Only One Life: the Story of Fridtjof Nansen (Bokmål: Bare et liv – Historien om Fridtjof Nansen) is a 1968 Norwegian/Soviet biographical drama film directed by Sergei Mikaelyan, starring Knut Wigert and Veslemøy Haslund. The film depicts three important episodes in the life of Fridtjof Nansen (Wigert): his North Pole expedition, his diplomatic work with the League of Nations and his humanitarian work during the 1930s famine in Ukraine.
The title is sometimes translated as Storm Over Catastrophe or Just One Life.
Cast
Knut Wigert as Fridtjof Nansen
Veslemøy Haslund as Eva Nansen
Rolf Sand as Erik Werenskiold
Joachim Calmeyer as Roald Amundsen
Jack Fjeldstad as Otto Sverdrup
Knut Ørvig as Hjalmar Johansen
Evgeniy Evstigneev as Georgy Chicherin
Arne Aas as Philip Noel-Baker
Roy Bjørnstad as Henrik Greve Blessing
Gunnar Enekjær as Lars Pettersen
Torgils Moe as Peder Leonard Hendriksen
Odd-Jan Sandsdalen as Sigurd Scott Hansen
Richard Svare as Frederick George Jackson
Annemari Johansen as Liv Nansen
Yngve Horn as Kåre Nansen
Tori Liseth as Irmelin Nansen
Thomas Wollnick as Åsmund Nansen