
Hero
2022


19 votes
April 9th, 1940, Norway is under siege. As German warships close in on Oslo, Colonel Birger Eriksen, commander of the undermanned Oscarsborg Fortress, makes a bold decision that changes the course of history.
Director
Daniel FahreWriter
Status
Released
Original Language
Norwegian
Budget
$8.3M
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
"Battle of Oslo"or "Blücher" is the second Norwegian film, I've seen in recent years, that covers the early days of the invasion of Norway. Colonial Birger Eriksen was in charge of the Oscarsborg Fortress when the Germans lauched their invasion, sinking the Nazi battleship Blucher, instrumental in buying time for the Norwegian goverment and King, to escape the country. This film, like its predecessor, imparts in stark terms, the emotional individual impact felt by a nation's people, that had not been at war, to that point, for 120 years. The awful decision Eriksen has to make to take a…
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