The 12th Man (film)
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The 12th Man (Norwegian: Den 12. mann) is a 2017 Norwegian historical drama film directed by Harald Zwart, starring Thomas Gullestad as Jan Baalsrud, who escapes from occupying Nazi Germans on the island of Rebbenesøya, via the Lyngen Fjord and Manndalen, to neutral Sweden in the spring of 1943. The film, based on historical events, was adapted from the book Jan Baalsrud and Those Who Saved Him (2001) by Tore Haug and Astrid Karlsen Scott.[3]
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Directed by | Harald Zwart |
Written by | Petter Skavlan [no] (credited as Alex Boe)[1] |
Based on | Jan Baalsrud and Those Who Saved Him by
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Cinematography | Geir Hartly Andreassen |
Edited by | Jens Christian Fodstad |
Music by | Christophe Beck |
Production companies | Nordisk Film Production AS Zwart Arbeid |
Distributed by | IFC Midnight |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
Country | Norway |
Languages | Norwegian German English |
Budget | 64 million Norwegian krone |
Box office | $9.6 million (Norway)[2] |
Like the book, The 12th Man emphasizes the efforts of those who helped Baalsrud escape, which is in line with Baalsrud's own statements about the local population's courage. The plot also details the pursuit of Baalsrud from the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) leadership's perspective, depicting the escape as a cat-and-mouse game between Sturmbannführer Kurt Stage and Baalsrud.