Max Manus: Man of War

Dec 18, 2008

1h 58m

★ 7.1

Overview

Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of World War II in Norway until peacetime in 1945.

Genres

History

War

Action

Crime

Production Companies

Filmkameratene

Miso Film

Roenbergfilm

Norsk Filminstitutt

Det Danske Filminstitut

Nordisk Film & TV Fond

B&T Film

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Cast

Max Manus

Aksel Hennie

Ida Nikoline 'Tikken' Lindebrække

Agnes Kittelsen

Gregers Gram

Nicolai Cleve Broch

Kolbein Lauring

Christian Rubeck

Sykesøster Liv

Julia Bache-Wiig

Jens Christian Hauge

Kyrre Haugen Sydness

Sigurd Jacobsen

Eirik Evjen

Gunnar Sønsteby

Knut Joner

Lars Emil Erichsen

Jakob Oftebro

Roy Nilsen

Pål Sverre Hagen

Edvard Tallaksen

Mats Eldøen

Siegfried Fehmer

Ken Duken

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