Kristin Lavransdatter - Film, TV or Theatrical Adaptations

Film, TV or Theatrical Adaptations

• Kristin Lavransdatter, 1995, directed by Liv Ullmann

Critics gave it a lukewarm reception at best, and many considered it to be more true to the present than to the medieval era in which it was set. However, as it was viewed by as much as two-thirds of the population, it became one of Norway's most domestically successful films: an important cultural event. The release of the film coincided with rising national interest that centered on Norwegian medieval cultural history, and cemented Kristin Lavransdatter and Sigrid Undset as a part of the Norwegian national identity.

• DVD

Actors: Per Kvaernes, Elisabeth Matheson, Anne Kokkinn, Bjørn Jenseg, Erland Josephson

Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC

Language: Norwegian

Subtitles: English

DVD Release Date: April 6, 2004

Run Time: 187 minutes

• VHS

Actors: Torunn Lødemel, Astrid Folstad, Paul-Ottar Haga, Kirsti Eline Torhaug, Joachim Calmeyer

Format: Box set, Color, Director's Cut, Special Edition, NTSC

VHS Release Date: February 19, 2002

Run Time: 180 minutes