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Narvik: Hitler’s First Defeat <\/strong><\/em>(2022)<\/p>\n Director: Erik Skjoldbj\u00e6rg<\/strong><\/p>\n Writers: Cristoph Gr\u00f8ndahl, <\/strong>story by Live Bonnevie, Erik Skjoldbaerg, Sebastian Torngren Wartin<\/strong><\/p>\n Stars: Kristine Hartgen, Carl Martin Eggesb\u00f8 <\/strong>and Billy Campbell<\/strong>.<\/strong> Tagline:\u00a0 None.<\/p>\n The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n 1940.\u00a0 World War II rages.\u00a0 Norway is a neutral country.\u00a0 Because most of the world’s iron ore passes through the port at Narvik, both England and Nazi Germany have diplomats in the city.\u00a0 In April, a force of German soldiers arrive in the city as part of a takeover.<\/p>\n Ingrid Tofte (Hartgen) is a young, married hotel worker.\u00a0 Her husband, Gunnar (Eggesb\u00f8) is a corporal in the Norwegian army. Ingrid and Gunnar have a baby that is their world.\u00a0 When the Nazis arrive, Gunnar is part of a unit sent to blow-up a bridge to delay Nazi advancement.\u00a0 Ingrid, because she speaks two languages is picked to help Nazis as they attempt their takeover of the city.\u00a0 If either Ingrid or Gunnar are exposed both will surely be executed.<\/p>\n Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Narvik<\/em> is at it’s best when showing the dangers and choices that individuals are forced to make as the Nazis move in.\u00a0 Some choose to wage war while others lay down their arms.\u00a0 It would be a difficult choice to fight. You’re facing overwhelming odds and then your commanding officer hands over his pistol to the invading commandant!\u00a0 Some soldiers dropped their weapons, took off their uniforms and ran away.\u00a0 Others find a different officer and plan for future attacks.<\/p>\n Civilians had to make tough decisions to make as well.\u00a0 Cooperate with the Nazis and lose your way of life. Try to run or stay and fight and you could lose your life.\u00a0 If you had small children, the decision was even more difficult.\u00a0 And if your child’s life is on the line, what would you do?<\/p>\n If I had any nits to pick, it would be with the film’s length.\u00a0 When the tension is on and the battles are raging, the film is at it’s best.<\/p>\n Narvik: Hitler’s First Defeat <\/em>(2022) rates 3 <\/span>of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n Narvik: Hitler’s First Defeat (2022) Director: Erik Skjoldbj\u00e6rg Writers: Cristoph Gr\u00f8ndahl, story by Live Bonnevie, Erik Skjoldbaerg, Sebastian Torngren Wartin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[72,54,74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-movies","category-z-view"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32307"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32470,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32307\/revisions\/32470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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