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The Half Brother

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Revolving around the life of un-produced screenwriter Barnum Nilsen, The Half Brother is a dramatic family saga that offers an historical parable of 20th century Europe. On V Day, May 1945, as a continent emerges from war, Barnum’s mother Vera is raped in her attic in Oslo by an unknown man, leading to the birth of Barnum’s half brother, Fred. When Barnum is born five years later, to the man that Vera has since met and married, the Nilsen family, like Europe, is already splitting in two. Growing up together during the Cold War – Barnum with his father, Fred searching for his – the half brothers become estranged and Fred eventually disappears. At the film festival in Berlin in 1990, as the Wall is still coming down, Barnum learns that Fred has returned. Finally, as the true identity of Fred’s father comes to light, the two half brothers may once again be reunited.

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Status
Ended
Language
NO
First aired
January 6, 2013
Last aired
February 17, 2013
Seasons
1
Episodes
8
Network
NRK1

Season 1

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

Featuring

Cast & crew

8 credited
Starring
Nicolai Cleve Broch

Nicolai Cleve Broch

Barnum

Frank Kjosås

Frank Kjosås

Fred

Mariann Hole

Mariann Hole

Vera

Marianne Nielsen

Marianne Nielsen

Boletta

Oskar Sandven Lundevold

Oskar Sandven Lundevold

Barnum as Boy

Agnes Kittelsen

Agnes Kittelsen

Vivian

Vibeke Juell Bugge

Vivian as a girl

Henrik Holm

Henrik Holm

Young Peder

Creative team
Showrunner
Nina B. Andersson Figenschow
Written by
Mette M. Bølstad
Mette M. Bølstad
Lars Saabye Christensen
Produced by
Håkon Briseid
Olav Øen

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