Varg Veum - Yours Until Death

2008 1h 26m NO

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★6.1TMDB · 35

DramaThrillerCrime

Synopsis

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Private eye Varg Veum is on a routine mission searching for his client Jonas Andresen's stolen car. The car is found having been used in a brutal robbery and not long after that the client himself turns up dead.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Trond Espen Seim
Varg Veum
Bjørn Floberg
Jacob Hamre
Endre Hellestveit
Isachsen
Kathrine Fagerland
Anna Keilhaug
Henrik Mestad
Jonas Andresen
Sølje Bergman
Wenche Andresen
Jon Ketil Johnsen
Gunnar Våge
Ulrik Lullau
Roar Andresen

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Erik Richter Strand
Writers: Kjersti Helen Rasmussen
Languages: Norwegian
Countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany

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RUNTIME

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86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 4 countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Varg Veum Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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WORLD

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Erik Richter Strand, shot by Johan-Fredrik Bødtker. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Simen Gengenbach shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Trond Espen Seim and Bjørn Floberg and Endre Hellestveit carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Erik Richter Strand directs. Johan-Fredrik Bødtker behind the camera. Simen Gengenbach cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany. Dialogue in Norwegian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 18 years ago.
3International production across 4 countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany.
4Part of the "Varg Veum Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
6Directed by Erik Richter Strand, shot by Johan-Fredrik Bødtker. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Editor Simen Gengenbach shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Trond Espen Seim and Bjørn Floberg and Endre Hellestveit carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt1181935 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 35 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Classified under 8 themes, including "new love", "robbery", "based on novel or book", "sexuality".

The technical file

Cinematography: Johan-Fredrik Bødtker
Editing: Simen Gengenbach
Production design: Roger Rosenberg
Costume design: Maxine Blystad
Runtime: 86 min · 1h 26m
Status: Released
Original language: NO
Certification (US): 15
IMDB: Varg Veum - Yours Until Death (2008)

Part of

Varg Veum Collection

Varg Veum is the central character in a series of crime novels, written by Gunnar Staalesen, about a private detective who lives in Bergen, on the west coast of Norway. The books have been translated into several languages, including English, German, Swedish, and Danish. Three of the novels are available in English: Yours Until Death, At Night All Wolves Are Grey, and The Writing on the Wall.