The Polar Bear King

The Polar Bear King is a 1991 Norwegian fantasy adventure film directed by Ola Solum and starring Jack Fjeldstad, Maria Bonnevie, Tobias Hoesl, Monica Nordquist, and Anna-Lotta Larsson.[1] The film is based on the Norwegian fairy tale White-Bear-King-Valemon. The puppet effects of the film were provided by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.[2][3]

The Polar Bear King
Directed byOla Solum
Produced byHilde Berg
Erik Borge
Screenplay byErik Borge
Based onWhite-Bear-King-Valemon by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe
StarringJack Fjeldstad
Maria Bonnevie
Tobias Hoesl
Monica Nordquist
Anna-Lotta Larsson
Music byGeir Bøhren
Bent Åserud
CinematographyPhilip Øgaard
Edited byYngve Refseth
Production
company
Distributed byHemdale Home Video
Release date
  • December 12, 1991 (1991-12-12)
(Norway)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryScandinavia
LanguageNorwegian
Swedish

Plot

There are two different kingdoms: the snow-covered Winterland and the plentiful Summerland. When the King of Summerland dies, his son Valemon (Tobias Hoesl) ascends to the throne. When an evil witch (Anna Lotta Larsson) desires to become Valemon's wife, but is rejected since it would mean that he would also ally with the forces of darkness, she bitterly places a curse on him that turns him into a polar bear during the day. The drawback is that if anyone saw his human face at night, Valemon will be hers.

Traveling to Winterland, he encounters the Princess (Maria Bonnevie) who is the youngest daughter of the King of Winterland (Jack Fjeldstad). Upon reaching an agreement upon King Valemon defeating his forces, the King of Winterland agrees to let his youngest daughter be his wife. As she lives in Summerland, Valemon's mother (Monica Nordquist) keeps her newborn child safe from the scheming witch who will do anything to claim Valemon for herself.

Cast
gollark: It seems vaguely like complaining about food having chemicals in it, which would be very stupid, except there is apparently decent evidence of "processed" things being bad, whatever that means.
gollark: It kind of annoys me when people complain about "processed" foods because they never seem to actually explain what "processing" does which is so bad or what even counts as "processed".
gollark: Also, you apparently didn't hide anyone else's faces. That's probably impressive, though? I mean, I don't have context for such numbers, but they seem big.
gollark: I checked on the internet™, and apparently there are something like 10 combat-sports places in [somewhat nearby city I go to school in]. I'm sort of wondering if there's some local history I've missed. [nearby city] is still something like 25 minutes to travel to from where I am, which is annoying, and there don't seem to be any nearer ones.
gollark: > I'd say exercise is pretty fun if it's combat sportsI should probably try that (those?) when stuff reopens here.

References
  1. Haase, Donald (2008). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales: A-F. ISBN 9780313334429.
  3. "KVITEBJORN KONG VALEMON (1991)". BFI.
  1. https://vimeo.com/169482387
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