{{short description|1992 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Bat Wings | image = Flaggermusvinger Soundtrack.png | caption = Album Cover for soundtrack. | director = Emil Stang Lund | producer = Egil Ødegård | writer = Hans E. Kinck<br>Emil Stang Lund | starring = Lars Øyno | music = Randall Meyers | cinematography = Paul René Roestad | editing = | studio = Oslo Film | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1992|9|10|df=yes}} | runtime = 80 minutes | country = Norway | language = Norwegian | budget = }}
'''''Bat Wings''''' ({{langx|no|Flaggermusvinger}}) is a 1992 Norwegian drama film directed by Emil Stang Lund. It was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Diploma for Direction.<ref name="Moscow1993">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1993 |title=18th Moscow International Film Festival (1993) |accessdate=9 March 2013 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403093721/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1993 |archivedate=3 April 2014 }}</ref>
The film features three sections, called Episodes, based upon (and named after) the short stories written by Hans E. Kinck, which explore the connection between man, nature, and the human mind.<ref>{{Citation |last=Lund |first=Emil Stang |title=Flaggermusvinger |date=1992-09-10 |type=Drama |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104277/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |others=Lars Øyno, Frank C. Bjørnsen, Sine Butenschøn |publisher=Oslo Film}}</ref> The stories explore themes of guilt, passion and fear.
==Cast== Episode 1: ''[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43511033-den-nye-kapellanen Den nye kapellanen]'' (The New Chaplain)
* Frank C. Bjørnsen as Den nye kapp * Jon Eikemo as Jon Vassenden * Knut Mikal Instanes as Vetle-Ola
Episode 2: [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20782904-hvitsymre-i-utslaatten ''Hvitsymre i utslaatten''] (Windflower in the Outcast)
* Hildegun Riise as Gertrud * Tina Hartvig as Den lyskledte * Roar Kjølv Jenssen as Prestesønn Episode 3: ''[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35124313-felen-i-vilde-skogen Felen i ville skogen]'' (The Fiddler in the Wild Forest) * Lars Øyno as Torstein * Liv Heløe as Taterjenta * Sine Butenschøn as Farmoren * Ricky Danielsson as Dvergen
== Synopses ==
=== Den nye kapellanen === Originally produced as a short film in 1988, Jon Eikemo plays Jon Vassenden, the father of an isolated family who is morbidly curious about passerby on his small farm. The New Chaplain won the Amanda Award.
=== Hvitsymre i utslaatten === Originally produced as a short film in 1990, Hildegun Riise plays Gertrud, who is having an affair with an engaged priest's son.
=== Felen i ville skogen === The longest episode, The Fiddler in the Wild Forest was produced specifically for ''Bat Wings''. Lars Øyno plays Torstein, who releases his anxiety through fiddle playing and shouting in the forest.
==References== {{reflist}}
==See also== * Hans E. Kinck
Category:1992 films Category:1992 drama films Category:1990s Norwegian-language films Category:Norwegian drama films Category:Films scored by Randall Meyers Category:1992 Norwegian films
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