Hidden (2009) Skjult (original title)

Director:

Pål Øie

Writer:

Pål Øie (written by)

Release Date:

3 April 2009 (Norway)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Plot:

Painful memories arise when Kai Koss goes back to his childhood home after 19 years and inherits his dead mother's house. |

Plot Keywords:

House | Mother | Dead Mother | Symbolism | Sniper

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Kristoffer Joner	...	Kai Koss
Cecilie A. Mosli	...	Sara (as Cecilie Mosli)
Bjarte Hjelmeland	...	Frode
Marko Iversen Kanic	...	Roy (as Marco Kanic)
Anders Danielsen Lie	...	Peter
Karin Park	...	Miriam
Eivind Sander	...	Anders
Arthur Berning	...	Svenna
Agnes Karin Haaskjold	...	Kai Koss' Mother
Andreas Haugsbø	...	Kai Koss som barn
Marius Rusti	...	Peter som barn
Julie Rusti	...	Anne
Jon Sigve Skard	...	Stian
Elisabeth Lillevik	...	Peter's Mother
Are Strand	...	Peter's Father
Gabriel August Gjønnes	...	Indianergutt
Jan Holden	...	Letemannskap
Marianne Hauge	...	Letemannskap
Jarle Samuelsen	...	Letemannskap
Tom Larsen	...	Letemannskap
Knut Morten Brekke	...	Veiarbeider

Directed by
Pål Øie

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Pål Øie		written by

Produced by
Jan Aksel Angeltvedt	....	executive producer
Jan Aksel Angeltvedt	....	producer
Lars L. Marøy	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Trond Bjerknes

Cinematography by
Sjur Aarthun

Film Editing by
Lars Apneseth

Production Design by
Guri Giæver

Costume Design by
Stina Lunde

Makeup Department
Mia Kalve	....	assistant makeup artist
Philippa Ann Neset	....	assistant makeup artist
Rune Nilsen	....	hair stylist
Gry Olsen Tronvold	....	assistant makeup artist
Dorte Pedersen	....	special makeup effects artist
Jim Skorpen	....	hair stylist
Steinar Kaarstein	....	special makeup effects designer (uncredited)

Production Management
Pia Rønnevik	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Njål Lambrechts	....	first assistant director
John Robert Mariani	....	assistant director

Art Department
Sjur Aarthun	....	storyboard artist
Mats Andersen	....	graphic artist
Mats Andersen	....	poster designer
Kjell Ove Bruås	....	assistant decorator
Guri Giæver	....	scenographer
Gard Holby	....	set dresser
Line B. Iversen	....	assistant decorator
Martin Kvamme	....	poster designer
Yngve Langeland	....	carpenter
Nina Kristiina Salonen	....	assistant property master (as Nina Salonen)
Paul Dixon Sandberg	....	property master (as Pål Dixon Sandberg)

Sound Department
Ingar Asdahl	....	sound effects editor
Renate Bakke	....	sound effects editor
Hugo Ekornes	....	supervising sound editor
Roy Fenstad	....	foley artist
Per Hansen	....	boom operator
Erlend Hogstad	....	foley recordist
Erlend Hogstad	....	sound effects editor
Håvard Matland	....	boom operator
Per Midjo	....	boom operator
Øyvind Rydland	....	sound
James Shannon	....	dolby sound consultant

Special Effects by
Rune Andersen	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Mats Andersen	....	digital colourist
Mats Andersen	....	visual effects supervisor
Torgeir Busch	....	visual effects
Theodor Groeneboom	....	digital compositor
Marius Grøtvedt	....	visual effects
Bente Santi Helle	....	digital recording
Aksel Jermstad	....	visual effects artist
Ivar Rystad	....	visual effects

Stunts
Gunnar Brøntveit	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Øystein Fyxe	....	still photographer
Atle Holtan	....	steadicam operator
Jakob Ingimundarson	....	director of photography: second unit
Chris Karlstad	....	assistant gaffer
Janne Kokki	....	gaffer
Thomas Lund	....	assistant gaffer
Morten Magnussen	....	grip
Kjetil Mathiesen	....	first assistant camera
Rene Misje	....	grip
Sjur Pollen	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Pål Rønnevik	....	second assistant camera
Vegard Stronen	....	grip
Pål Tohje	....	grip
Endre Eken Torp	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Tore Vollan	....	director of photography: second unit

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mia Kalve	....	costume assistant
Philippa Ann Neset	....	costume assistant
Gry Olsen Tronvold	....	costume assistant
Renate Rolland	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Andrzej Kiwala	....	color timer
Frida Eggum Michaelsen	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Mats Andersen	....	title designer
Dennis Garen	....	production assistant: second unit
Tommy Maczim Hansen	....	production assistant
Odd Joachim Hollekim	....	armorer
Sigbjørn Holst	....	production assistant
Ragnhild Høydahl	....	production coordinator
Jonas Kvale	....	production assistant: second unit
Jonas Langer	....	production assistant
Tor Kristian Liseth	....	script supervisor
Kornelia Lund	....	project coordinator
Monica Ravelo Gonzalez	....	runner
Trude Refsahl	....	location manager
Audun Skarbøvik	....	location manager
Espen Skjetne	....	project manager
Kenneth Skorpen	....	armorer
Sebastian Vognstølen	....	production assistant
Thomas Øyjordsbakken	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Alligator Film
• Film Fund FUZZ (co-production)

Distributors

• After Dark Films (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Alligator Film (2009) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Bright Vision Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Horror Collection)
• Lighthouse Home Entertainment (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sandrew Metronome Norge (2009) (Norway) (all media)

Special Effects

• Chimneypot, The (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Casting Vest  casting
• Norsk Filminstitutt  funding
• Norsk Filmstudio  post-production sound

Also Known As:

"Skjult" - Norway (original title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, disturbing images and language

Runtime:

95 min | Norway:96 min

Country:

Norway

Language:

Norwegian | Swedish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Norway:15 | USA:R | Mexico:B15 | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Bergen, Hordaland, Norway

Company:

Alligator Film

Soundtrack:

Concert for Violin in D minor, RV 245. Allegro

Nicely done film but the story isn't really going anywhere.

Guess that in the end this movie is an OK watch but it's also one that had some far more potential, if it had only tried to tell a better story with its movie.

I just don't like a mystery-thriller, in which we as the viewers know even less about the mystery of the whole story than the main character. It really should be a movie rule that the viewers always must know just as much about what is going on, as the main character. It makes things a whole lot more involving as well to watch and follow.

This movie just loves to mess with your mind. It's one of those movies in which you are never sure what is real and what is going on in the main characters mind. And the movie just never seems to get enough of this. It doesn't just make the movie complicated but it also makes it a bit of a mess. I honestly started loosing interest in this movie real fast. I just couldn't care anymore about the story or its characters, or were it was all heading toward. It's because you never really know whats real or not and what is the 'secret' the main character is carrying around with him. You could say that it's a movie that tries too hard to be clever and over-complicated with its story, while in fact the story just isn't powerful enough to fully achieve any of this. It also means that the movie trows in just too much stuff, which makes it all a bit of a mess in the long run. Was most of the stuff and mystery really necessary for the movie its plot? No, as it turns out in the end.

But it nevertheless remains still a well made and great looking Norwegian movie. There is basically just very little wrong with any of its acting, cinematography or visual directing. Its look is the foremost reason why the movie still somewhat works out because it manages to create a great, moody, almost horror-like atmosphere. The movie is also being listed as an horror, though honesty I would still call it more of a thriller than anything else really. There are scare moments in it and all and the atmosphere is kind of creepy but its story is just purely being a typical mystery-thriller one.

So despite all of the negativity and complaints I have toward this movie, I still consider it as a watchable enough one.

6/10

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