Post by manfromplanetx on Mar 2, 2018 22:53:42 GMT
Many wonderful little known films outperform some of those big budget epics, never making such lists...
Shetlandsgjengen , The Shetland Gang (1954) is an exciting WW2 true story, A Norwegian UK co-production, the on sea filming is absolutely amazing.
Shetland Bus was the nickname of a clandestine special operations group that made a permanent link between Shetland, Scotland, and German-occupied Norway from 1941 until the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany ended on 8 May 1945. The film is closely based on real events, and many of the members of the gang, including the leader, called "Shetlands-Larsen" play themselves. Starring Leif Larsen who was perhaps the most famous of the Shetland Bus men. In all he survived 52 trips , Larsen became the most highly decorated Allied naval officer of the Second World War. many of the crews and passengers were never seen again
The unit was operated initially by a large number of small fishing boats, crossings were mostly made during the winter under the cover of darkness. This meant that the crews and passengers had to endure very heavy and treacherous North Sea conditions, with no lights, and constant risk of discovery by German aircraft or patrol boats...
Blekitny krzyz , Men of the Blue Cross (1955) from Polish director Andrzej Munk , likewise uses real characters from actual true accounts of the bravery from the mountain rescue unit. A spectacular rugged snow-scape is the setting for this exciting rescue adventure. In February 1945, a Polish rescue team sets out to bring back wounded Soviet and Slovak partisans who are trapped behind the mountain border as well as behind enemy lines.
Ni liv , Nine Lives (1957) is another excellent true story from Norway, filmed in a stunning icy landscape
The exciting WW2 drama adventure is a biopic based on the daring escape made by Norwegian resistance fighter Jan Baalsrud. Having escaped a commando raid on a German position, he flees into the icy wilderness. Baalsrud encounters everything from, frostbite, snow-blindness, he dodges heavily armed German troops in blizzard conditions on his way to the freedom of neutral Sweden...
Shetlandsgjengen , The Shetland Gang (1954) is an exciting WW2 true story, A Norwegian UK co-production, the on sea filming is absolutely amazing.
Shetland Bus was the nickname of a clandestine special operations group that made a permanent link between Shetland, Scotland, and German-occupied Norway from 1941 until the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany ended on 8 May 1945. The film is closely based on real events, and many of the members of the gang, including the leader, called "Shetlands-Larsen" play themselves. Starring Leif Larsen who was perhaps the most famous of the Shetland Bus men. In all he survived 52 trips , Larsen became the most highly decorated Allied naval officer of the Second World War. many of the crews and passengers were never seen again
The unit was operated initially by a large number of small fishing boats, crossings were mostly made during the winter under the cover of darkness. This meant that the crews and passengers had to endure very heavy and treacherous North Sea conditions, with no lights, and constant risk of discovery by German aircraft or patrol boats...
Blekitny krzyz , Men of the Blue Cross (1955) from Polish director Andrzej Munk , likewise uses real characters from actual true accounts of the bravery from the mountain rescue unit. A spectacular rugged snow-scape is the setting for this exciting rescue adventure. In February 1945, a Polish rescue team sets out to bring back wounded Soviet and Slovak partisans who are trapped behind the mountain border as well as behind enemy lines.
Ni liv , Nine Lives (1957) is another excellent true story from Norway, filmed in a stunning icy landscape
The exciting WW2 drama adventure is a biopic based on the daring escape made by Norwegian resistance fighter Jan Baalsrud. Having escaped a commando raid on a German position, he flees into the icy wilderness. Baalsrud encounters everything from, frostbite, snow-blindness, he dodges heavily armed German troops in blizzard conditions on his way to the freedom of neutral Sweden...