Personal Info
Birth date
1893-04-18 (132 Years)
Day of death
1969-11-08
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Halden, Norway
Also known as
-Egil Hjorth-Jenssen
Biography
We dont have a biography for Egil Hjorth-Jenssen
Filmography
Venner
5.7
Overview:
Mountain climbing and its dangers get a different twist in this standard drama by Norwegian director Tancred Ibsen. When one of two climbing buddies returns from an attempt to scale Eagle Peak, he is happy to claim his award for being the first to reach the summit. But his celebration is short-lived after his friend comes back down from the mountain with another version of his "victory" climb. This second version has the supposedly successful climber cast as an attempted murderer. The story behind the climb comes out in flashbacks as the Alpine Club reviews the accusation.The Ashlad and the Hungry Troll
7.7
Overview:
An exuberant story about Askeladden, the hero of Norwegian traditional fairy tales, outwitting the good-natured troll.Scorched Earth
5.5
Overview:
During the German retreat in WWII, Finnmark and Nord-Troms were laid waste - villages, schools and hospitals razed and 60,000 people driven into mountain hideouts - but, come liberation, those who’d survived in caves and huts returned with fierce determination to rebuild their homeland.The Chasers
7.2
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A love triangle of two men who desire the same woman. We follow them through three days of grouse hunting, a chase that ends violently. Or does it?Op med hodet!
5.3
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The stuttering Theobald stumbles upon some ballet girls who are in town with a touring theater company and falls in love with Lill. This leads to an interest in becoming an actor, and a theater manager sees him as an unintentional comic relief on stage.The Wayward Girl
6.3
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Gerd, considered a woman of dubious morals, falls in love with a boy whose family does not accept their relationship, so both run away and settle in a cabin in the woods where they meet a sullen man who tests their love.Heaven and Hell
4
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Norwegian propaganda film and cult drama about Eva (16) and Arne (17), both from well established homes, attend a class where a professor says that cannabis is safer than alcohol. Together with some friends they decide to try the drug. The start of a drug hell for all involved. The film was poorly received by the critics, but it nonetheless became one of the highest-grossing theater films in Norway in 1969.Nothing but Troubles
6.4
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The working-class family Bråten is living in a top floor of a tenement house on the outskirts of Oslo. The family includes three sons and two daughters, mother and father in one room and kitchen. Mother Hulda is the family hub while Mr.Bråten itself is a silent and withdrawn worker. Children contribute in their own way to the neighbors are right when they exclaim: Never anything but trouble! There are problems for all when the police come into the picture after the one his son is participating in a car theft. Middle of all this chaos, 16-year-old Maiken (Vigdis Røising) moves out and seek questionable friends, which brings her into conflict with his father. A tragedy brings the family together again.The Market of the Unknowns
5
Overview:
The Market of the Unknowns is a burlesque and socially critical tale of a flea market in Oslo, which is organized for the benefit of slum dwellers in Lima. Based a on novel by Åge Rønning.Hans Nielsen Hauge
5.5
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Hans Nielsen Hauge was a Norwegian reformer in the early 1800's both financially and spiritually.Unknown Man's Story
6
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Erik Dahl escapes from prison where he is serving a sentence for smuggling. He seeks out his family, but the police have already been there, and he will have to flee. Erik alters their appearance and start a new life as fishmonger in a small town, but he plans to leave the country...The Bus
6
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Thorvald runs a local bus route, with a 1923-model bus nicknamed 'Gamla', in the Norwegian country side. Thorvald himself always takes time to make numerous stops along his route to help out with the smallest of problems. The old man is so caring he sometimes forgets to charge money from his travelers. But modern times are lurking on the doorstep - in the figure of a grumpy county official and an offer from an outside bus company.Lend Me Your Wife
5.8
Overview:
This is a light comedy from Edith Carlmar, Norways first woman director. It takes place in a company that sells baby toys. It is time to fill a leading position, and it is known the owner of the company only places married men on leading positions. This leads a young bachelor to "borrow" his best friends wife to have a chance at the position. This leads to a lot of comic misunderstandings, not the least because the owner of the company himself falls for the new young wife.Ugler i mosen
7
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Oslo family the Monsens recieve uncle Pavel's house on the south coast of Norway after his passing. Mr. Monsen is also under the assumption that he has won 5000NOK in the lottery, though things are not as they seem. On an old record, the little girls hear uncle Pavel tell the story of a lost treasure buried somewhere in the house, but to find its location, one must solve 4 riddles.Bustenskjold
5
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Jens von Bustenskjold is a farmer despite his more promising family past when his family was of a fine descent. But he is lazy, and he wants to improve by marrying rich. Then he inherits a large sum of money.Millionær for en aften
7
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Shipping broker Landheim tries to save a failing theater, but falls in love. Is the broker a journalist, and the actress a prima donna? Who knows?Sankt Hans fest
NYR
Overview:
The difficult priest Kruse is against the business community's town mid-summer party planned by Garman. Based on the novel by Alexander Kielland.Gylne ungdom
4
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Student Tom Polden lives in difficult conditions at home. His mother lives constantly on the memories of her deceased husband. Her little hat shop is rather poor and the economy is peal. Tom constantly hear about the magnificent father, and becomes a big blow when he overhears his father shot himself because he had embezzled a substantial amount of money.The Mysterious Apartment
6
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A conservative old bachelor buys an apartment previously owned by an artist who died suddenly. He has a weird feeling about the place from the start, and gets more and more obsessed by the previous owner's possessions and way of living. Finding some loveletters written by the deceased's mistress, Dott, gives him an irressistible urge to get to know her better.Onkel Vanja
5
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A retired professor has returned to his estate to live with his beautiful young wife, Elena.Operasjon Løvsprett
5.5
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A group of very different men are summoned for their refresher training at Haglemoen military camp. One more strange than the other, we get to meet jovial salesman Goggen Rask, car mechanic Bottolph Johansen, nicknamed daydreamer, and ship-owner Rieber Larsen Jr. They form an unruly faction which Major Kampstrup struggles to maintain structured and prepared, not to mention keeping them inside the camp premises before they pretend sick to see the nurses Bitten and Florence. The men do their best to get through their rigourous training, with great confusion and comical situations.Ungen
NYR
Overview:
Milja, living in Kristiania in the late 1800s, becomes pregnant, but the father of the child, Julius, is not around after the child has been born and Milja decides to adopt it. Milja struggles to live with her decision.The Master and His Servants
6.6
Overview:
While Sigurd Helmer is being dressed in his bishop's robes, the fanatical Tornkvist arrives at the ordination and watches from the background. Even before the ordination is over, he goes to the police. He has evidence that Helmer has stolen the office with the help of anonymous letters that slandered Tornkvist in the battle for the bishop's crozier. At the banquet in the bishop's residence, Tornkvist drops the accusation like a bomb. At the same time, he announces his engagement to Helmer's daughter, and the banquet table dissolves into complete confusion. Only Helmer's wife stands firm in her belief in his innocence. Helmer is then brought to trial, accused by Tornkvist. Based on Axel Kielland's play from 1955.Vi som går kjøkkenveien
NYR
Overview:
Well off Helga takers on a bet that she can be a house maid for a year, to get a diamond ring, which leads to a job that implicates quite a lot, and even challenges her father's motorcycle production business.Alle tiders kupp
4.5
Overview:
The film is about three men who rob a liquor store. They are all being investigated and pursued by the authorities – more or less justifiably – and find an original way to get money to pay their taxes. But it's one thing to steal 50,000 bottles of liquor, and quite another to get rid of them again.The Wild Duck
3.5
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The play opens in the study at Hakon Werle's house during a dinner party for the return of Werle's son, Gregers, from the Hoidal mines. Gregers has not come home for fifteen years. Old Ekdal appears before two servants, begging to be let into the office. Ekdal was an army officer and partner to Werle until a forestry scandal sent him to prison over some scandal. He now works as one of Werle's copyists.Musicians
4.3
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A caretaker at a music academy is solving most problems for the young musicians, however not only the most appropriate way. But down inside he really has a dream of his own, which goes far beyond being the caretaker.Maimed
5.4
Overview:
In "Skadeskutt" we follow the couple Einar and Else Wang in a painful drama about love, happiness, sorrow and eternal damnation. About a couple's struggle trying to get pregnant and the despair of not succeeding. About psychological disorders and the society's insane judging of people with such problems. A nationwide press was impressed with "Skadeskutt". The director Edith Carlmar, one of the first female directors in Norway, was compared with Hitchcock for her work. For actor Carsten Winger, his portrayal of the character in the movie was considered a victory and a big achievement. "A sure success", "Impressive" and "A victory for Norwegian Films" are some lines from the critics. "Skadeskutt" is one of the breakthroughs within Norwegian film making.Troll-Elgen
5.6
Overview:
This the story of a wizard elk - Rauten, as people called him. He was a human being in animal guise. The story begins in Ré Valley, which lies like a yawning gap between mountains, long and flat with borders of forests so dark that they look as though part of the blackness of night lingered in them. A river moves sluggishly along the bottom of the valley, making its way slowly and carefully between stretches of light-red sand. It runs northwards, a rare thing in Norway.Acting
1970Ska' vi lege skjul? as Unknown
1969Heaven and Hell as Pantelåner
1969Scorched Earth as Herdis' bestefar
1968The Market of the Unknowns as Glassblåsern, homeless
1967The Ashlad and the Hungry Troll as (voice)
1967Musicians as Musikklærer, 'Beethoven'
1966Kontorsjef Tangen (1 Episode) as Skraphandleren
1964Møte med "Pæra" as Unknown
1964Alle tiders kupp as Politimester Wold
1963Onkel Vanja as Telyegin
1963The Wild Duck as Fet herre
1962Operasjon Løvsprett as Unknown
1961The Bus as Tallerud
1961Oss atomforskere i mellom as A. Tom Bang
1961Hans Nielsen Hauge as Boktrykker i Christiania
1961Sønner av Norge as Unknown
1960Ungen as Krestoffer
1960Millionær for en aften as Unknown
1960Veien tilbake as Barbaren
1960Venner as Gammel journalist
1960Surrounded as Eliassen
1960Petter from Ruskoey as Unknown
1959Ugler i mosen as Dehli, kjøpmann
1959The Wayward Girl as Police Officer
1959The Chasers as Unknown
1959The Master and His Servants as Skrivemaskinreperatøren
1958Bustenskjold as Bank-sjefen
1958Lend Me Your Wife as Unknown
1956Gylne ungdom as Chr. Dahl, gårdeier
1954Nothing but Troubles as Marsjandiseren
1954Heksenetter as En arbeider på kirkegården
1953The Disappearance of a Young Wife as Olsen
1951Unknown Man's Story as Hotellverten
1951Maimed as Andersen, pasient
1948The Mysterious Apartment as Advokaten
1947Sankt Hans fest as Peder Pedersen
1933Op med hodet! as Teatersjefen
1933Vi som går kjøkkenveien as Anders, Becks dreng
1932The Princess That No One Could Match as Pål
1927Troll-Elgen as Tølleiv, tjenestegutt på Rustbakke
Writing
1948Vi seiler ... Writer