Comrade Pedersen
Comrade Pedersen is a 2006 Norwegian drama film directed by Hans Petter Moland, starring Kristoffer Joner and Ane Dahl Torp. It is set in the late 1960s and 1970s and tells the story of a high-school teacher who tries to settle down in a small industrial town and gets caught up in the then trending Marxist-Leninist movement in Norway. The film is an adaptation of Dag Solstad's 1982 novel Gymnaslærer Pedersens beretning om [den store politiske vekkelse som har hjemsøkt vårt land].
The film premiered on 24 February 2006. Moland received the Best Director award at the Montreal [World Film Festival]. Dahl Torp received the prize for Best Actress at the 2006 Amanda Awards.
Cast
- Kristoffer Joner as school teacher Knut Pedersen
- Ane Dahl Torp as Nina Skåtøy
- Anne Ryg as Lise Tanner
- Jan Gunnar Røise as Werner Ludal
- Stig Henrik Hoff as Jan Klåstad
- Fridtjov Såheim as Gunnar Bøe
- Silje Torp as Anne Britt Bru
- Jon Øigarden as Harald Tholfsen
- Elin Sogn as Unni Langmoen
- Henriette Steenstrup as Mrs. Bøe
- Robert Skjærstad as Unni Langmoen's husband
- Linn Skåber as principal