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Nine Lives is a norvegien film of genre Drama directed by Arne Skouen with Henny Moan
Nine Lives (1957)
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Add to a movie listNine Lives (Norwegian: Ni Liv) is a 1957 Norwegian film about Jan Baalsrud, who was a member of the Norwegian resistance during World War II. In 1943, he participated in an operation to destroy a German air control tower. This mission was compromised when he and his fellow soldiers, seeking a trusted resistance contact, accidentally made contact with a civilian who betrayed them to the Nazis.
The film was directed by Arne Skouen and is based on the book We Die Alone by David Howarth.
In 1958 the film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and was entered into the Cannes Film Fesitival. In 1991 Norwegian television audiences voted it the greatest Norwegian film ever made.
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The morning after their blunder, their boat – containing 8 tons of explosives intended to destroy the air control tower – was attacked by a German vessel. The Norwegians destroyed their boat by exploding their payload, and Baalsrud and some other surviving soldiers fled.Actors
Henny Moan
(Agnes)
Alf Malland
(Martin)
Joachim Holst-Jensen
(Bestefar)
Rolf Søder
(Sigurd Eskeland)
Ottar Wicklund
(Henrik)
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