This article analyses Norwegian occupation dramas from 1946 to 2009. Tracing the history of the genre, it highlights ways in which the uses, interpretations and representations of war experiences have shifted from a focus on trauma to a cult of heroism. This discussion of a distinct
genre in Norwegian cinema is linked to theories of communicative and cultural memory that are used to explain changes in the representation of the war years.
In Norwegian film comedies in the 1950s, clothes and underwear are used to map out different attitudes to and effects of modernity. In this essay, the film
Newly restored documentaries about the polar expeditions of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen make it possible to re-examine and discuss the importance of these early travelogues. This article presents the Amundsen documentaries, films that have been inaccessible to researchers as well as the general public, but now are available on DVD in Norway in both Norwegian and English versions.
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