12th Man (2017)

Original title

Den 12. mann

Directed by

Harald Zwart

Genre

biographical film

Country

Norway

Runtime

2h 15m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 618 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Based on real events, a Norwegian resistance fighter escapes through arctic terrain in 1943 with Nazi soldiers chasing him. The story follows his journey to neutral Sweden and the local people who risk their lives to help him.

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What happens

The 12th Man (Norwegian: Den 12. mann) is a 2017 Norwegian historical drama film directed by Harald Zwart, starring Thomas Gullestad as Jan Baalsrud, who escapes from occupying Nazi Germans on the island of Rebbenesøya, via the Lyngen Fjord and Manndalen, to neutral Sweden in the spring of 1943. The film, based on historical events of Operation Martin and the escape of Jan Baalsrud, adapted from the book Jan Baalsrud and Those Who Saved Him (2001) by Tore Haug and Astrid Karlsen Scott. Like the book, The 12th Man emphasizes the efforts of those who helped Baalsrud escape, which is in line with Baalsrud's own statements about the local population's courage. The plot also details the pursuit of Baalsrud from the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) leadership's perspective, depicting the escape as a cat-and-mouse game between Sturmbannführer Kurt Stage and Baalsrud. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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