Sophie's World (film) explained

Sophie's World
Director:	Erik Gustavson
Producer:	John M. Jacobsen Oddvar Bull Tuhus
Starring:	Silje Storstein Tomas von Brömssen Andrine Sæther Nils Vogt
Music:	Randall Meyers
Cinematography:	Kjell Vassdal
Released:
Runtime:	113 minutes
Country:	Norway
Language:	Various
Budget:	$10 million^[1]
Gross:	$1.3 million (Norway)

Sophie's World (Sofies verden) is a 1999 Norwegian drama–adventure film directed by Erik Gustavson and starring Silje Storstein as Sophie. It is an adaptation of the 1991 novel of the same name by Jostein Gaarder. Upon its release in 1999 it was the most expensive film to date in Norway.^[2]

It has since been released on DVD dubbed into German.^[3] An English-subtitled DVD was released in 2005 in the UK and, likewise, a Dutch-subtitled DVD was released in the Netherlands.

Cast

• Silje Storstein as Sofie Amundsen / Hilde Møller Knag
• Tomas von Brömssen as Alberto Knox
• Andrine Sæther as Sofie's mother
• Bjørn Floberg as Major Albert Knag
  • Hans Alfredson as Socrates Nils Vogt as Lærer Jacobsen
• Minken Fosheim as Hilde's mother
• Edda Trandum Grjotheim as Jorunn
• Arne Haakenaasen Dahl as Georg / Mischa / Giovanni
• Sullivan Lloyd Nordrum as Jørgen
• Kjersti Holmen as Fru Johnsen
• Jon Eivind Gullord as the guide in Greece

Box office

The film was the second highest-grossing Norwegian film for the year with admissions of 200,000 and a gross of 9.4 million Krone($1.3 million).^[1]

Notes and References

1. Screen International. 10 December 1999. 26. Nordic: Top local production companies 1999. Jacob. Neiiendam.
2. Web site: 'Sophie's World' Becoming a Movie. Mellgren. Doug. AP NEWS. 2019-05-05.
3. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125507/