Norsk filminstitutt

Documentary film No More Everyday Life
(Ingen hverdag mer)

Austrian Ruth Maier came to Norway in 1939 as a refugee and formed a close friendship with aspiring author Gunvor Hofmo. After a few years, Maier is arrested, deported, and killed. This incident left a deep impression on Hofmo and would reverberate throughout the rest of her life and writing. Using a mix of archive material, interviews with friends and family, and reenactments, filmmaker Elsa Kvamme tells a story about two unique women who saw through the chaos in a dark time and found comfort in each other's company

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2021
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2021-10-21
Production company:
Alert Film AS
Financing company:
Fritt Ord Foundation
Norwegian Film Institute
Associated producer:
Gudny Hummelvoll
Producer:
Elsa Kvamme

Director

  • Elsa Kvamme

    Elsa Kvamme (b. 1954) was born in New York, but grew up in Oslo. She started as an acting student at the Odin Theatre in Denmark, and then established one of Norway's first free theatre groups, Saltkompagniet, who played all over Europe for six years. She has studied Asian theatre and written over 20 plays, translated Jacques Brel to norwegian and released three CDs with her own songs.

    After attending film school at New York University (1992-1993) she wrote the screenplay for Maya Stoneface (directed by Lars Berg in 1996) and made the documentaries Students At War (1997) and A Lady with a Hat (1999). Her debut as a feature film director, Fia! (2003), received ten international awards at various festivals around the world, including at the Giffoni Film Festival in 2004 and the Golde Elephant in India in 2005.

    Elsa Kvamme

Cast

Ruth Maier:
Julia Schacht
Gunvor Hofmo:
Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes
Halldis Neegaard Østbye:
Nina Woxholt
Supervisor:
Yngvild Støen Grotmol
Voice of Vidkun Quisling :
Pål Espen Kilstad
(himself):
Jan Erik Vold
(herself):
Karen Voldsgaard Jensen
(herself):
Nunna Moum

Festivals

2021:
BIFF - Bergen International Film Festival
2021:
Nordic/Docs
2021:
Movies on War

Crew

Director:
Elsa Kvamme
Screenplay:
Elsa Kvamme
Based on:
Ruth Maier's Diary
Cinematographer:
Kjell Vassdal
Nils Petter Lotherington
Editor:
Marius Smit
Composer:
Henning Sommerro
Makeup artist:
Veslemøy Fosse Ree
Sound Design:
Bernt Syversen
Casting:
Ellen Michelsen

Technical information

Format:
DCP 2k
Screen ratio:
16:9
Colour:
Black and White
Length in min's:
61'
Language:
Norwegian
Danish
English
Subtitles:
English

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