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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, was ...
Mar 30, 2020 · A story of kindness and neighbourly spirit: The 12th Man. The shed in which Baalsrud lay alone was about six feet, by nine. He jokingly named it the Savoy Hotel. During that time, he took Marius ...
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
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Oct 8, 2018 · Based on a true story, the film tells the story of twelve resistance fighters who were dropped into the country's arctic territory. Eleven are captured or killed almost immediately, but Jan ...
March, 1943. Twelve British-trained Norwegian saboteurs are ambushed by German troops when they enter Norway. Eleven of the saboteurs are either captured or killed. The twelfth, Jan Baalsrud, manages to escape the trap but now there is a massive German manhunt out for him. The odds on him escaping back to the Allies are very slim. — grantss.
The nightmare sequences, in which Baalsrud dreams of capture and more, do not help much. And the movie is one-dimensional in its portrayal of the Nazis intent on capturing their “12th man” (one of the most dogged of whom is played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers). This seems an odd complaint but when you’ve hired human actors to do nothing but ...
May 3, 2018 · By Teo Bugbee. May 3, 2018. “The 12th Man” depicts a Norwegian hero’s resistance to Nazism during World War II, centering on the true story of Jan Baalsrud (Thomas Gullestad), a rebel ...
