Orion's Belt (1985)
February 8, 1985Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Helge Jordal
Tom Jansen
Sverre Anker Ousdal
Lars
Hans Ola Sørlie
Sverre
Vidar Sandem
Helge
Kjersti Holmen
Eva Gjelseth
Jon Eikemo
Bache, sysselmannen på Svalbard
Ola Solum
Director
Johan Sverre Myhre
Myhre
Tristan de Vere Cole
Director
Jan Hårstad
Tveten
Richard Harris
Writer
Holger Vistisen
Morken
Jon Michelet
Writer
Dag Alveberg
Producer
Erik Øksnes
Sørensen
Petter J. Borgli
Producer
Bjørg Telstad
Mai
Harald Paalgard
Director of Photography
Kjell Vassdal
Still Photographer
Bent Åserud
Original Music Composer
Geir Bøhren
Original Music Composer
Yngve Refseth
Assistant Editor
Bjørn Breigutu
Editor
Anne Marie Nørholm
Editor
Harald Egede-Nissen
Production Design / Art Direction
Erling Skåtun
Set Decoration
Gunnar Svensrud
Production Manager
Madeleine Fant
Script Supervisor
Jan Lindvik
Sound Mixer / Production Sound Mixer / Supervising Sound Editor
Anne Hamre
Costume Design
Anders Enger
First Assistant Director
Arve Figenschow
Second Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 8, 1985
Original NameOrions belte
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
Genres
Wiki.
Orion's Belt (Norwegian: Orions belte) is a 1985 Norwegian dual-language, political action thriller film, directed by Ola Solum and Tristan de Vere Cole. It is based on Jon Michelet's 1977 novel by the same name. The film follows three Svalbard-based shabby seamen, played by Helge Jordal, Sverre Anker Ousdal and Hans Ola Sørlie, who discover a Soviet bearing station. They are subsequently targets of Soviet liquidation and American interrogation in an attempt to quiet them and retain the political status quo. The Cold War topics were a critique of the Norwegian policy of allowing a Soviet presence on Svalbard.
The film was produced by Dag Alveberg and Petter Borgli, and the script was written by Briton Richard Harris. Two versions of the film were recorded, a Norwegian cinematic film and an English-language television film. First Solum shot the Norwegian-language scenes, and then Cole shot the same scene with the actors speaking English. The entire crew and cast lived on board a ship which traveled through Svalbard and Finnmark during production. The theme music, Svalbardtema, was composed by Geir Bøhren and Bent Åserud and has become an anthem for Svalbard.