The 12th Man
We are in Troms, way above the Arctic Circle in northern Norway. It is March 1943 and the dramatic landscape is slowly waking up from the third long, dark winter under Nazi rule. In this spectacular landscape one of the most amazing stories of World War II is about take place:
12 Norwegian resistance fighters have boarded a small fishing boat in Scotland. They have crossed the treacherous North Sea to get to their beloved country in order to fight the enemy. It is not to be.
Norwegian collaborators give them away; the fishing boat is attacked and sunk when eight tons of dynamite explodes. 11 of 12 men are captured and eventually killed by the Germans, most of them after enduring horrific torture. But one man escapes.
The one who gets away is the 25-year-old, handsome resistance fighter, Jan Baalsrud. All Jan has to rely on is his moral fibre, his incredible strength - and eventually dozens of patriotic Norwegians willing to stake their lives to help him.