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Fools in the Mountains

Original title: Fjols til fjells
  • 19571957
  • 1h 30m
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Fools in the Mountains (1957)
Comedy
At a high mountain hotel in Norway the porter Poppe tries to do the best he can for the guests with an often unhelpful piccolo Rudolf. This, however, leads to a lot of problems, and Poppe th... Read allAt a high mountain hotel in Norway the porter Poppe tries to do the best he can for the guests with an often unhelpful piccolo Rudolf. This, however, leads to a lot of problems, and Poppe thinks some of the guests behave inappropriate.At a high mountain hotel in Norway the porter Poppe tries to do the best he can for the guests with an often unhelpful piccolo Rudolf. This, however, leads to a lot of problems, and Poppe thinks some of the guests behave inappropriate.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
1.3K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
98,594
64,785
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    • Director
      • Edith Carlmar
    • Writers
      • Bias Bernhoft
      • Sverre Bævre(play)
      • Otto Carlmar(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Leif Juster
      • Unni Bernhoft
      • Frank Robert
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    • Director
      • Edith Carlmar
    • Writers
      • Bias Bernhoft
      • Sverre Bævre(play)
      • Otto Carlmar(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Leif Juster
      • Unni Bernhoft
      • Frank Robert
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    • 8User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Leif Juster
    • Poppe
    Unni Bernhoft
    • Ruth Granberg
    Frank Robert
    • Teddy Winter…
    Anne Lise Christiansen
    • Eva Sommer
    Nanna Stenersen
    • Lalla
    Anne Lise Wang
    • Mona Miller
    Einar Sissener
    • Direktør Granberg
    Willie Hoel
    • Doktor Grå
    Brita Bigum
    • Fru Rosenkrantz
    • (uncredited)
    Edith Carlmar
    • Oldfruen
    • (uncredited)
    Otto Carlmar
    • Direktør Blom
    • (uncredited)
    Liv Ullmann
    Liv Ullmann
    • Hotellgjest
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Edith Carlmar
    • Writers
      • Bias Bernhoft
      • Sverre Bævre(play)
      • Otto Carlmar(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Norway's 4th most seen feature film in history.
    • Quotes

      Poppe: Good morning, Mr. Blom. Have you slept with a guilty conscience?

    • Connections
      Featured in Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018)

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    8/10
    The Norwegian Fawlty Towers, already in 1957
    I don't know if John Cleese have seen this film, but I really wouldn't wonder if this could have been the inspiration to the most classic of all British Comedy's, Fawlty Towers,.

    Fjols til Fjells (translates into: Fools in the mountains) is a beloved Norwegian comedy from 1957, which are moving around the fabulous long and thin comedian Leif Juster, which had a special way with words and facial expressions. This film us a farce with no deeper meaning, but just plain family fun.

    We're at a small mountain hotel, where Poppe is portier in a fatal way, just like Basil Fawlty did 15 years later at Fawlty a Towers. Just as long and thin, and just as stupid and easily frustrated, but over all well meaning. He assumes just like Basil did some years later, and both have a huge following in Norway.

    The plot is that portier Poppe is moving towards a nervous breakdown, during a stressful winter holiday time. He has some issues with the new unexperienced but well meaning bellboy, and a guest is popping up one minute, just to disappear the next, confusing Popper in a major WAP. He of course mistakes two resembling lookalikes, which are very different guests, which again both thinks Poppe is raving mad, while Poppe thinks the guy is lying or delusional.

    There's so much in common with these two figures and their hotels, it's difficult to see that this is a coincidence. The film is one of the biggest cinema successes in Norway, and is every year around Christmas shown on the TV-channels.

    Worth to mention is that you find Liv Ullmann in her first film role, in a minor role as guest, and a lot of others well known Norwegian actors. A joy to watch though utterly stupid, filmed in an interesting place with a large gallery of guests.
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    • Release date
      • August 19, 1957 (Norway)
    • Country of origin
      • Norway
    • Languages
      • Norwegian
      • Latin
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Дурдом в горах
    • Production company
      • Carlmar Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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