Norwegian Ninja
a THOMAS CAPPELEN MALLING picture
Synopsis
In 1984, a high-ranking Norwegian diplomat named Arne Treholt was arrested for handing over classified state secrets to the KGB. It quickly became the most notorious scandal in Norway’s history, and destroyed Treholt’s reputation as a great patriot. In 2010, Arne Treholt returned to the headlines, this time on screen, when writer/director Thomas Cappelen Malling introduced NORWEGIAN NINJA, a psychedelic-martial arts-Euro-crime story featuring Treholt as the head of a secret force of modern “shadow warriors” entrusted by King Olav to protect Norway.
After causing a stir in Cannes 2010, the film was an official selection at Sitges 2010 and awarded Best Actor and Best Director at Fantastic Fest 2010. Touted as a cult-classic in the making, Wall Street Journal describes it as “Hilarious and menacing, absurd and insightful—an accomplished work of genre filmmaking that authoritatively upends the cold-war spy thriller.”
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Stills
Press
"Hilarious and menacing, absurd and insightful—an accomplished work of genre filmmaking that authoritatively upends the cold-war spy thriller."
WALL STREET JOURNAL
"An intelligent, seamless, and thoroughly entertaining movie."
VERDENS GANG
"Wild storytelling, absurd comedy."
ATTENPOSTEN
"Quite possibly the most inventive and peculiar Norwegian film ever."
ITROMSO
"A refreshing Norwegian film in all its twisted boyhood fantasies."
ADRESSEAVISEN
"Interesting and charmingly different."
BERGENS TIDENDE
"Absurd and playful."
ABC NYHETER
"Playful with a stylistic approach never seen before in Norwegian films."
FREDRIKSTAD BLAD
"The most original Norwegian film of the year… Fresh, alternative and cheeky."
SIDE2
"A madcap mystery box of the sweet, the salty and the sour."
OSTLANDETS BIAD
Festivals
& Awards
Austin Fantastic Fest
Best Director, Best Actor
Sitges Fantastic Film Festival
Kosmorama, Trondheim IFF
Best Production Design
Cast & Crew
| Mads Ousdal | |
|---|---|
| Jon Øigarden | |
| Trond-Viggo Torgersen | |
| Linn Stokke | |
| Amund Maarud |
| Director | Thomas Cappelen Malling |
|---|---|
| Producer | Eric Vogel |
| Co-Producer | Lars L. Marøy |
| Associate Producer | Kari Moen Kristiansen |
| Financial Producer | Knud Bjørne-Larsen |
| Line Producer | Jessica Balac |
| Production Design | Are Sjaastad |
| Director of photography | Trond Høines |
| Composer | Gaute Tønder |
| Editor | Simen Gengenbach |
| Sound | Ingar Asdahl |
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