Varg Veum - At Night All Wolves Are Grey

2011 1h 30m NO

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6.5

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★6.5TMDB · 32

Crime

Synopsis

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Varg Veum investigates a case where his good friend Even, a highly decorated ex-army officer, is falsely accused of bombing Armakon, a weapons storage facility.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Trond Espen Seim
Varg Veum
Bjørn Floberg
Jacob Hamre
Lene Nystrøm
Karin Bjørge
Jon Øigarden
Even Nymark
Ane Dahl Torp
Elise
George Mendel
Konrad Fritz
Jonathan Espolin-Johnson
Harald Ulvven
Randolf Walderhaug
Holger Karlssen

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alexander Eik
Writers: Alexander Eik, Trygve Allister Diesen
Languages: English, Norwegian
Countries: Denmark, Norway

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RUNTIME

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

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ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Norwegian.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Denmark, Norway.

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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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AWARDS

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alexander Eik, shot by Dániel Garas. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Alexander Eik directs. Dániel Garas behind the camera. Leif Axel Kjeldsen cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Denmark, Norway. Dialogue in English, Norwegian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 15 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Norwegian.
4International production across 2 countries: Denmark, Norway.
5Part of the "Varg Veum Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
7Directed by Alexander Eik, shot by Dániel Garas. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Editor Leif Axel Kjeldsen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Trond Espen Seim and Bjørn Floberg and Lene Nystrøm carry the top of the cast.
10IMDB entry: tt2102465 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 32 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Dániel Garas
Editing: Leif Axel Kjeldsen
Production design: Mónika Esztán
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Status: Released
Original language: NO
Certification (US): 15
IMDB: Varg Veum - At Night All Wolves Are Grey (2011)

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.