Kvitebjørn Kong Valemon (The Polar Bear King) 1991 G
Production still from Kvitebjørn Kong Valemon (The Polar Bear King) 1991 / Director: Ola Solum / Image courtesy: Norwegian Film Institute / View full image
When
10.30 am, Sun 15 Nov 2026 (88 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art, Cinema A
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible
Admission
Free
About
Based on a beloved Norwegian folktale, The Polar Bear King finds Summerland King Valemon (Tobias Hoesl) transformed into a polar bear by an evil witch. He falls in love with the Winterland princess (Maria Bonnevie) and takes her to his southern home. The princess must go on a magical quest to break the witch’s curse and return her husband to human form.
The animatronic bear costume was built by Jim Henson's Creature Shop and inhabited by David Forman, a prolific stunt performer who has played many other ‘creature’ roles, including in Steve Barron's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1990.
Production Credits
- Director: Ola Solum
- Script: Erik Borge
- Based on: the fairy tale by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
- Cinematographer: Philip Remy Øgaard
- Editor: Yngve Refseth
- Producers: Hilde Berg, Erik Borge
- Cast: Jack Fjeldstad, Maria Bonnevie, Tobias Hoesl
- Print Source: Norwegian Film Institute
- Year: 1991
- Runtime: 88 minutes
- Countries: Norway, Sweden, Germany, France
- Languages: Norwegian, Swedish
- Subtitles: English
- Sound: Stereo
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: 35mm