Pakten (1995)

Directed by

Leidulv Risan

Genre

drama film, comedy film, crime film

Country

Norway

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

12

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of aging friends reunite to fulfill a pact from their youth. They confront old secrets and regrets while trying to pull off one last heist.

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What happens

Pakten (English title: Waiting for Sunset (USA) or The Sunset Boys) is a 1995 Norwegian film directed by Leidulv Risan. It made headlines in Norway as it was the first Norwegian film to star several respected Hollywood stars, namely veteran actors Robert Mitchum (whose mother was Norwegian), and Cliff Robertson. It also boasted some of the biggest acting names from Sweden (Erland Josephson), Germany (Hanna Schygulla and Ernst Jacobi), Austria (Nadja Tiller) and Norway. It was directed and co-written by Leidulv Risan and shot on location in Oslo (Norway) and the German cities of Cologne and Heidelberg. Its budget of 5,000,000 USD was above average for a Norwegian movie at the time. The movie received mainly fair reviews although many seemed to agree that the Nazi-subplot was too melodramatic and got in the way of its feel-good nature. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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