Comrade Pedersen

Comrade Pedersen
	Berg Upper Secondary School, where the film was shot, during the production
Directed by	Hans Petter Moland
Produced by	Ørjan Karlsen
Screenplay by	Hans Petter Blad
Based on	Gymnaslærer Pedersens beretning om den store politiske vekkelse som har hjemsøkt vårt land; by Dag Solstad
Music by	Halfdan E
Cinematography	Philip Øgaard
Edited by	Pål Gengenbach
Production; company	Motlys
Release date	24 February 2006;
Running time	123 minutes
Country	Norway
Language	Norwegian

Comrade Pedersen (Norwegian: Gymnaslærer Pedersen) is a 2006 Norwegian drama film directed by Hans Petter Moland, starring Kristoffer Joner and Ane Dahl Torp. It is set in the late 1960s and 1970s and tells the story of a high-school teacher who tries to settle down in a small industrial town and gets caught up in the then trending Marxist-Leninist movement in Norway. The film is an adaptation of Dag Solstad's 1982 novel Gymnaslærer Pedersens beretning om den store politiske vekkelse som har hjemsøkt vårt land ("Gymnasium teacher Pedersen's report on the great political awakening that has haunted our country").[1]

The film premiered on 24 February 2006. Moland received the Best Director award at the Montreal World Film Festival. Dahl Torp received the prize for Best Actress at the 2006 Amanda Awards.[2]

Cast

Kristoffer Joner as school teacher Knut Pedersen
Ane Dahl Torp as Nina Skåtøy
Anne Ryg as Lise Tanner
Jan Gunnar Røise as Werner Ludal
Stig Henrik Hoff as Jan Klåstad
Fridtjov Såheim as Gunnar Bøe
Silje Torp as Anne Britt Bru
Jon Øigarden as Harald Tholfsen
Elin Sogn as Unni Langmoen
Henriette Steenstrup as Mrs. Bøe
Robert Skjærstad as Unni Langmoen's husband
Linn Skåber as principal

References

"Gymnaslærer Pedersen". Norsk filmografi (in Norwegian). National Library of Norway. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
"Amandavinnere 1985 – 2013" (PDF). filmfestivalen.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian International Film Festival. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2015-03-11.

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[1] "Gymnaslærer Pedersen". Norsk filmografi (in Norwegian). National Library of Norway. Retrieved 2015-03-11.

[2] "Amandavinnere 1985 – 2013" (PDF). filmfestivalen.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian International Film Festival. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2015-03-11.