Stella Polaris

Overview

Knut Erik Jensen's personal visual poem, an Elegy for a culture that no longer exists. Stella Polaris is a personal document in fiction form of a bygone era and culture in the northernmost part of Norway. At the same time described the current Finnmark in the scene from our own time. The story is narrated by a woman's eyes, both as children in the busy fishing village and as an adult in the present. She returns to the birthplace and remember how life was before the fishing village was closed. Love story between her and her childhood friend is central to the action. 'Stella Polaris' is in the form of associative told with an unconventional dramaturgy.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 8, 1993

Original language

Norwegian

Spoken languages

English, German, Norwegian

Countries

Norway

Production

Oslo-Film AS

Cast

Anne Krigsvoll,Thom Bastholm,Ole Lindseth,Vegard Jensen,Eirin Hargaut,Øystein Mathiesen,Ketil Høegh

Director

Knut Erik Jensen

Writer

René Bjerke,Knut Erik Jensen

Producer

Egil Ødegård

Cinematography

Svein Krøvel

Music

Arne Nordheim

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0108221