Hans Bille Movies

Based upon true events and the novel by Gabriel Scott about terrible conditions in a foster family.

The story of the sour old virgin who celebrates Christmas with the judge Bals. She makes life miserable for both the family and the other guests....

Based on the 1931 novel To levende og en død by Sigurd Christiansen. A post office worker is left wrestling with his conscience following a...

The film takes place during a time of famine. Norway has been at war with England and Sweden, and times are tough. Gjest Baardsen has gotten into...

Based on the true story of Norway's first labor strike, by female workers at a match factory in 1889.

An interesting look into 1931, a year of unemployment and misery in the forests of Norway. The movie is important as both film history and social...

When a popular doctor, leading the job to get a hospital to town, celebrates his 60th birthday there's a big party. But a new doctor discovers...

Lieutenant Thomas Glahn, a hunter and ex-military man, lives alone in a forest hut with his faithful dog. Meeting Edvarda, the daughter of a...

The classic movie from 1938 is an adaptation of Oscar Braatens play. Eva Sletto plays the young factory worker Milja, and Harald Heide Steen as her...

The film is often referred to as a «labor film», because it is one of several film dramas from the 1930s that the Norwegian labor...