Scorched Earth (1969)
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During the German retreat in WWII, Finnmark and Nord-Troms were laid waste - villages, schools and hospitals razed and 60,000 people driven into mountain hideouts - but, come liberation, those who’d survived in caves and huts returned with fierce determination to rebuild their homeland.
- Date of release
- 1969-02-24
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Knut Andersen
Casting
- Rolf Søder — Hekki Haldonen
- Anne-Lise Tangstad — Alma, Hekkis kone
- Solfrid Heier — Herdis
- Kåre Tannvik — Ivar
- Tove Andreassen — Anne
- Bonne Gauguin — Bestemoren
- Arne Lindtner Næss — Ilja
- Bernt Erik Larssen — Adjutanten
- Dagmar Myhrvold — Herdis' bestemor
- Egil Hjorth-Jenssen — Herdis' bestefar
- Carsten Byhring — Basen
- Willem Fricke — SS-mann
Interesting facts
- Based on: The Terrible Winter
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Silver nugget for the best Norwegian film
Scorched Earth is a 1969 Norwegian drama film directed by Knut Andersen. It was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a diploma.
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