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Petter Næss
Director 66 years old

Petter Næss

Bærum, Norway

Petter Næss is the director of Elling which was Oscar nominated in 2000. Otherwise he has primarily busied himself in the world of plays and revues, both as scriptwriter, director and actor. Since 1997 he has been employed as a director at Oslo New Theatre, and was, among... Read full bio →

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Petter Næss 2025 1h 29m 5.0

When you're the prime minister and your husband has a bad attitude, throwing him under the bus is not enough. Unless it's an articulated bus. At least that's the tactic Prime Minister Alma Solvik (Laila Goody) and her scandalized spin doctor Karianne Moen (Pia Tjelta) choose when her husband Sondre (Anders Baasmo) is caught speculating on stocks.

Ingenting å le av

Ingenting å le av

Petter Næss 2021 1h 47m 6.5

Kasper Berntsen is a successful stand-up comedian, who has everything he could wish for. One day everything changes. He learns that he has a serious illness, and his girlfriend puts an end to it.

Into the White

Into the White

Petter Næss 2012 1h 44m 7.0

During World War II, enemy fighter pilots find themselves face to face after shooting down one another's planes over a desolate landscape. In order to survive, they must set aside the rules of war.

Maskeblomstfamilien

Maskeblomstfamilien

Petter Næss 2010 1h 38m 5.0

The summer of 1951 a couple get their first and only child. A boy. Or is it? Ouside the birds stop singing, and there's a solar eclipse. The parents deny an operation which could make Adrian a whole human being.

Tatt av kvinnen

Tatt av kvinnen

Petter Næss 2007 1h 27m 6.0

A woman moves into a young man's home and starts to run his life -- a process that makes him fall hopelessly in love with her.

Mozart and the Whale

Mozart and the Whale

Petter Næss 2005 1h 32m 6.3

A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship.

Elsk meg i morgen

Elsk meg i morgen

Petter Næss 2005 1h 30m 4.0

Three years have passed since Elling moved to town together with Kjell Bjarne, his roommate from the institution at Brøynes. Elling now lives on his own in the apartment. Kjell Bjarne has moved up one floor, to Reidun and her little daughter Mojo. Elling feels like an outsider, and he isolates himself more and more.

Bare Bea

Bare Bea

Petter Næss 2004 1h 26m 3.0

16 year-old Bea is in her first year at upper secondary school in Oslo. Active on the school magazine, she falls in love with Daniel, the smartest and most gifted student in the top year, who returns her feelings. There is just one drawback, namely her friend' idea of virginity and first love...

Elling

Elling

Petter Næss 2001 1h 29m 6.7

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

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