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Poster of The Half Brother

The Half Brother

1 Seasons-8 Episodes
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7.6 / 10 8

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.

Directed by Per-Olav Sørensen

Writers Lars Saabye Christensen Mette M. Bølstad

Stars Nicolai Cleve Broch Frank Kjosås Mariann Hole

Videos

Thumbnail of the video: Trailer «Halvbroren»

Trailer «Halvbroren»

Cast

Nicolai Cleve Broch's picture in the cast

Nicolai Cleve Broch

Barnum
Frank Kjosås's picture in the cast

Frank Kjosås

Fred
Mariann Hole's picture in the cast

Mariann Hole

Vera
Marianne Nielsen's picture in the cast

Marianne Nielsen

Boletta
Oskar Sandven Lundevold's picture in the cast

Oskar Sandven Lundevold

Barnum as Boy
Agnes Kittelsen's picture in the cast

Agnes Kittelsen

Vivian
Vibeke Juell Bugge's picture in the cast

Vibeke Juell Bugge

Vivian as a girl
Henrik Holm's picture in the cast

Henrik Holm

Young Peder

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