Underplayed Gems

Vi vil leve (1946)

Vi vil leve poster
Directed by
Rolf Randall, Olav Dalgard
Genre
drama film
Country
Norway
Runtime
1h 51m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The film portrays life in Norway under German occupation. It follows characters dealing with the hardships and moral choices of that time.

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What happens

Vi vil leve (We Want to Live) is a Norwegian film from 1946 directed by Olav Dalgard and Rolf Randall. The film deals with the German occupation of Norway. The film studies professor Gunnar Iversen characterizes it as "an uneven and choppy film that is marred by melodramatization that undermines authentic material." Dalgard and Randal wrote the manuscript while confined at the Grini detention camp and had it smuggled out before being sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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