Max Manus

The film follows his heroic exploits from 1940-1945. Manus (Aksel Hennie), a Norwegian soldier, becomes outraged when Norway falls to Germany and permits the presence of an occupying puppet government in 1940. He rallies alongside other indignant Norwegians and forms a resistance outfit known as the Rognes Organization - a group dedicated to collecting weapons, disseminating anti-Nazi propaganda, and exuding a fighting spirit. Manus is eventually captured by the Nazis, but make a daring escapes and flees to Scotland. There he undergoes sabotage training with the Free Norwegian Forces and, in 1943, he parachutes over Norway to rejoin the growing resistance movement. A key figure of the resistance, he becomes the arch nemesis of Gestapo leader Sigfried Fehmer (Ken Duken).