Norsk filminstitutt

Feature film Narvik
(Kampen om Narvik)

The WWII epic Narvik tells the true story of two intense months in the spring of 1940 when 50 000 soldiers from allied countries fought side by side against the Germans in and around Narvik.  

Hitler's First Defeat

The WWII epic Narvik tells the true story of two intense months in the spring of 1940 when 50 000 soldiers from allied countries fought side by side against the Germans in and around Narvik. This small Norwegian port, which served as a terminal for valuable iron ore from Sweden, suddenly and unexpectedly ended up in the line of fire when WWII broke out. The iron ore was vital to the German armament industry, and both Hitler and Churchill were painfully aware that whoever wins the iron ore, wins the war.  

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2022
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2022-12-25
Production company:
Nordisk Film Production AS
Co production company:
Storyline NOR AS
Producer:
Aage Aaberge
Live Bonnevie
John Einar Hagen
Line producer:
Roy Anderson
Co producer:
Tom Vidar Karlsen
Trond Eliassen

Director

  • Erik Skjoldbjærg

    Erik Skjoldbjærg (born 1964) is a Norwegian director and writer. He graduated from the National Film and Television School in London in 1997 and made his feature film debut with Insomnia in 1997, which he also co-wrote. The film attracted substantial international attention and was selected for the Semaine de la Critique at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997. The film was remade in 2002, with Christopher Nolan directing. Erik made his international debut with the drama Prozac Nation in 2001, and has since directed several feature films and TV-dramas with both national and international success. He is probably most known for NOKAS (2010), Pioneer (2013), selected by Toronto International Film Festival, and the acclaimed drama Pyromaniac (2016). Erik has also co-created and directed three seasons of Occupied, last season aired on ViaPlay this fall. 

    Erik Skjoldbjærg

Cast

Gunnar Tofte:
Carl Martin Eggesbø
Kristine Cornelie Margrete Hartgen

Crew

Director:
Erik Skjoldbjærg
Screenplay:
Christopher Grøndahl
ProductionDesigner:
Merete Bostrøm
Cinematographer:
John-Erling Holmenes Fredriksen
Set Decorator:
Thomas Atle Nes
Ranik Halle
Costume Designer:
Karen Fabritius Gram
Bente Ulvik
Makeup artist:
Dorte Pedersen
VFX supervisor:
Arne Kaupang
Script:
Gjyljeta Berisha
Casting:
Celine Engebretsen

Technical information

Genre:
War
Drama
Language:
Norwegian
Subtitles:
English

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