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Michigan Technological University Mail    Faith Morrison <fmorriso@mtu.edu>
Movie this wednesday: Den 12 mann (The 12th Man)
Tomas Co <tbco@mtu.edu>    Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 11:34 PM
To: ", filmlover-l" <filmlover-l@mtu.edu>
Hello everyone,

For this Wednesday, we are showing a Norweigian movie
"Den 12 mann (The 12th Man)", directed by  Harald Zwart
(more details below).

Please feel free to pass the message around and
invite your friends. Hope you can join us.

Regards,

Tom Co

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Title: Den 12 mann (The 12th Man)

Date and Time:  October 10, Wednesday, 6:30-9

Place: 308 Cooper Ave, Hancock

Director: Harald Zwart

Partial List of Characters:
  Thomas Gullestad
  Jonathan Rhys Meyers
  Marie Blokhus
  Mads Sjøgård Pettersen
  Vegar Hoel
  Håkon T. Nielsen
  Eirik Risholm Velle

US Rating: not rated (I think it is R)

Language: Norwegian, German, English, Saami
    (with English subtitles)

Length: 135 mins

Media: Bluray, color

Summary: (by www.imdb.com)

  "True World War II story about Jan Baalsruds,
  one of the 12 saboteurs sent in 1943 from
  England to the Nazi occupied Northern Norway.
  After their boat is sunk by the Germans, Jan
  goes on the run towards the neutral Sweden.
  However, the brutal weather conditions turn
  out to possibly be an even greater foe than
  the Nazi patrols."

My Comments:

  Intense and suspenseful, even if one knows
  the outcome.  It shows how the will to survive
  together with help from his fellow Norweigian,
  can still conquer almost impossible odds.  Of
  course, I am still not sure which parts of the
  movie were embellished for effect.

  The acting and direction are good.

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Michigan Technological University
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