Sophie's World (film)

Sophie's World
Directed byErik Gustavson
Written byJostein Gaarder (novel)
Petter Skavlan (writer)
Produced byJohn M. Jacobsen
Oddvar Bull Tuhus
StarringSilje Storstein
Tomas von Brömssen
Andrine Sæther
Nils Vogt
CinematographyKjell Vassdal
Music byRandall Meyers
Release date
  • 6 August 1999 (1999-08-06) (Norway)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryNorway
LanguageVarious
Budget$10 million[1]
Box office$1.3 million (Norway)[1]

Sophie's World (Sofies verden) is a 1999 Norwegian drama–adventure film directed by Erik Gustavson and starring Silje Storstein as Sophie. It is an adaptation of the 1991 novel of the same name by Jostein Gaarder. Upon its release in 1999 it was the most expensive film to date in Norway.[2]

It has since been released on DVD dubbed into German.[3] An English-subtitled DVD was released in 2005 in the UK and, likewise, a Dutch-subtitled DVD was released in the Netherlands.

Cast

Box office

The film was the second highest-grossing Norwegian film for the year with admissions of 200,000 and a gross of 9.4 million Krone($1.3 million).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Neiiendam, Jacob (10 December 1999). "Nordic: Top local production companies 1999". Screen International. p. 26.
  2. ^ Mellgren, Doug. "'Sophie's World' Becoming a Movie". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  3. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125507/ [user-generated source]


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