It is not the easiest task to make Nobel laureate Knut Hamsun's book "Victoria" into a understandable movie for the mass market, but it rather succeeds in doing so. Rather good actors, especially Oftebro jr, and the production is high quality. The book also allows for complex characterization and a deeper understanding of the intricacies of the human dilemma. The story is generally told in a convincing manner, although certain elements always will be lost in adapting a novel. Nonetheless, the intensity of the love story is there, and the movie serves well in giving insight into Norwegian society around the 1890s, class differences and all.
All in all, this is one of the better Norwegian films I have seen in recent years. Reading the novel will add to the experience.
All in all, this is one of the better Norwegian films I have seen in recent years. Reading the novel will add to the experience.