The Half Brother (Halvbroren) 11 years old

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.

Credits

Cast

Name	Character
Frank Kjosås He was 31 , now 42 years old
Nicolai Cleve Broch He was 37 , now 48 years old
Agnes Kittelsen She was 32 , now 43 years old

Crew

Name	Job title
Lars Saabye Christensen Writing He was 60 , now 71 years old	Writer
Mette M. Bølstad Writing She was 49 , now 60 years old	Writer
Per-Olav Sørensen Directing He was 49 , now 61 years old	Director