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Elling(2001)
Status: Released
Date: 2001-03-16
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184 Votes
Time: 1h 29m
They're packed and ready for the greatest adventure of their lives. All they have to do is get out of the house.
Overview:
40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.
Languages: Norwegian.
Countries:
Norway
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Elling
Top 10 Billed Cast
Per Christian Ellefsen
Elling
Sven Nordin
Kjell Bjarne
Jørgen Langhelle
Frank Åsli
Per Christensen
Alfons Jørgensen
Hilde Olausson
Gunn
Ola Otnes
Hauger
Eli Anne Linnestad
Johanne
Cecilie A. Mosli
Cecilie Kornes
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