Himmel og helvete (1969)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Director:

Øyvind Vennerød

Writers:

Victor Borg (writer)
Øyvind Vennerød (writer)

Release Date:

9 January 1970 (Finland)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Music

Plot Keywords:

Oslo Norway | Drug Abuse | Death | LSD | Sex

Cast

Sigrid Huun	...	Eva Falck
Lillebjørn Nilsen	...	Arne
Georg Richter	...	Ivar Falck
Randi Kolstad	...	Berit, Evas mor (as Randi Borch)
Per Tofte	...	Zatek, pusher
Pål Skjønberg	...	Hermansen, politi
Svein Sturla Hungnes	...	Rasmussen
Per Jansen	...	Johan, Zateks håndlanger
Arne Aas	...	Orheim, psykolog
Bjørn Puggaard-Müller
Vivi-Ann
Ingrid Øvre Wiik	...	Fru Lauritzen (as Ingrid Øvre)
Arne Bang-Hansen	...	Trosdahl, overlege
Kari Diesen	...	Arnes bestemor
Svein Skaara	...	Knut Brenden

Also Known As:

Heaven and Hell (International: English title)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

Norway

Language:

Norwegian

Colour:

Colour (Eastmancolor)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Oslo, Norway

Company:

Contact Film

Anti drug movie which became a turkey

This is the famous norwegian anti-drug movie which is considered to be a turkey today. There are more than one thing you can point your finger at in this movie but let's start with the actors who are pretty wooden through the whole movie. That critic goes particularly to those who are playing the leading roles. The other element is the anti-drug message in the movie. The message are "if you start with pot you'll go to hell on a heroin overdose the next day". This is what makes the movie so unrealistic and naive. Nobody believe this kind of propaganda any longer. An another strange thing about this movie are all the rather daring nude scenes. This is pretty unusual for a movie made in the 60's, even the late 60's, but I guess that the director put it there to attract more teenagers. However, the movie as a whole is watchable in a way and not totally without interest, but it's perhaps more like a curiosity though.