Closed Ward

This black-and-white Norwegian film is a great rarity: a film with comic elements set in a mental ward which does not overstep the bounds of common sense or good taste.

Cast

Roy Bjørnstad

as Vestfold

Carsten Byhring

as Vålerenga

Frimann Falck Clausen

as Paul Paulus

Vegard Hall

as Gamlingen

Erik Hivju

as Harry

Freddy Lindquist

as Gitaristen

Arne Lindtner Næss

as Den tause

Per Tofte

as Playboy

Carsten Winger

as Hamlet

Gard Øyen

as Guttungen

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