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Elling

Elling

They're packed and ready for the greatest adventure of their lives. All they have to do is get out of the house.

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2001•1h 29m•7.1/10
ComedyDrama

Ratings

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7.1/10(189)

40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.

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Production

Maipo Film

Language

NO

Status

Released

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Cast

Per Christian Ellefsen

Per Christian Ellefsen

Elling

Sven Nordin

Sven Nordin

Kjell Bjarne

Marit Pia Jacobsen

Reidun Nordsletten

Jørgen Langhelle

Jørgen Langhelle

Frank Åsli

Per Christensen

Per Christensen

Alfons Jørgensen

Hilde Olausson

Hilde Olausson

Gunn

Ola Otnes

Ola Otnes

Hauger

Eli Anne Linnestad

Eli Anne Linnestad

Johanne

Cecilie A. Mosli

Cecilie A. Mosli

Cecilie Kornes

Joachim Rafaelsen

Joachim Rafaelsen

Haakon Willum

Per Gørvell

Per Gørvell

Eriksen

Knud Dahl

Servitør på bar

Knut Haugmark

Knut Haugmark

Stasjonsbetjent

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