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Nordisk Film

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Foundation date 6 november 1906
Creator Ole Olsen

Nordisk Film (USA affiliate: Great Northern Film Company), established in Denmark in 1906 by Danish filmmaker Ole Olsen, is the oldest continuously active film studio in the world. It is the third oldest studio in the world behind Gaumont and Pathé. Olsen started his company in the Copenhagen suburb of Valby under the name "Ole Olsen's Film Factory" but soon changed it to the Nordisk Film Kompagni. In 1908, Olsen opened an affiliate branch in New York, the Great Northern Film Company, to handle distribution of his films to the American market. As Nordisk Film, it became a publicly traded company in 1911.

In 1992 it merged with the Egmont media group and operates today as electronic media production and distribution group that employs 1,090 people in six countries. The total revenues in 2003 amounted to approximately €345 million. Today, Nordisk Film is the oldest movie production company in operation in the world. Egmont Nordisk Film is the largest producer and distributor of electronic entertainment in the Nordic region. Nordisk Film incorporates all parts of the value chain in the electronic entertainment world: development, production, marketing and distribution.

The company produces and co-produces national and international feature films in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, which are distributed to cinemas around the Nordic countries, including Nordisk Film Cinemas in Denmark and Norway with approximately 16,000 seats. The films are also distributed internationally for viewing in cinemas, on video and on television. Additionally, Nordisk Film produces animated content and feature films.

In summer of 2010, it was announced that they will distribute Denmark's first 3-D film, a CGI adaptation of the Olsen Gang produced by A. Film A/S. It is probable that the film may be released in Real D 3D.

On 18 May 2012, Nordisk Film made a multi-year deal with Lions Gate Entertainment and will distribute films by Lionsgate Films and Summit Entertainment in Scandinavia. In September 2012, DreamWorks Studios signed a partnership with Nordisk Film for the distribution of DreamWorks' films in Scandinavia.

Best films

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
(2009) The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Girl Who Played with Fire
(2009) Awakenings
Awakenings
(1990) Niko 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble
Niko 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble
(2012) Kon-Tiki
Kon-Tiki
(2012) The Hunt
The Hunt
(2012)
See more : Wikipedia

Filmography of Nordisk Film (196 films)

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The Salvation
The Salvation (2014)
, 1h26
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Michael Raymond-James, Eric Cantona, Jonathan Pryce

In 1870s America, a peaceful Danish settler's wife and ten year old son are murdered. The father kills his family's murderers which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.
The Absent One
The Absent One (2014)
, 1h59
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Søren Pilmark, Pilou Asbæk, David Dencik, Danica Curcic

Le « Département V », avec l’inspecteur Carl Mørck et son assistant d’origine syrienne, Assad, est spécialisé dans les crimes non résolus. Ils enquêtent cette fois sur une affaire remontant à 1994 : un double-meurtre avait défrayé la chronique. Un jeune homme, ami, d'un trio de pensionnaires, d’un internat pour jeunesse huppée, avait avoué le crime. Mais le père des victimes ne croit pas à cette hypothèse et, vingt ans plus tard, supplie Carl Mørck de rouvrir l'enquête.
In Order of Disappearance
In Order of Disappearance (2014)
, 1h55
Directed by Hans Petter Moland
Origin Norvege
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Stellan Skarsgård, Bruno Ganz, Kristofer Hivju, Pål Sverre Hagen, Sergej Trifunović, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen

Nils (Stellan Skarsgård) is a snow plough driver somewhere in Norway. He learns that his son has died, supposedly of a heroin overdose. Nils knows his son was no addict and starts a private investigation. Soon he finds out the local drug gang is behind the crime. He hunts down the two killers and kills both of them, but not before they confess. Based on this information, he goes after their boss, but finds himself in the crossfire between two rival gangs: one local, one "imported" from Serbia.
Moomins on the Riviera
Moomins on the Riviera (2014)
, 1h20
Origin Finlande
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Russell Tovey, Maria Sid-Achrén, Nathaniel Parker, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Ruth Gibson, Beata Harju

The Moomins along with Little My and Snorkmaiden had a sea journey that after storms and desert island dangers leads the family to Riviera, the place that takes their unity to the test.
The Anderssons Rock the Mountains
The Anderssons Rock the Mountains (2014)

Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Road movies
Actors Morgan Alling, Frida Hallgren

The film tells the story about when the Andersson's family go on a skiing vacation. to the Scandinavian Mountains.
Pioneer
Pioneer (2013)
, 1h40
Directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg
Origin Norvege
Genres Thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Wes Bentley, Aksel Hennie, Stephen Lang, Jonathan LaPaglia, Stephanie Sigman, Jørgen Langhelle

Petter is a commercial offshore diver in the North Sea during the 1980s. Norway is at the beginning of its program for oil harvesting. Petter and his brother Knut have key roles in laying the first petroleum pipe in the North Sea. Norwegians and Americans are cooperating about diving deeper than anyone previously has done, to prepare for installation of a gas pipe. Petter experiences a tragic accident during a test dive. When he later tries to find out what really happened, he experiences that authorities and his colleagues try to put a smokescreen on the matter.
8-Ball
8-Ball (2013)
, 1h47
Directed by Aku Louhimies
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Eero Aho, Jessica Grabowsky, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Mikko Leppilampi, Mikko Kouki, Lenna Kuurmaa

The film tells the story of a single mother Pike (Jessica Grabowsky) who, having just been released from prison, is trying to start her life anew. When her former boyfriend Lalli (Eero Aho) comes back from abroad, it opens a window into a past that Pike wants to put behind her.
The Keeper of Lost Causes
The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013)
, 1h37
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Sonja Richter, Mikkel Følsgaard, Søren Pilmark, Troels Lyby

La vie de l’inspecteur Carl Mørck bascule après une bavure : l’un de ses collègues meurt et son meilleur ami est paralysé. Mis à pied, Carl est désormais chargé d’archiver les vieux dossiers au commissariat. Il est assisté dans sa tâche par Assad, d’origine syrienne. Rapidement, les deux hommes désobéissent, vont à l'encontre des ordres de leur hiérarchie et décident de rouvrir une enquête jamais résolue : cinq ans plus tôt, une jeune politicienne prometteuse a disparu…
The Anderssons Hit the Road
The Anderssons Hit the Road (2013)

Directed by Hannes Holm
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Morgan Alling, Frida Hallgren, Claudia Galli

The Andersson's family go on a road trip across Europe towards a village in South Tyrol, where Mr. and Mrs. Andersson went on a honeymoon 20 years earlier. Living in the village is a girl Sune likes, but also an artist who can make the family rich.
The Hunt
The Hunt (2012)
, 1h55
Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Christmas films, Films about sexuality, Films about pedophilia, Auto-justice
Actors Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Alexandra Rapaport, Susse Wold, Lars Ranthe, Anna Louise Hassing

Lucas is a member of a close-knit Danish community and works at a local kindergarten. Divorced, he struggles to maintain a relationship with his teenage son, who lives with his ex-wife, but enjoys wholesome interaction with the children at the kindergarten. His coworker Nadja makes advances towards him and eventually moves in as his girlfriend.