Here Is Harold
Filmfest 2015
PT: Hier ist Harold
OT: HER ER HAROLD
Norway 2014
Original version with German subtitles
(Original: Norwegian)
German Premiere
Director: Gunnar Vikene
Section: Spotlight
For over 40 years, Harold has been running a successful business, ”Lunde Furniture” together with his wife, Marny. But this comes to an end when IKEA decides to open a new superstore right next door to Harold's small furniture shop. Harold and Marny lose both their shop and their home to the bank, and to make matters worse, Marny is starting to lose her memory. In mounting anger and desperation, Harold wants revenge. He arms himself with a pistol, gets into his old Saab, and sets off for Älmhult, Sweden, in order to kidnap his nemesis – the founder of IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad.
"I like people – I must admit I have a weakness for those who make mistakes, who go completely in the wrong direction but with all the best intentions. They make me smile, laugh even, but I don't make fun of them. Humour and tenderness make good bedfellows."
Gunnar Vikene
Cast: Bjørn Sundquist, Bjørn Granath, Grethe Selius, Fanny Ketter, Vidar Magnusson
Credits
Screenplay: Gunnar Vikene
Original Material: Frode Grytten
Director of Photography: Simon Pramsten
Film Editor: Frida Eggum Michaelsen
Composer: Janove Ottesen
Production Designer: Lotta Wihl
Costume Design: Stina Lunde
Sound: Bent Holm
Producer: Maria Ekerhovd
Production Company: Mer Film AS
World Sales: TrustNordisk Film
Distributor: NFP marketing & distribution GmbH
Director: Gunnar Vikene
