Arne Treholt – En skaebne
Suspected of spying for the Soviet Union and Irak, Arne Treholt, a Norwegian diplomat, saw his life ruined in May 1984 when he was arrested at Oslo airport. Since then he has always claimed his innocence. Now liberated after more than eight years in prison, he recounts the suffering he lived through: the cross-examinations, solitary confinement, trial, detention, twenty-year prison sentence, separation from those dear to him. The film is not intended to reopen a closed case, but rather to show how such moral torture has enabled an individual’s personality to evolve towards a certain voluntary deprivation and a certain wisdom.
Né en 1950. Etudes de danois et de littérature scandinaves à Copenhague. Enseignant à l’université de 1975 à 1977. Diplômé de l’école nationale du film en 1979. A réalisé , entre autres :
– Le saxophone (fiction), 1980 – Gurli(fiction), 1984 – Le Champ aux chagrins (fiction), 1987 – La Réalité cachée, 1988 – Les Arbres nus (fiction), 1992 – Arne Treholt, 1993 – Le Cinquième hiver du magnétiseur(fiction), 1999 – Avec le droit de tuer, 2003
Statens Filmcentral; Nordisk Film & TV Fund; Yellow Cottage
Edda Urup
Jan Juhler
Jan Weincke