Secondløitnanten
A retired ship captain reports for service again during the German invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940, and beats the defeatism by organizing into guerrilla methods. Inspired by Thor Olaf Hannevig and…
Secondløitnanten
A retired ship captain reports for service again during the German invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940, and beats the defeatism by organizing into guerrilla methods. Inspired by Thor Olaf Hannevig and his improvised resistance in Telemark. The old sea-captain retires, but the next day German WWII occupation of Norway begins. He then kisses his wife good-bye and is off to Army HQ. There he finds a lack of leadership and morale that offends him. They even laugh at him and his out-dated uniform and officer-rank. Secondloitnanten then finds and leads his private troop of volunteers against the German attack. The movie tells the story of a man that refuses to give up, even when everybody else leaves. He will fight for the country he loves and do his duty. —Stein Frydenberg <for_sf@debet.nhh.no>
Secondløitnanten
Biography,Drama,War
Film Details
A retired ship captain reports for service again during the German invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940, and beats the defeatism by organizing into guerrilla methods. Inspired by Thor Olaf Hannevig and his improvised resistance in Telemark. The old sea-captain retires, but the next day German WWII occupation of Norway begins.
He then kisses his wife good-bye and is off to Army HQ. There he finds a lack of leadership and morale that offends him. They even laugh at him and his out-dated uniform and officer-rank.
Secondloitnanten then finds and leads his private troop of volunteers against the German attack. The movie tells the story of a man that refuses to give up, even when everybody else leaves. He will fight for the country he loves and do his duty.
—Stein Frydenberg <for_sf@debet.nhh.no>.