Movie

Peer Gynt

2020 2h 4m Released

70 years after Det Norske Teatret first staged Peer Gynt, Erik Ulfsby and his excellent team have developed a new version, with the role of old Peer congenially filled by Toralv Maurstad. The play’s original chronology has been broken up and fragments of Peer’s life reordered – all observed by an aged spirit who is on the threshold to the other side. Maurstad’s acting is “overwhelmingly great. He carries the role of Peer Gynt on his 92-year-old shoulders. This is pure theatrical magic.”

Cast

Toralv Maurstad Old Peer Gynt Svein Tindberg Button-moulder Ingrid Jørgensen Dragland Mother Aase Sara Khorami Solveig Jan Grønli Peer Gynt Kai Remlov Peer Gynt