Sophie's World (film)

1999 Norwegian adventure film

Sophie's World
Directed by	Erik Gustavson
Written by	Jostein Gaarder (novel) Petter Skavlan (writer)
Produced by	John M. Jacobsen Oddvar Bull Tuhus
Starring	Silje Storstein Tomas von Brömssen Andrine Sæther Nils Vogt
Cinematography	Kjell Vassdal
Music by	Randall Meyers
Release dates	August 6, 1999 (1999-08-06) (Norway)
Country	Norway
Language	Various
Budget	$10 million^[1]
Box office	$1.3 million (Norway)^[1]

Sophie's World (Sofies verden) is a 1999 Norwegian drama–adventure film directed by Erik Gustavson and starring Silje Storstein as Sophie. It is an adaptation of the 1991 novel of the same name by Jostein Gaarder. Upon its release in 1999 it was the most expensive film to date in Norway.^[2]

It has since been released on DVD dubbed into German.^[3] An English-subtitled DVD was released in 2005 in the UK and, likewise, a Dutch-subtitled DVD was released in the Netherlands.

Cast

Silje Storstein as Sofie Amundsen / Hilde Møller Knag
Tomas von Brömssen as Alberto Knox
Andrine Sæther as Sofie's mother
Bjørn Floberg as Major Albert Knag
Hans Alfredson as Socrates
Nils Vogt as Lærer Jacobsen
Minken Fosheim as Hilde's mother
Edda Trandum Grjotheim as Jorunn
Arne Haakenaasen Dahl as Georg / Mischa / Giovanni
Sullivan Lloyd Nordrum as Jørgen
Kjersti Holmen as Fru Johnsen
Jon Eivind Gullord as the guide in Greece

Box office

The film was the second highest-grossing Norwegian film for the year with admissions of 200,000 and a gross of 9.4 million Krone($1.3 million).^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Neiiendam, Jacob (10 December 1999). "Nordic: Top local production companies 1999". Screen International. p. 26.
^ Mellgren, Doug. "'Sophie's World' Becoming a Movie". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125507/ ^{[user-generated source]}