Insomnia(Movie, 1997)

Name: Insomnia
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Released: 1997
Duration: T01:36:00
Rating: 3.5

| 1h 36min | Genres: Thriller, Crime, Mystery

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 104 votes)

Insomnia is a 1997 Norwegian thriller film about a police detective investigating a murder in a town located above the Arctic Circle. The investigation goes horribly wrong when he mistakenly shoots his partner and subsequently attempts to cover it up. The title of the film refers to his inability to sleep, the result of his guilt (represented by the relentless glare of the midnight sun). Insomnia was the film debut of director Erik Skjoldbjærg. The screenplay was written by Nikolaj Frobenius and Skjoldbjærg, and the soundtrack by Geir Jenssen. The film inspired the 2002 American remake Insomnia. ()

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About Insomnia

Detectives Jonas and Erik are called to the midnight sun country of northern Norway to investigate a recent homicide, but their plan to arrest the killer goes awry, and Jonas mistakenly shoots Erik. The suspect escapes, and a frightened Jonas pins Erik's death on the fugitive. Jonas continues to pursue the killer as he seeks to protect himself; however, his mounting guilt and the omnipresent sun plague him with an insomnia that affects his sanity.

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Trailer for Insomnia + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Insomnia (1997) ORIGINAL Trailer(Trailer, 1:15)

Insomnia (1997) ORIGINAL Trailer (Trailer) | Trailer 1 (Trailer) | Insomnia - Todesschlaf - Trailer (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: Norway

Plays in: Norway

Derivative works/Adaptions: "Insomnia" (movie, 2002)

Made by: Norsk Film, Nordic Screen Production AS, Norsk Filminstitutt

Original language: Norwegian (NO)

Spoken languages: Norwegian (NO), Swedish (SV)

Translated into 19 languages: Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Norwegian Bokmål (NB), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 05/29/1998 (World premiere: 03/14/1997)

Cast: Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Bjørn Floberg, Gisken Armand, Maria Bonnevie

Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg

Screenwriter: Nikolaj Frobenius

Director of Photography: Erling Thurmann-Andersen

Composer: Biosphere

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Insônia"

"Insomnia - Todesschlaf"

"不眠症オリジナル版インソムニア"

"Bezsennosc"

Keywords: investigation, detective, midnight sun, original, shootout, neo-noir, hallucination, remade, crime writer, fog, revolver, planted evidence, insomnia, death, rural area, cover-up, nordic noir

Revenue: 227,569 USD

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Insomnia(Movie, 1997)

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