War Sailor

Sep 23, 2022

2h 30m

★ 6.7

Overview

War Sailor is a magnificent drama that tells the story of the more than 30,000 Norwegian war sailors and their families' fate during and after the Second World War.

Genres

Drama

War

History

Production Companies

Mer Film

Falkun Films

Zweidorff Studio

Rohfilm Factory

Studio Hamburg

War Sailor Trailers

Cast

Alfred

Kristoffer Joner

Sigbjørn

Pål Sverre Hagen

Cecilia

Ine Marie Wilmann

Magdeli

Henrikke Lund Olsen

William

Armand Hannestad

Hanna Wiig

Alexandra Gjerpen

Werner

Florian Schmidtke

Claire

Tina Rizzo

Sigvaldsen

Thor Brekkeflat

Braathen

Arthur Hakalahti

Welder

Chris André Lee

Civilian

Kyle Borgogelli

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