Insomnia [videorecording] / a Janus Films release ; Norsk Film AS i samproduksjon med Nordic Screen Production AS presenterer ; manuskript Nikolaj Frobenius i samarbeid med Erik Skjoldbjærg ; produsenter Petter J. Borgli, Tomas Backström, Tom Remlov ; en film av Erik Skjoldbjærg.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: INS030 | Criterion CollectionLanguage: Norwegian, Swedish Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 47.Publication details: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c1999.Description: 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0780022203
- 9780780022201
- Title on container: Erik Skjoldbjærg's Insomnia
- Photography, Erling Thurmann-Andersen ; editor, Håkon Øverås ; music, Geir Jenssen.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | WORLD Insomnia | Available | 33111007411990 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Norwegian filmmaker Erik Skjoldbjaerg makes his directorial debut with the psychological police drama Insomnia. Swedish homicide detective Jonas Engström (Stellan Skarsgård) and his partner, Erik Vik (Sverre Anker Ousdal), arrive in a small Northern Norwegian town to help the local police investigate the murder of a teenage girl. When Jonas finds the girl's backpack, he sets a trap for the killer near a remote shed. While waiting to make an ambush in the morning fog, Jonas accidentally shoots Erik. He knows it was only an accident, but he decides to keep it a secret because he could lose his job. Jonas chooses to carry on with his investigation while trying to cover up the evidence of Erik's death. Meanwhile, he's unable to get any sleep due to the constant sunlight of the Norwegian summer and his increasingly guilty conscience. His only help comes from highly intuitive local police officer Hilda Haugen (Gisken Armand), who begins to form her own doubts about Jonas. As he continues to lose his grip on the case at hand, he becomes dangerously close to the suspects, Jon Holt (Bjørn Floberg) and Frøya (Marianne O. Ulrichsen). Filmmaker Christopher Nolan directed the English-language remake of Insomnia in 2002 with Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
Includes Norwegian trailer and TV spot.
Videodisc release of the 1997 film.
Photography, Erling Thurmann-Andersen ; editor, Håkon Øverås ; music, Geir Jenssen.
Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Bjorn Floberg, Gisken Armand, Maria Bonnevie.
Disgraced Swedish detective Jonas Engström travels to Northern Norway to solve a brutal murder. Unable to sleep through the night of the midnight sun, Engström quickly loses his grip on the case and his mind.
DVD, stereo, widescreen (1.85:1).
In Norwegian and Swedish with optional English subtitles.