Sophie's World (film)
- Silje Storstein: Sophie Amundsen / Hilde Møller Knag / Olympe de Gouges
- Tomas of Brömssen: Alberto Knox
- Andrine Sæther: Sophie's mother
- Bjørn Floberg: Major Albert Knag
- Hans Alfredson: Socrates
- Nils Vogt: Lærer Jacobsen
- Minken Fosheim: Hilde's mother
- Edda Trandum Grjotheim: Jorunn
- Arne Dahl Haakonaasen: Georg / Mischa / Giovanni
- Sullivan Lloyd Nordrum: Jørgen
- Kjersti Holmen: Woman Johnsen
- Ingar Helge Gimle: Mr. Johnsen
- Giorgos Floros: Meletos
- Sven Henriksen: Plato
- Mark Tandy: William Shakespeare
- Kåre Conradi: Hamlet
- Espen Skjønberg: Leonardo da Vinci
- Eindride Eidsvold: Michelangelo Buonarroti
- Ola Otnes: Nicolaus Copernicus
- Finn Show: Johann Gutenberg
- Rocco Petruzzi: Architect Spinotti
- Christian Skolmen: Maximilien de Robespierre
- Jesper Christensen: Søren Kierkegaard Aabye
- Michael N. Harbour: George Berkeley
- Pyotr Sapegin: Russian Officer
- Lars Arentz -Hansen: FN - officer
- Jon Eivind Gullord: tourist guide in Greece
- Sofie Cappelen: Lady Marion
- Andrea Gustavsson: Rødhette / Little Red Riding Hood
- Jon Øigarden: Harry
- Geir Pettersen: Zorro
- Maria Sand Gustavson: Peggy Sue
- Kari Simonsen: Old woman
- Lars Steinar Sørebø: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Christoffer Staib: Robin Hood
The feature film Sophie's World, which was produced in 1999 in Norway, is one of the amphibians films. It was directed by Erik Gustavson.
In the dramatic adventure film based on the book Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder Silje Storstein Sofie plays a schoolgirl who is concerned with philosophical questions and thereby gradually recognize the real nature of their world.
Action
The 14 -year-old Sophie Amundsen gets sent by an unknown letters. In the first letter is only the question " Who are you? ". In a second stands alone the question " Where does the world?". Inspired by these questions, it thinks about itself and the world. You begin to understand what philosophy is and means. Soon she met the writer of the letters know. It is the mysterious Alberto Knox. With him, she wanders through the exciting history of philosophy, at the end she realizes the real nature of their world and must question their own existence. She notes that it is only a fictional character in a fictional story, but also discovered that they still exist.
Production background
The shooting of the film began on 26 February 1998. Was filmed at the original sites in Norway and Greece. Next NRK studios were used in Oslo. After about 110 days of filming the work was completed. When the film was released in 1999, it was $ 10 million the most expensive Norwegian film that was ever produced.
The premiere of the film took place in Norway on 6 August 1999. This was followed by the premieres in Denmark ( November 12, 1999), Sweden ( 19 November 1999), in Germany ( December 2, 1999), in Switzerland ( February 3, 2000), in Japan ( on 29. July 2000), in Argentina ( November 2, 2000), Iceland (where the video premiere ) ( 21 November 2000), the Netherlands ( November 2000) 30, in Mexico ( 21 April 2002 ) and Greece ( 17 January 2003).
To what extent was dubbed the film for the said countries or whether there were subtitles, is not entirely clear in every case. It is remarkable that the film was indeed produced originally in Norwegian language, which speaks Alberto Knox represented by Swedish actor Tomas of Brömssen but throughout Swedish. Approximately 2005 appeared a DVD version with English subtitles. But with regard to Germany is the thing clear, about 2000 appeared a dubbed version on video (VHS and DVD).
In addition to the theatrical version, a longer and slightly different cut multi-part television series version of Sophie's World was produced at the same time. Thus, the film belongs to the so-called amphibians films. The eight -part series was first aired in Norway on October 5, 2000. Finland followed on 12 April 2001 and Sweden on 1 June 2001. In Germany, the series was first broadcast on 15 February 2003.
Order index of simultaneously produced television series
Media
- DVD: Sophie's World - Constantin video; the theatrical version of the film
- VHS: Sophie's World - Constantin video; the theatrical version of the film
- Music: Sophie's World ( Sophie's World) - of East, Various, and Randall Meyers