The Half Brother (2013)
The Half Brother (2013)
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Plot.
Revolving around the life of un-produced screenwriter Barnum Nilsen, The Half Brother is a dramatic family saga that offers an historical parable of 20th century Europe. On V Day, May 1945, as a continent emerges from war, Barnum’s mother Vera is raped in her attic in Oslo by an unknown man, leading to the birth of Barnum’s half brother, Fred. When Barnum is born five years later, to the man that Vera has since met and married, the Nilsen family, like Europe, is already splitting in two. Growing up together during the Cold War – Barnum with his father, Fred searching for his – the half brothers become estranged and Fred eventually disappears. At the film festival in Berlin in 1990, as the Wall is still coming down, Barnum learns that Fred has returned. Finally, as the true identity of Fred’s father comes to light, the two half brothers may once again be reunited.
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Cast & Crew.

Nicolai Cleve Broch
Barnum

Frank Kjosås
Fred

Mariann Hole
Vera

Marianne Nielsen
Boletta

Oskar Sandven Lundevold
Barnum as Boy

Agnes Kittelsen
Vivian

Vibeke Juell Bugge
Vivian as a girl

Henrik Holm
Young Peder

Lars Saabye Christensen
Writer

Jon Øigarden
Arnold

Per-Olav Sørensen
Director

Ola G. Furuseth
Peder

Mette M. Bølstad
Writer

Katinka Lotherington
Second Assistant Director

Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Music

Wibecke Rønseth
Editor

Tom Aarø
Wigmaker

Hanna Zätterström
Assistant Makeup Artist

Anders Bergland
Editor

Sully Reed
Editor

Tonje S. Rolland
First Assistant Director

Brita Johansen
Makeup Artist

Hanna Zetterberg
Makeup Artist

Olav Øen
Producer

John Christian Rosenlund
Cinematography

Vidar Svendsen
Assistant Makeup Artist

Håkon Briseid
Producer

Christopher Gibbs
Editor

Belinda Sørensen
Casting

Karen Fabritius Gram
Costume Design

Nina Elise Johansen
Makeup Artist

Eva von Bahr
Makeup Artist

Rebecca Padoin
Production Manager

Lars Vestergaard
Cinematography

Mette Holme Nielsen
Casting

Mirja Melberg
Editor

Knut Inge Solbu
Production Manager

Mina Holdhus
Producer

Kjersti Paulsen
Assistant Director

Anna Asp
Production Design

Merete Boström
Production Design

Veslemøy Fosse Ree
Makeup Artist

Love Larson
Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Nina B. Andersson Figenschow
Executive Producer

Marte Helgesen
Production Manager

Jan Christian Frugård
Assistant Director
Media.


















Details.
Release DateJanuary 6, 2013
Original NameHalvbroren
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes8
Running Time45m
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
based on novel or book
family history
family tragedy
motherhood
lost brother
norway
post war life
Miniseries
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