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Mood:
- SuspensefulExcitingTenseAtmosphericRoughCaptivating
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Plot:
- Heroic MissionBattlesChases and RacesDangerEscapadesHeroesRivalrySoldier more...
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Genres:
- WarForeignAdventureDramaHistoricalPeriodThriller
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century40sWorld War 2
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Place:
- EuropeNorwayBattle Zone
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Audience:
- Boys' Night
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically Acclaimed
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Based on:
- BiographyBased on True Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Max Manus, 2008
Norwegian, English, German
Norway, Denmark, Germany
Profile of Max Manus
Max Manus can be described as tense, exciting, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around battles, a heroic mission, and escapades. The main genres are foreign, war, and drama. In approach, Max Manus is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a battlezone. It is located in Norway. Max Manus takes place in the 20th century. It is drawn from a biography and originally a true story. The movie has received attention for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. Max Manus is well suited for a boys' night.
Summary of Max Manus
An epic race through a chapter of the Second World War that remains largely unknown in North America, Max Manus recounts the life of one of Europe's most celebrated resistance fighters.The film introduces its eponymous hero as he volunteers to fight alongside the Finnish forces in their battle against Russia, which is attempting to turn Finland into a protectorate. Shortly afterwards, his beloved Norway is invaded by Nazi Germany and quickly occupied. Max Manus and a few friends start a small rebel cell, committing sabotage and distributing leaflets denouncing the Nazi presence. But their group is swiftly apprehended and Manus is captured, eventually escaping by jumping from a second-storey window. Made an instant legend for this feat, he's recruited by a larger pan-national resistance movement run out of London.It takes a smart film about the resistance to acknowledge that radical actions are most often taken by those with the least to lose. Manus and his cohorts are largely working-class youths when they first band together, with the lone exception of the chief propagandist. Manus himself is a complicated case. As the war progresses, he begins drinking more heavily, tortured by his own ability to survive as those around him, including his closest friends, are killed.Aksel Hennie, one of Norway's most versatile actors, delivers a bravura performance as Manus. Initially, his Manus looks as if he'd be more comfortable on a farm, living a quiet life, but over time becomes increasingly feral, barely able to contain the rage inside him as his comrades fall while he continues to live.That said, Max Manus is also a thriller, and its detailed account of sabotage techniques is relayed with skill and relish – especially a sequence featuring an attack on a huge supply tanker in Oslo harbour. The strength of its passion and storytelling have helped make Max Manus Norway's biggest domestic hit in more than a decade. On these shores, the film is destined to be acclaimed for the vigour of its characters and the visceral impact of its narrative.
Details
| Language: | Norwegian, English, German |
| Country: | Norway, Denmark, Germany |
| Release date: | October 2009 |
| Runtime: | 118 min |
Cast and Crew
as Max Manus
as Ida Nikoline 'Tikken' Lindebrække
as Gregers Gram
as Siegfried Fehmer
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- 10.September.2010
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- by: Vic
- Vic rated this movie6/10Okay
