Max Manus
Posted: January 01, 2009 • 3:05 pm
Finally! A norwegian film worth telling anybody about. To wit: Max Manus was a norwegian saboteur during world war two. Him and his friends, among other things, were responsible for the sinking of the Donau in 1945, effectively stopping the flow of german soldiers from Norway to the front. The film showcases him and his gang's efforts to halt the germans during the occupation from 1940 to 1945, and how he met the woman with whom he would be married for the rest of his life until his death in 1996.
It's a well-directed, well-cast piece of film, which is a rare thing here, sadly. Most of the films that've come out the last few years have been either trashy horror-flicks about people getting offed way up some snowy mountaintop or deep in the norwegian forrests, or bad drama/comedies nobody feels like watching more than once.
This film however finally got something right. It's more than just a tribute to our war-heroes, it's also damn good entertainment! And getting those two elements together without anything collapsing like a house of cards, is an artform.
The work those boys did during the war (which is mostly called 'the occupation' here, for obvious reasons), and all the other men and women did, make me proud to call myself a norwegian!
I can highly recommend it, if you can find it with subtitles. For our members here who don't need the subtitles, if you haven't already seen it... Se og kom dere på kino!!
-Fred
It's a well-directed, well-cast piece of film, which is a rare thing here, sadly. Most of the films that've come out the last few years have been either trashy horror-flicks about people getting offed way up some snowy mountaintop or deep in the norwegian forrests, or bad drama/comedies nobody feels like watching more than once.
This film however finally got something right. It's more than just a tribute to our war-heroes, it's also damn good entertainment! And getting those two elements together without anything collapsing like a house of cards, is an artform.
The work those boys did during the war (which is mostly called 'the occupation' here, for obvious reasons), and all the other men and women did, make me proud to call myself a norwegian!
I can highly recommend it, if you can find it with subtitles. For our members here who don't need the subtitles, if you haven't already seen it... Se og kom dere på kino!!
-Fred