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Max Manus: Man of War

Max Manus: Man of War

2008•1h 58m•7.1/10
HistoryWarActionCrime

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7.1/10(273)

Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of World War II in Norway until peacetime in 1945.

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Production

Filmkameratene, Miso Film, Roenbergfilm, Norsk Filminstitutt, Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, B&T Film

Language

NO

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Aksel Hennie

Aksel Hennie

Max Manus

Agnes Kittelsen

Agnes Kittelsen

Ida Nikoline 'Tikken' Lindebrække

Nicolai Cleve Broch

Nicolai Cleve Broch

Gregers Gram

Christian Rubeck

Christian Rubeck

Kolbein Lauring

Julia Bache-Wiig

Julia Bache-Wiig

Sykesøster Liv

Kyrre Haugen Sydness

Kyrre Haugen Sydness

Jens Christian Hauge

Eirik Evjen

Eirik Evjen

Sigurd Jacobsen

Knut Joner

Gunnar Sønsteby

Jakob Oftebro

Jakob Oftebro

Lars Emil Erichsen

Pål Sverre Hagen

Pål Sverre Hagen

Roy Nilsen

Mats Eldøen

Mats Eldøen

Edvard Tallaksen

Ken Duken

Ken Duken

Siegfried Fehmer

Petter Næss

Petter Næss

Martin Linge

Stig Henrik Hoff

Stig Henrik Hoff

Politikapt Eilertsen

Viktoria Winge

Viktoria Winge

Solveig

Oliver Stokowski

Oliver Stokowski

Oberscharführer Karl Höhler

Patrick Güldenberg

Patrick Güldenberg

Tyst marinegast

Rolf Kristian Larsen

Rolf Kristian Larsen

Olav

Julia Thurnau

Julia Thurnau

Tysk offisersfrue

Kimmo Rajala

Kimmo Rajala

Finsk soldat

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