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It is about the exploits of celebrated norwegian resistance fighter max manus, based on his own memoirs. With aksel hennie, agnes kittelsen, nicolai cleve broch, ken duken. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. The eurocultural tradition of canonizing nazi resisters has met few candidates as. You have to defeat your enemy support inodrer to win. World war ii was a very tumultuous time for many people around the world and especially for certain countries. After the war he wrote several books about his adventures and started the successful office supply company max manus as. Max manus is a norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter max manus 191496, after his contribution in the winter war against the soviet union.
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In norwegian, german and english, with english subtitles. For the english language audience dont be fooled by the cover suggestive of a low quality war flick this is a complex and interesting exploration of what it meant to participate in a resistance movement often overlooked in stories of ww2. Manus joined norwegian resistance and became a member of the oslo gang, specializing in the sinking of ships, including the spectacular sabotage of the donau troop ship in december, 1944. Assaying the norwegian resistance the new york times. Nov 30, 2017 when norway is invaded by germany, young saboteur max manus returns home to help in the fight against the occupation. The film was a major production and used 1,800 extras and 2,000 people behind the cameras. Man of war dan kenneth gigernes ww2 biography about resistance fighter max manus tries to have a realistic tone and it is good to see that max manus inner demons is not wiped under a rug and the film manage to recreate some 1940s atmosphere well.
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