This film provides contrasts and similarities among the three countries. In Norway, Deneen visits with a fishing family from the small city of Alesund, in Denmark, with a farm family, and in Sweden, with the family of a glassworker. The countries are contrasted in terms of natural resources and reliance on trade.
Documentary vacation trip through the high and especially naked north.
Lone Wolves & Dragon Tattoos traces the evolution of Nordic crime fiction, from its humble beginnings with the Martin Beck novels of the 1960s straight through to the worldwide phenomenon of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, featuring interviews with some of the actors, writers and producers who bring these mysteries to life on-screen.
Un policía (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) persigue desde Dinamarca por toda Europa al asesino de su compañero, mientras se suceden por el continente una serie de atentados terroristas.
This is a humouristic viewpoint upon Norways history the last 100 years - Since the end of the union with Sweden in 1905. A Guide through Norways history the last 100 years.
La guerra entre la humanidad y las máquinas inteligentes ha comenzado y las máquinas están ganando. Tomasz es un desertor que intenta esconderse lo más lejos posible de la batalla. En el vasto vacío del norte de Escandinavia conoce a Lilja, la última superviviente de un grupo de resistencia, que está decidida a luchar contra las máquinas superiores. Cada minuto que pasa las máquinas se acercan en busca de los últimos restos de la raza humana. Y el enemigo no sólo dispara en cuanto lo ve: sus sensores perfectos están programados para reconocer patrones de voz humana. Entonces, si hablas o incluso susurras, mueres.
A 4 year-old boy stands in awe of a 1,000 year-old Viking boat in a small Norwegian museum and finds within its silent grace an impressionistic sweep of picture and music revealing the rich spirit of Norway and its people. (This is the movie that was shown after the Maelstrom Ride in Epcot Center)
Beck and his men investigates a murder of a Russian woman. At the same time as SÄPO (The Swedish Security Agency) sees a chance of getting a Russian in the embassy deported.
BLACK METAL SATANICA is an in-depth documentary capturing the dark, mystical and evil history of the Black Metal genre. Based on Scandinavian Viking lore, Black Metal borrows from ancient Viking melodies, lyrics and mythology dating back to the 11th century.
In Soviet-era Estonia, three young mavericks drop everything and flee to Sweden, but soon learn the free world is not all it's cracked up to be.
Our hero is Umbi (an acronym for emissary of the bishop), sent by him to undertake an important investigation at Snæfell-glacier. In particular he is to look into the conduct and behavior of Jón Prímus, the old pastor at Snæfell. Fantastic rumors are rife: amongst other things it is said that a corpse is lodged in the glacier! Armed with his tape recorder and notebook, Umbi embarks upon his mission. He tries to question the weird locals, a weird lot, but gets evasive answers. Slowly he is dragged into a quagmire of strange happenings and his efforts to understand only make him confused. If at the beginning he is a chipper, a mere device, by the end of the story he is inextricably involved, a committed participant in the bizarre events.
Un grupo de amigos de la universidad se reúnen para emprender un viaje de senderismo por los montes de Suecia, con la finalidad de rendir homenaje a uno de ellos, muerto de forma violenta. Cuando se internan en el bosque, una presencia amenazante empieza a acosarles.
La historia narra como el valiente y joven Hols cumple con la última voluntad de su difunto padre, buscar su pueblo, que años atrás fue arrasado por el demonio Grunwald. Sólo la Espada del Sol podrá acabar con el demonio y para ello necesitará la ayuda de los hombres, comprendiendo así Hols la importancia de estar unidos... Primera película dirigida por Isao Takahata, contó con Hayao Miyazaki como máximo responsable de la animación y Toei Douga la estrenó en cines japoneses en 1968, llegando a EEUU durante los años 80 bajo el nombre de "El Pequeño Príncipe Nórdico Valiente" (Little Norse Prince).
Siglo X. Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan (Banderas) es un noble árabe que es expulsado de sus tierras por cortejar a una mujer. Acompañado de su mentor (Sharif), emprende un viaje al Norte, donde entrará en contacto con un grupo de guerreros vikingos que tienen que enfrentarse con una horda de salvajes que atacan sus poblados y devoran a sus gentes. La profecía de una bruja, anunciando el triunfo de los vikingos gracias a la intervención de un extranjero, anima a Ahmed a ayudarles en la lucha...
A postal worker falls in love with the Chinese waitress at a Chinese restaurant. They start dating and quickly fall in and out of love, the waitress returning to China. The young man looks for comfort in his father but he's too preoccupied with winning the Eurovision song contest. After listening to loser friends talk about what Sylvester Stallone would do in his situation, the postal worker decides to buy a ticket to China and follow his love to her home.
A video about Neo-Nazis originating in Sweden provides the starting point of an investigation of extremists' networks in Europe, Russia, and North America. Their propaganda is a message of hatred, war, and segregation.