SOPHIE'S WORLD

(Sofies verden)
A film directed by Erik Gustavson
1999 - 113 minutes - Color - Dolby - NC

Synopsis

Sofie is an ordinary Norwegian girl. One day she receives a video tape on  which  a  certain  Alberto  Knox  talks  directly to her from ancient Greece. They then start to meet at different occasions and throughout the film, Alberto takes  Sofie   on   an   odyssey   of   the   history   of philosophy,  from ancient Greece, over the Roman empire, the Middle ages, the renaissance, the enlightenment, the big revolutions  and  up to  today.  Throughout  this  journey, they start to realize that they are only fictions of a story writer's imagination and start conceiving a plan for escaping into reality.

Main Cast

Silje Storstein
Tomas von Brömssen
Andrine Sæther
Bjørn Floberg
Hasse Alfredson
Nils Vogt
Minken Fosheim
Edda Trandum Grjotheim
Arne Haakenaasen Dahl
Sullivan Lloyd Nordrum
Kjersti Holmen
Ingar Helge Gimle
Giorgios Floros
Sven Henriksen
Mark Tandy
Sofie Amundsen / Hilde Møller ...
Alberto Knox
Sofie's mother
Major Albert Knag
Socrates
Lærer Jacobsen
Hildes mor
Jorunn
Georg / Mischa / Giovanni
Jørgen
Fru Johnsen
Herr Johnsen
Meletos
Platon
William Shakespeare

Production

Audiovisuellt Produksjonsfond
Danmarks Radio (DR)
Filmkameratene A/S
Inkas Film & T.V. Productions
NRK Drama
Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond
Nordiska TV-Samarbetsfonden
Norsk Filminstitutt
Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK)
Ríkisútvarpið-Sjónvarp (RÚV)
SF Norge A/S
Sveriges Television (SVT)
Yleisradio (YLE)

Distributors

Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (Norway)
Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (Sweden)

Box-Office

Budget
NOK70,000,000

Also Known As

Sofies värld (se)

Release Dates

🇳🇴 August 06, 1999
🇸🇪 November 19, 1999

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