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Thomas Gullestad [ no] as Jan Baalsrud. Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as Sturmbannführer Kurt Stage [ no] Marie Blokhus as Gudrun Grønnvoll. Mads Sjøgård Pettersen as Marius Grønnvoll. Kim Jøran Olsen [ no] as Nils "Nigo" Nilsen. Julia Bache-Wiig [ no] as Hanna Grønnvoll. Vegar Hoel as Sigurd Eskeland [ no] Martin Kiefer as Major Walther Wenders.
The story of Jan Baalsrud’s escape through occupied Northern Norway in the spring of 1943 has something of the improbable about it. The new film about the drama, The 12th Man, is generating considerable interest in the story, so we sought out the locations where it all happened. At the end of March 1943, Jan Baalsrud and 11 other intelligence ...
May 4, 2018 · The 12th Man: Directed by Harald Zwart. With Thomas Gullestad, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Marie Blokhus, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen. They were 12 saboteurs. The Nazis killed 11 of them.
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- Drama, History, Thriller
- Harald Zwart
- 2018-05-04
Awards. Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) St Olav's Medal with Oak Branch. Other work. Chairman of the Norwegian Disabled Veterans Union (1957 — 1964) Jan Sigurd Baalsrud, MBE (13 December 1917 – 30 December 1988) was a commando in the Norwegian resistance trained by the British during World War II .
Mar 30, 2020 · Never give up: Thomas Gullestad plays Norwegian commando Jan Baalsrud Credit: Alamy. On April 24, 1943, high in the mountains of northern Norway, a man lay under a boulder, half buried in...
May 21, 2024 · Washington, D.C. The 12th Man is the story of Jan Baalsrud, a World War II hero who risked his life to serve his country—and survived against all odds. The story of Norwegian Jan Baalsrud reads like a thrilling work of fiction. It is hard to believe that it is actually the true account of a remarkable man who managed to escape his German ...
Thomas Gullestad as Jan Baalsrud. Mads Sjøgård Pettersen as Marius Grønnvoll. Maria Grazia Di Meo as Anna Pedersen. Martin Kiefer as Walter Wenders. Marie Blokhus as Gudrun Grønvoll. Director Harald Zwart; Writer Petter Skavlan; Cinematographer Geir Hartly Andreassen; Editor Jens Christian Fodstad; Composer Christophe Beck
