Nine Lives (1957 film)
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Nine Lives (Norwegian: Ni Liv) is a 1957 Norwegian film about Jan Baalsrud, a commando and member of the Norwegian resistance during World War II. Trained in Britain, in 1943, he participated in an operation to destroy a German air control tower. This mission was compromised when he and his fellow soldiers accidentally made contact with a civilian rather than a Resistance member, who betrayed them to the Nazis.
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Directed by | Arne Skouen |
Written by | Arne Skouen |
Produced by | Arne Skouen |
Starring | Jack Fjeldstad Henny Moan Alf Malland Joachim Holst-Jensen Rolf Søder |
Distributed by | Louis de Rochemont Associates |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | Norway |
Language | Norwegian |
The film was directed by Arne Skouen and is based on the book We Die Alone (1955) by British author David Howarth.[1]
In 1958, the film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film[2] and was entered into the Cannes Film Festival.[3] In 1991, Norwegian television audiences voted it the greatest Norwegian film ever made.[citation needed]