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Kåre Bergstrøm (3 February 1911 – 24 June 1976) was a Swedish-born cinematographer and film director who settled in Norway. Bergstrøm was born in Värmland. He was assigned with the film production company Norsk Film from 1933, and eventually became took up cinematography. He was the cinematographer for Toralf Sandø's film Den forsvundne pølsemaker from 1941, Tancred Ibsen's film Den farlige leken from 1942, Rasmus Breistein's Trysil-Knut from 1942, and Alfred Maurstad's comedy En herre med bart from 1942. After World War II he was the cinematographer for Edith Carlmar's film debut Døden er et kjærtegn, and Ibsen's To mistenkelige personer, which was eventually denied a public showing after a judgement by the Supreme Court of Norway. His first film as director was the love story Andrine og Kjell from 1952. He further directed the comedy Det kunne vært deg (1952), the war documentary Blodveien (1955), about Yugoslav slave workers in Norway during World War II, the thriller Lake of the Dead (1958), based on a crime novel by André Bjerke, a biographical film about Hans Nielsen Hauge (1961), Klokker i måneskinn (1964), and the children's film Bjurra (1970).
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2023
Alive & Well
Movie Director
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1970
Bjurra
Movie Director
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1964
Clocks in the Moonlight
Movie Director
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1961
Hans Nielsen Hauge
Movie Director
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1958
Lake of the Dead
Movie Director
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1956
On the Sunny Side
Movie Screenplay
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1955
The Blood Road
Movie Director
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1952
Det kunne vært deg
Movie Director
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1952
Andrine and Kjell
Movie Director
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1951
Dei svarte hestane
Movie Writer
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1951
Oslofilm: Kraft til byen
Movie Cinematography
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1950
Two Suspicious People
Movie Director of Photography
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1949
Death Is a Caress
Movie Director of Photography
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1948
The Mysterious Apartment
Movie Director of Photography
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1948
Hvor fartøy flyte kan
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1946
Et spøkelse forelsker seg
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1943
Sangen til livet
Movie Cinematography
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1942
Trysil-Knut
Movie Director of Photography
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1942
The Dangerous Game
Movie Director of Photography
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1941
The Lost Sausage Maker
Movie Director of Photography
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1941
Hansen og Hansen
Movie Cinematography
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1941
Gullfjellet
Movie Director of Photography
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1940
Tørres Snørtevold
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