In 1942, a convoy of 35 civilian ships, carrying vital supplies from Iceland to the Soviet Union, faces deadly challenges in the Arctic. Despite Allied naval escort, catastrophic intelligence errors expose the convoy to relentless German air and naval attacks. In the brutal conditions, inexperienced civilian sailors fight for survival, with only 12 ships making it to their destination.
De geallieerden willen tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog een fabriek aanvallen waar de nazi's raketbrandstof produceren. De fabriek ligt verscholen in een schijnbaar ondoordringbaar Noors fjord en de Amerikaanse commandant heeft 17 dagen de tijd om zijn eskader op te leiden en een eventuele aanval met V2-raketten te voorkomen.
The movie takes place during World War II and depicts the true story of Jan Baalsruds amazing escape from the German army from the coast of Northern Norway and across the border to the neutral country Sweden.
The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living and ignore their German occupiers. The doctor, Martin Stensgard (Walter Huston), would also prefer to stay neutral, but is torn. His brother-in-law, the wealthy owner of the local fish cannery, collaborates with the Nazis. The doctor's daughter, Karen (Ann Sheridan), is involved with the resistance and with its leader Gunnar Brogge (Errol Flynn). The doctor's son has just returned to town, having been sent down from the university, and is soon influenced by his Nazi-sympathizer uncle. Captain Koenig (Helmut Dantine), the young German commandant of the occupying garrison, whose fanatic determination to do everything by the book and spoutings about the invincibility of the Reich hides a growing fear of a local uprising.
1944. Norway is under Nazi occupation. Two sámi help the Norwegian resistance on a sabotage mission, but the bridge they’re about to blow up is guarded by a man in Nazi uniform. A fellow sámi in Nazi uniform.
The life of Maximo Guillermo "Max" Manus, a Norwegian resistance fighter, before and after World War II.