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Sonja (2018)

Director:
Anne Sewitsky
INTERNATIONAL TITLE
Sonja
COUNTRY
Norway
GENRE
Biopic

RUNNING TIME
113 minutes

RELEASED BY
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Producer:
Cornelia Boysen
Synnøve Hørsdal
Screenwriter:
Mette Marit Bølstad
Andreas Markusson


Cast includes:

CHARACTER ACTOR/ACTRESS RATING

Sonja Henie

Ine Marie Wilmann

Connie

Valene Kane ½

Leif Henie

Eldar Skar

Wilhelm Henie

Anders Mordal
Selma Henie Anneke von der Lippe
Darryl Zanuck Aidan McArdle
Arthur Wirtz Malcolm Adams
Winnie Hugh O'Conor

Niels Onstad

Pål Sverre Hagen

 

Review

Director Anne Sewitsky combines well-known biopic elements, at times a little too well-known, with slick use of modern music in this rendition of the life and times of Norwegian champion figure skater and classical era Hollywood star Sonja Henie. The film is carried by a spirited, strong performance by Ine Wilmann as Henie, and together with her co-stars Eldar Skar and especially Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen, she manages to transport us back to a long-gone zeitgeist and mindset – well helped by fine production values.

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