

The life and times of the Scandinavian artists' colony who lived in Skagen on the Danish coast during the 1890s. Not so much a biographical account, rather a portrait of a way of life. The painters became famous for the way they used the light in their work, and this has also been mirrored in the cinematography.

Hip Hip Hurrah!

1987

Blücher poster
7.0

Blücher is a 1988 Norwegian thriller film directed by Oddvar Bull Tuhus, starring Helge Jordal, Frank Krog and Hege Schøyen. Two North Sea divers who have recently been fired plan to vindicate themselves by a pioneer expedition to the wreckage of the German cruiser Blücher, at the bottom of the Oslofjord. The expedition soon becomes entangled in political intrigues.

Blücher

1988

Only Clouds Move the Stars poster
6.8

Eleven year old Maria has lost her little brother to cancer. Having disappeared into herself, her mother is no longer there for Maria and her father struggles to keep the family together. Maria meets Jacob, who is the same age as she, but with a completely different attitude. Jacob is outgoing, exciting, funny and has wisdom way beyond his tender years. He gradually pulls Maria out of her shell and enables her to come to decisions which will affect her entire life.

Only Clouds Move the Stars

1998

Frida - Straight from the Heart poster
6.1

Frida, aged 13, has discovered a book by psychoanalyst Erich Fromm called "The art of loving". Using it as a reference she sets out to better the love lives of her family and friends. But love works in mysterious ways...

Frida - Straight from the Heart

1991

Hele Norges Sissel poster
NR

Portrait of the Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø.

Hele Norges Sissel

1987

Autumn Fall poster
3.9

Oslo in beautiful autumn. Ingvild is a stage manager at the National Theatre, and trying to make a life change, with her artistic ambitions. Not liking actors, she still manages to get into two very different affairs.

Autumn Fall

2015

The Execution poster
4.4

A small peaceful town in Norway. But forces other than peace and tolerance are brewing beneath the surface. It all begins with Martin, a teacher, accused of being gay. The rumor spreads and also hits his friends Kjærsti and Sara, who live together. The three are deviants in people's eyes, and threaten the image of reality. In the municipal administration, two corrupt officials use the rumor to hide their own dishonesty.

The Execution

1981

The Seed poster
5.0

On a small green island out in the sea, they live in harmony - until a stranger comes. Like a hurricane this rocks the small society, and a killing lets all hidden forces loose.

The Seed

1974

Vegas poster
3.9

You don't choose your family. You choose your friends. Vegas is the story of Thomas, Marianne and Terje – three teenagers with nowhere to go.

Vegas

2009

Sebastian poster
4.2

In this thoughtful Scandinavian drama, a teenage boy wrestles with his sexuality and learns that most of his deepest fears were unfounded. Sebastian is almost 17 when he figures out that he is a homosexual. Though he lives with wonderful, stable parents and has a good-hearted sister, he finds himself wracked with turmoil and suddenly withdraws from them all. The more they try to understand why, the more distant Sebastian becomes. Things get worse when he falls in love with the handsome Ulf, who comes from an unstable, tempestuous home. Sebastian realizes he is lucky, but still can't help but become irritated when he brings Ulf home for dinner. His parents are too nice and this quietly infuriates their son. Eventually they leave the two boys alone in the house. Sebastian have great fun doing teenage guy stuff, but then they take a bath together and it is then that Sebastian tries to kiss Ulf.

Sebastian

1995

Did you leave us, Blake? poster
6.0

Short documentary

Did you leave us, Blake?

2002

Wives poster
6.0

Following a drunken school reunion, Mie, Kaja and Heidrun, three school friends now in their 30s, realize how they're dominated by their husbands’ needs and demands. Aching for a taste of freedom, the trio go off on a spree.

Wives

1975