Amundsen (film)

Amundsen is a Norwegian film, released on 15 February 2019, that details the life of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen.[1] It was directed by Espen Sandberg and was distributed in Norway by SF Studios.[2]

Amundsen
Directed byEspen Sandberg
Produced byEspen Horn
Written byRavn Lanesskog
StarringPål Sverre Hagen
Katherine Waterston
Christian Rubeck
Music byJohan Söderqvist
CinematographyPål Ulvik Rokseth
Edited byPerry Eriksen, Martin Stoltz
Release date
15 February 2019
Running time
125 minutes
CountryNorway
LanguageNorwegian/English

Plot

The film details the life of Roald Amundsen, including his well-known expedition to the South Pole in 1910–1911, his romances, and his conflicts with his brother, Leon, who organised the finances of many of his expeditions.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in Norway, Iceland and the Czech Republic.[3] It was released by the Swedish company SF Studios in Norway, who will also distribute it in Sweden, Denmark and Finland.[2]

Reception

On 15 January 2019 Variety reported that Amundsen was "expected to be the biggest Norwegian release of 2019".[2] However many "Norwegian critics have panned the film" owing to its breadth of detail and shallow focus.[3] It also received criticism for its apparent similarity to sections of a biography written by Tor Bomann-Larsen.[3]

Bernhard Ellefsen in Morgenbladet believed that "The best thing about the film about Roald Amundsen is that the polar explorer appears as something resembling the arsehole he was."[4]

Birger Vestmo of NRK said that, although it was beautifully filmed, critics believed the characters portrayed in the film were conveyed as too cold and stiff to engage with.[5]

References
  1. Trailer (norsk tekst) (in Norwegian), retrieved 2019-02-22
  2. Keslassy, Elsa (2019-01-15). "SF Studios Unveils International Trailer for 'Amundsen' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  3. "Critics rage against new Amundsen film". www.newsinenglish.no. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  4. "Sangere, talere, røkere og sportsmen". nmorgenbladet.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 15 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  5. "Amundsen". NRK P3 (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 February 2019.
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