Bare et liv – historien om Fridtjof Nansen
1968 Norway, Soviet Union film
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Only One Life: the Story of Fridtjof Nansen[1] (Bokmål: Bare et liv – Historien om Fridtjof Nansen) is a 1968 Norwegian/Soviet[2] biographical drama film directed by Sergei Mikaelyan, starring Knut Wigert and Veslemøy Haslund. The film depicts three important episodes in the life of Fridtjof Nansen (Wigert): his North Pole expedition, his diplomatic work with the League of Nations and his humanitarian work during the 1930s famine in Ukraine.
| Just a Life: the Story of Fridtjof Nansen | |
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| Directed by | Sergei Mikaelyan |
| Written by | Odd Bang-Hansen Yuli Dunsky |
| Starring | Knut Wigert Veslemøy Haslund Rolf Sand Joachim Calmeyer Jack Fjeldstad |
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Running time | 89 minutes (Norway) 85 minutes (Soviet Union) |
| Countries | Norway, Soviet Union |
| Languages | Norwegian, Russian |
The title is sometimes translated as Storm Over Catastrophe[3] or Just One Life.[2]
Cast
- Knut Wigert as Fridtjof Nansen
- Veslemøy Haslund as Eva Nansen
- Rolf Sand as Erik Werenskiold
- Joachim Calmeyer as Roald Amundsen
- Jack Fjeldstad as Otto Sverdrup
- Knut Ørvig as Hjalmar Johansen
- Evgeniy Evstigneev as Georgy Chicherin
- Arne Aas as Philip Noel-Baker
- Roy Bjørnstad as Henrik Greve Blessing
- Gunnar Enekjær as Lars Pettersen
- Torgils Moe as Peder Leonard Hendriksen
- Odd-Jan Sandsdalen as Sigurd Scott Hansen
- Richard Svare as Frederick George Jackson
- Annemari Johansen as Liv Nansen
- Yngve Horn as Kåre Nansen
- Tori Liseth as Irmelin Nansen
- Thomas Wollnick as Åsmund Nansen
