As far as you can
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | As far as you can |
| Original title | Ni liv |
| Country of production | Norway |
| original language | Norwegian |
| Publishing year | 1957 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Arne Skouen |
| script | Arne Skouen |
| production | Arne Skouen |
| music | Gunnar Sønstevold |
| camera | Ragnar Sørensen |
| cut | Bjørn Breigutu |
| occupation | |
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As far as the strengths reach , GDR distribution title The Stronger , is a Norwegian feature film by Arne Skouen from 1957. It is based on the book We Die Alone by David Howarth , which in turn deals with real events.
action
During the Second World War : Jan Baalsrud is one of 14 Norwegian soldiers who are supposed to bring weapons and explosives from the Shetland Islands to Northern Norway by fishing cutter . Your cutter is destroyed by Germans; Jan is the only Norwegian who survives and can escape. Jan initially hides with a midwife who treats his frozen toes, and later with farmer Henrik, who takes care of him and brings him from an island to mainland Norway. Jan's destination is Sweden , which is not occupied by Germans. He made his way to the Swedish border on skis. On the way over the snow-covered mountain ranges of the Lyng Alps, he becomes snow- blind , and the condition of his legs also deteriorates. He hallucinates and finally believes he is seeing a hotel. Instead, he ends up in the hut of the married couple Agnes and Martin. They put him in their stable and look after him. Jan's snow blindness passes, but he is not yet safe because Germans are constantly checking the houses.
Martin informs some young people from a neighboring town near the border with Sweden who are supposed to bring Jan across the border. The way to the mountain plateau is difficult because Jan cannot walk due to his frozen toes. He is left in a hut for a day because Martin wants to get a doctor to treat him. The doctor cannot come due to strong storms; Jan cuts off his frozen toes in agony. When the weather calms down, Jan is taken to the mountain top, where he is supposed to be picked up by residents of the border town. However, he has to hold out for several days because of a strong snow storm. Martin and Agnes look for him after a week and dig him out of the snow. Only after a few more days of waiting, hallucinating and starving, is Jan finally brought across the border by Lappen in a sledge, where they barely escape German soldiers. In Sweden, Jan tells his story to a stenographer in the hospital. Then he gets up despite his severe leg injuries and slowly walks down the hospital corridor.
production
As far as you can get based on David Howarth's We Die Alone - A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance from 1955. The book deals with the true story of the Norwegian resistance fighter Jan Baalsrud (1917–1988). The Norwegian title of the book and film, Ni liv ( Nine Lives ), refers to the nine lives attributed to Baalsrud in the film. The film was shot in Troms , among others .
As far as we can, it hit Norwegian cinemas on October 3, 1957 and Swedish cinemas on November 11, 1957. The film was released in the GDR on October 24, 1958 and was shown on January 30, 1959 on DFF 1 on GDR television. In the Federal Republic of Germany, the film opened in cinemas on November 13, 1959 and was shown for the first time on television on February 18, 1968 on ARD .
In 2011 the long version was released on DVD in German stores. The previously missing scenes are provided with German subtitles. The film was scanned from the last existing German cinema role, so there are fluctuations in the sound quality. The extras also include the shorter, completely German, theatrical version with a running time of approx. 79 minutes.
criticism
The criticism of the GDR praised the film: “From the first to the last picture it is presented with a very sober, unpathetic, nothing euphemistic and nothing concealed objectivity more like a report than in the style of a feature film, and that's why the whole thing works Such lasting intensity. ”The film leaves the audience in no doubt,“ who will always be 'the stronger' in the future. ”“ Impressively simple film adaptation of an actual event, ”said the film service . The evangelical film observer is full of praise : “The sober, powerful design of the escape of a Norwegian from the Germans who followed him in the last world war turns into a remarkable statement about being human. Recommended from 14. "
Awards
As far as the strengths reach , it was nominated for an Oscar in the category of best foreign language film in 1958 . In May 1958 the film ran at the Cannes International Film Festival in the competition for the Palme d'Or .
Remake
In June 2018 a Norwegian remake called "The 12th Man - Fight for Survival" was released in German cinemas.
Web links
- As far as the forces are sufficient in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ HUE: The Stronger . In: Berliner Zeitung , October 28, 1958, p. 6.
- ↑ As much as you can. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Evangelical Press Association Munich, Review No. 118/1960
- ↑ Ni liv on festival-cannes.com