Closed Ward

Mar 8, 1972

1h 32m

★ 5.2

Overview

This black-and-white Norwegian film is a great rarity: a film with comic elements set in a mental ward which does not overstep the bounds of common sense or good taste.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Norsk Film

Closed Ward Trailers

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Cast

Vestfold

Roy Bjørnstad

Vålerenga

Carsten Byhring

Paul Paulus

Frimann Falck Clausen

Gamlingen

Vegard Hall

Harry

Erik Hivju

Gitaristen

Freddy Lindquist

Den tause

Arne Lindtner Næss

Playboy

Per Tofte

Hamlet

Carsten Winger

Guttungen

Gard Øyen

Pleiersken

Eva von Hanno

Avdelingssjef

Ole-Jørgen Nilsen

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