Movies: Edith Carlmar

Gerd, considered a woman of dubious morals, falls in love with a boy whose family does not accept their relationship, so both run away and settle in a cabin in the woods where they meet a sullen man who tests their love....

The Olsen Gang becomes millionaires. Unfortunately for the gang, their arch-enemies, the King and the Jack, are planning to steal the money for themselves....

The story of a working man, who's got a gorgeous fiancée but who falls for a rich older woman – who turns out to be a femme fatale....

This is a light comedy from Edith Carlmar, Norways first woman director. It takes place in a company that sells baby toys. It is time to fill a leading position, and it is known the owner of the company only places married men on leading positions. T...

At a high mountain hotel in Norway, porter Poppe tries to do the best he can for the guests with an often unhelpful piccolo Rudolf. This, however, leads to a lot of problems, and Poppe thinks some of the guests behave inappropriate....

For the second time the two curious boys named Pelle and Proffen get mixed up in dangerous business....

Main character Esther feels like she doesn't fit into the 'elite' and takes the big showdown with those who always have....

The young wife of an upper-class academic disappears while her husband is on holiday. In his search for her, the husband learns that there was much he did not know both about her past and about their relationship....

Lina is in her best age, mid-30s. She is strong-willed, resilient and self-conscious. There has never been a man in her life, on the contrary, she even had to play the man's role on the small farm to sustain herself and the parents. But the quest for...

During the Summer while his parents are busy with work, a nine year old boy slips into a fantasy world to entertain himself. A world of strange adults, talking birds and magic. On his quest travelling involves steam engines and handcars....

What is the answer to the riddle. What made the famous author, nobel prize winner, Knut Hamsun to support Hitler? 1945. The famous writer Knut Hamsun looks back to his youth., and compares his life with two of his works "Hunger" and "Mysteries"....

A conservative old bachelor buys an apartment previously owned by an artist who died suddenly. He has a weird feeling about the place from the start, and gets more and more obsessed by the previous owner's possessions and way of living. Finding some ...

The working-class family Bråten is living in a top floor of a tenement house on the outskirts of Oslo. The family includes three sons and two daughters, mother and father in one room and kitchen. Mother Hulda is the family hub while Mr.Bråten itself ...

Gunder Jomann lives in the small place of Elvestad. He prepares to receive his wife, Poona Bai, who he met and married in India. Gunder gets delayed when his sister is injured in a car accident and he sends the local taxidriver to transport her to hi...

In "Skadeskutt" we follow the couple Einar and Else Wang in a painful drama about love, happiness, sorrow and eternal damnation. About a couple's struggle trying to get pregnant and the despair of not succeeding. About psychological disorders and the...

A man falls in love with his young French language teacher. It becomes a complicated love story when his class mate Karin also begins to fancy her....

Water is very important for Oslo, both for business and private individuals. Where the water comes from, and what happens to it, are shown in this film. Both the city's water supply and sewage system are presented as well....

Three young freshly educated pilots are about to start their career....

Edith Carlmar (1911 – 2003) was Norway's first female director and a prominent figure in Norwegian film history. She created some of Norway's biggest box-office successes of all time. Agnes Moxnes interviews a frank and honest Carlmar, who talks abou...

From the time the island of Langåra was a summer home for Oslo's population....