Max Manus: Man of War (2008)
"Max Manus" (original title)

The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.

Directors:

Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg

Writer:

Thomas Nordseth-Tiller

Stars:

Aksel Hennie, Agnes Kittelsen, Nicolai Cleve Broch

7 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aksel Hennie	...	Max Manus
Agnes Kittelsen	...	Ida Nikoline 'Tikken' Lindebrække
Nicolai Cleve Broch	...	Gregers Gram
Ken Duken	...	Kriminolrot Siegfried Fehmer
Christian Rubeck	...	Kolbein Lauring
Knut Joner	...	Gunnar Sønsteby
Mats Eldøen	...	Edvard Tolloksen (as Mads Eldøen)
Kyrre Haugen Sydness	...	Jens Christian Hauge
Viktoria Winge	...	Solveig Johnsrud
Pål Sverre Hagen	...	Roy Nilsen (as Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen)
Jakob Oftebro	...	Lars Emil Erichsen
Petter Næss	...	Koptein Martin Linge
Ron Donachie	...	Oberst John Skinner Wilson
Stig Henrik Hoff	...	Politikaptein Eilertsen
Oliver Stokowski	...	Oberschirführer Karl Höhler

Storyline

The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.

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Plot Keywords:

battle | saboteur | consulate | what happened to epilogue | handshake | 

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Genres:

Action | Biography | Drama | History | War

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site (German)

Country:

Norway Denmark Germany

Language:

Norwegian German English Russian Finnish

Release Date:

3 September 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Max Manus: Man of War

Filming Locations:

Ardkinglas House, Cairndow, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK

Box Office

Budget:

NOK 50,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

B&T Film, Filmkameratene A/S, Miso Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the movie, Gregers Gram talks about the idea that someone should make a statue of him, and put it somewhere fancy, like in front of City Hall in Oslo. This is a clever joke, as there really is a statue of Gregers Gram outside Njårdhallen (the Njaard sports hall).

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Goofs

When Gregers and Edvard are ambushed, Gregers shoots the fake informant with a Walther PP, but a moment later, he's armed with a Colt Model 1903.

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Quotes

Colonel J.S. Wilson: Whiskey?
Max Manus: ...No thank you, Sir, I've quit.
Colonel J.S. Wilson: Who the hell stops drinking in the middle of a bloody war?

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Connections

Edited from 1939 (1989)

User Reviews

Wonderful. Good Norwegian action/drama movies are rare.

It was a great movie. I was not bored for a second! Movies like this could very fast be ruined by to much focus on action, to much focus on drama or all to many characters. This movie handle all the parts very well. It's very good balanced movie. It goes on from 1940-1945 telling the story and feelings of Max Manus, who was a saboteur under the war. Good Norwegian action movies are rare, if you have some fearful memories of bad Norwegian movies, this will change your mind.

None Norwegians: I gave this movie 10, and that may be because I'm a Norwegian and feel this movie in a different way then you. But it's no less then a 8 if I should be harsh. This will most likely "pop" up in your rental store as a DVD with subtitles. If you not used to subtitles it can be hard I know, but it's worth it (And you will hear some German, English and wonderful Norwegian-English in the movie). It's a rental, heck, it's one to own!