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The Half Brother

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Plot

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.

Cast

Frank Kjosås as Fred
Frank Kjosås

as Fred

Mariann Hole as Vera
Mariann Hole

as Vera

Marianne Nielsen as Boletta
Marianne Nielsen

as Boletta

Oskar Sandven Lundevold as Barnum as Boy
Oskar Sandven Lundevold

as Barnum as Boy

Agnes Kittelsen as Vivian
Agnes Kittelsen

as Vivian

Vibeke Juell Bugge as Vivian as a girl
Vibeke Juell Bugge

as Vivian as a girl

Henrik Holm as Young Peder
Henrik Holm

as Young Peder

Network

Status

  • Ended

First Aired Date

  • January 6, 2013

Last Aired Date

  • February 17, 2013

Production Companies

  • Monster

Type

  • Miniseries

Number of Season

  • 1

Number of Episodes

  • 8

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