Hard Asphalt Explained

Hard asfalt
Director:	Sølve Skagen
Producer:	John M. Jacobsen
Starring:	Kristin Kajander Frank Krog
Runtime:	109 minutes
Country:	Norway
Language:	Norwegian
Gross:	$1.4 million (Norway)^[1]

Hard Asphalt (Norwegian: Hard asfalt) is a 1986 Norwegian drama film directed by Sølve Skagen. It was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.^[2] The film was selected as the Norwegian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[3] It was the highest-grossing Norwegian film of the year.^[1]

Cast

• Kristin Kajander as Ida
• Frank Krog as Knut
• Marianne Nielsen as Åse
• Morten Faldaas as Bønna
• Liv Heløe as May-Britt
• Tone Schwarzott as Idas mor
• Tom Tellefsen as Idas far
• Svein Erik Brodal as Herr Abrahamsen
• Gudrun Waadeland as Fru Abrahamsen
• Sigve Bøe as Nordlie
• Anne Marit Jacobsen as Dagmamma
• Bernhard Ramstad as Kaspersen

See also

• List of submissions to the 59th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Norwegian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Notes and References

1. Norway: The box office facts. 15 August 1997. VIII. Screen International.
2. Web site: 15th Moscow International Film Festival (1987) . 23 February 2013 . MIFF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194338/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1987 . 16 January 2013 . dmy-all .
3. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences