Brødrene Dal (series)

Brødrene Dal (series)
The brothers, from left: Roms, Gaus and Brumund Dal
Format	Comedy Sketch-comedy
Created by	Lars Mjøen Knut Lystad Trond Kirkvaag Eivind Aaeng Kalle Fürst
Starring	Lars Mjøen Knut Lystad Trond Kirkvaag and Tom Mathisen
Country of origin	Norway
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	48 + 1 movie
Production
Running time	15–25 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	NRK
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Original run	27 January 1979 – 16 March 2005 (series) 10 September 2010 (movie)

Brødrene Dal is a Norwegian comedy series by the trio KLM (Kirkvaag, Lystad, Mjøen), that originally aired as four stand-alone series in 1979, 1982, 1994 and 2005. A fifth adventure was released as a movie in 2010.^[1]

The series has many similarities to Monty Python's Flying Circus, as the three actors play close to all roles in series, often several different roles in each episode. Each series has a main plot, but features many sketches unrelated to it.

Contents 1 Characters 1.1 Main Characters 1.2 Secondary Characters 2 Adventures 2.1 Prof. Drøvels secret (Professor Drøvels Hemmelighet) 2.2 The Spectral Stones (Spektralsteinene) 2.3 The Legend of Atlant-Ice (Legenden om Atlant-Is) 2.4 The Mystery of Carl XIIs spats (Mysteriet om Karl XIIs gamasjer) 2.5 The Curse of the Viking Sword (Vikingssverdets forbannelse) 3 External links 4 References

Characters

Main Characters

• Gaus Dal (born late 1940s)^[2]. The oldest of the three brothers, and the brain of the three. Always sports a hat similar to that of Indiana Jones. Played by Lars Mjøen.
• Roms Dal (born late 1940s)^[2]. The middle brother, and the more humorous and silly of the three. Always sports a brimmed Australian hat. Played by Knut Lystad.
• Brumund Dal (born late 1940s)^[2]. The youngest brother, and the outside-the-box thinker. Always sports a propeller hat. Played by the late Trond Kirkvaag.

Secondary Characters

• The Narrator (Fortelleren) was originally just a voice-over narrator whose main task it was to sum up the events of the previous episodes and make various absurd predictions about the next episode, but in Spektralsteinene he began developing into a character in his own right, making on-screen appearances and finally officially met the main characters. From then on, the three brothers would often interact with him, reacting and responding to his narration. Played by Tom Mathisen.
• Halling Dal (died before 1979), was the father of the three brothers, and leader of the fictional resistance organization MILORD during World War II. He encountered his three sons during their time travels in Spektralsteinene, but they used false names to avoid him finding out. He was married to Mari Dal, and died some time prior to the series began in 1979.
• Snerting, Joste and Mette-Mari Dal are the teenaged nephews and niece of the three brothers, though it's deliberately left unclear who their parents are. They appear only in Karl XIIs Gamasjer. Snerte is played by Mads Buer, Joste by Martin Lotherington and Mette-Mari by Agnes Kittelsen.

Adventures

Prof. Drøvels secret (Professor Drøvels Hemmelighet)

Originally aired in 1979, this adventure takes place on the fictional river of Overfloden, where the brothers are searching for the long lost professor Drøvel, who disappeared 25 years earlier.

The Spectral Stones (Spektralsteinene)

Originally aired in 1982, this adventure takes the brothers around in time and place as they search for the magical spectral stones, the source of incredible power.

The Legend of Atlant-Ice (Legenden om Atlant-Is)

Originally aired in 1994, this adventure focus on the brothers' search for the lost sacred Saami city of Atlant-Is (Atlant-Ice). This was the first series to feature main characters other than the three brothers and narrator. This was originally planned to be the final series about the brothers.

The Mystery of Carl XIIs spats (Mysteriet om Karl XIIs gamasjer)

Originally aired in 2005, this adventure takes the brothers back in time as they try to resolve the mystery of late King Carl XIIs fate some 300 years ago. This is the last series about the brothers, following Kirkvaags death in 2007.

The Curse of the Viking Sword (Vikingssverdets forbannelse)

Originally performed on stage in 1997, this adventure was realesed as a feature film in 2010. The production was commissioned in 2006 for a fifth series, but Kirkvaags sickness delayed work on the project, ultimately bringing the production to a halt. Trond Kirkvaags parts were recorded separately before his death from colorectal cancer in 2007. In 2009, the two remaining members of the trio began working on the project, and it was released in theaters on 10 September 2010.

External links

• Dal Brothers rundown

References

1. ^ http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/08/28/kultur/film/brodrene_dal/trond_kirkvaag/knut_lystad/7844016/
2. ^ ^{a b c} Mentioned in episode 11 of "Spektralsteinene"