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6.9/10   516 votes
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Director:
Knut Erik Jensen
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Release Date:
19 January 2001 (Norway) more
Genre:
Documentary | Music more
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Awards:
6 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Fantastic movie more (10 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Odd Marino Frantzen ... Director
Einar F.L. Strand ... 1st Tenor
Arne Wensel ... 1st Tenor
Kare Wensel ... 1st Tenor
Arne Blomso ... 1st Tenor
Leif Roger Ananiassen ... 1st Tenor
Eirik Daldorff ... 1st Tenor
Odd-Arne Olsen ... 1st Tenor
Eirik Nilsen ... 1st Tenor
Nils Gronberg ... 1st Tenor
Reidar Strand ... 2nd Tenor
Ragnar Rotnes ... 2nd Tenor
Randulf Antonsen ... 2nd Tenor
Ole Jonny Larsen ... 2nd Tenor
Einar Kristian Straumsne ... 2nd Tenor
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Cool and Crazy (International: English title)
Häftig och begeistrad (Sweden)
Heftig & begeistret (Norway) (alternative spelling)
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Runtime:
UK:104 min | USA:89 min
Country:
Sweden | Norway
Language:
Norwegian
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:L | Finland:S | France:U | Norway:A | Sweden:Btl | UK:15
Company:
Barentsfilm AS more

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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Temalørdag: Mandskor og hornmusik (2004) (TV) more

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2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Fantastic movie, 14 March 2001
10/10
Author: ronnyb from Tromsø, Norway

"Heftig og Begeistret" is a truly wonderful movie. Within the limits of a documentary, it says everything that could be said about life generally and life in the North of Norway especially. The singers in Berlevåg Mens-choir are the subject of the film, and we follow them for about a year, both when they sing, and when they are at home.

The beauty of having men standing next to the great ocean, singing songs unaffected of the weather (they are singing in rain, snow, storm and midnight sun), cannot be explained, it must be viewed. Further, there's the great amount of funny one-liner's these old guys present to us. (As the 96 years old man says about his bedroom: "This used to be a working room, now it's a museum.")

Then again, the movie shows how politics have separated the world, even at a small place like Berlevåg. During their tour to Murmansk, communists among the singers clash with the others, as the destroyed nature of the former Soviet Union comes to view. And it's a strong scene when one of the old communists burst into crying when he comes to a memorial place from WWII.

Perhaps the genius of the movie is the fact that anyone can recognize the people in the movie with somone you already know. One of my best friends, a 22 year old woman, for time being living in Denmark, said about "Heftig og Begeistret": "I feel like they could have made the film in my home place and come to the same result."

It's a truly masterpiece from Knut-Erik Jensen.

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