Magic Silver

2009 Norwegian film

2009 (2009)

Running time

84 minutesCountryNorwayLanguageNorwegianBudgetNOK 21 million

Magic Silver (Norwegian: Julenatt i Blåfjell, "Christmas Night on Blue Mountain") is a Norwegian Christmas film from 2009 directed by Katarina Launing and Roar Uthaug.

The film is based on the television series Jul i Blåfjell ("Christmas on Blue Mountain") and Jul på Månetoppen] ("Christmas on Moon Peak"), but the film is set 100 years before this and portrays the first dramatic encounter between the red gnomes and the blue gnomes, as well as the pursuit of the magical blue silver.^[1] The film was followed by a sequel, Magic Silver II (Norwegian: Blåfjell 2: Jakten på det magiske horn, "Blue Mountain II: Search for the Magic Horn"), in 2011.^[2]^[3]

The film premiered on November 13, 2009, and was released on DVD on November 17, 2010.^[4] It was viewed in the theaters by nearly 370,000 people.^[5]^[6]

The film was nominated for the Amanda Award in the category children's and youth film in 2010.^[7]

Cast

Simen Bakken: Erke
Sigve Bøe: Rimspå
Nikoline Ursin Erichsen: Tufsa
Johan Tinus Lindgren: Dreng
Lillian Lydersen: Blåværskona
Jan Gunnar Røise: Halvor
Finn Schau: Fjellkonge
Ane Viola Semb: Fjellrose
Martin Slaatto: Vom
Knut Walle: Nissefar
Hanne Kogh: Sonja

References

^ "Storm Rosenberg: Julenatt i Blåfjell". Archived from the original on 2018-09-17. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
^ Bjerkeland, Ingvild. 2014. Karsten og Petras vidunderlige jul. Montages (December 2).
^ Rasmussen, Rune H. 2015. Skal du se film i jula? Nordhordland (August 5).
^ CDON: Julenatt i Blåfjell.
^ Berge, John. 2013. Skuffet over de norske filmene. Kinomagasinet (October 9). Archived 2016-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
^ Gravklev, Bente R. 2015. Tredje beste åpningshelg noensinne. Dagsavisen (September 1).
^ Amanda-prisen: flest nominasjoner til Upperdog og Vegas. 2010. Filmweb.no (June 23).