"I HAVE FIVE DRAWERS IN MY MIND.
THE THREE TOP DRAWERS I OPEN ALL
THE TIME. THE FOURTH, LESS OFTEN.
I CLOSED THE BOTTOM DRAWER MAY 8TH,
1945 AND HAVEN'T OPENED IT SINCE."
[quiet breathing]
[murmur of conversation]
REPORT FROM "NO. 24"
[knocking at door]
- [man 1] Hi. We are ready.
- [man 2] Hi. Yes.
- [man 1] Can you put the mic on?
- [man 2] Yes. We'll be out soon.
- [man 1] Great, thanks.
- [man 2] Yep.
- Ready, Gunnar?
- Yeah, yeah.
I'm ready.
- [sighs]
- [man 2] Are you good?
Yeah, I'm better.
It goes after a while.
Yeah.
- Pleased to meet you. Welcome.
- Yes.
- Thank you, thanks.
- Hello, I'm Petter.
- [woman 1] Hi, welcome.
- Petter. Hi.
[whispered conversations]
- [woman 2 clears throat]
- [woman 3] Shh.
Yes, yes. Were you expecting
old folk here, huh?
Let's talk about, uh values.
[calm ambient music playing]
Are you tired yet?
This is incredible. [sighs]
What?
n*zi BOOK BURNING CAUSES
INTERNATIONAL WORRY
[man 2] Book burning?
I got a book from my father.
A guy called Langhoff,
who has written about his stay
in a German concentration camp.
They'll burn that in no time.
Concentration camp?
Yes. It says they've been detaining
folk who are against the regime.
Communists, then?
A mix of people, I think.
It's called The
Peat Bog Soldiers.
Khn has it in his bookshop.
Or I can lend you mine.
I understand they're doing that, um,
to keep the communists under control.
It's the same here as well.
Or else, I mean, it's
Moscow for us all.
You're not hearing what
you're saying, are you?
Shouldn't people be free
to say what they want?
Sure. Sure.
This is not about communism.
We should be allowed to
speak and not go to jail.
Yeah, but you get
what I mean, right?
[man 1 laughs]
No, I don't know what you mean.
Let's boil the water.
Yeah, here you go.
[present-day Gunnar] I went to the
same school as you over 70 years ago.
We lived in a democracy.
But some of us felt it
starting to tighten around us.
Does everyone here feel secure?
[chuckles] Yes, good.
I also felt most secure.
All companions of mine,
they also felt secure,
right to when we
were not any longer.
For, of course, we thought we
were living in a post-w*r state,
when we suddenly became aware
we had been living in
the interwar state.
And the Germans trooped
in the 9th of April, 1940.
They needed barely 800
soldiers to take over Oslo.
Yes, about twice as many
people are sitting here.
[ominous music playing]
[present-day Gunnar] In a w*r,
you have to figure out if you want
to accept the
situation you are in
and to embrace what's going
to become your new reality
or stand up against it
and thus risk everything.
[typing and low conversations]
[present-day Gunnar] I
continued to go to work.
But I had a hard
time concentrating.
[air-raid siren blaring]
[man 1] Everybody out!
[man 2] Come on, everyone!
[dog barking]
You're not easily
startled, are you
Snsteby?
One can feel a little
defiant at times.
And how defiant would
that be, exactly?
[men shouting in distance]
Somewhat defiant.
[siren fades]
There are a few of us who have talked
about taking a trip out to Marka.
Would you be interested
in coming with us?
[suspenseful music playing]
[speaking German]
[present-day Gunnar]
What else could we do?
We had to try to fight back.
[man 1] Snsteby. Here.
Yup.
[Gunnar] But the Germans
were already everywhere.
- [expl*si*n echoing]
- [shouting]
- [man 1] Get down.
- [man 2] What's that?
[b*mb whistles]
[man 3] b*mb!
- [man 4] Run!
- [man 5] Move it!
[man 4] Keep going!
[Gunnar] It was futile.
[g*nf*re]
Form a line! Form a line!
[g*nf*re]
- [man 4] Fall back!
- [man 5] Fall back!
Watch out!
[Gunnar] We didn't
stand a chance.
[heavy g*nf*re]
Here!
[groans]
[man 6] Move it!
[man 4] Retreat! Retreat!
Retreat!
- [man 5] Stop!
- [man 6] There'll be covering fire!
[Gunnar] We were
so damn unprepared.
[g*nf*re]
[Gunnar] And I promised myself
that I would never again be
so unprepared for anything.
I myself got pneumonia
and terrible sinusitis.
In fact, I was told not to
move for two whole years.
People say that health is
the most important thing.
PRIME MINISTER QUISLING
EXPLAINS POLITICAL PLANS.
[Gunnar] But that's not true.
Peace and freedom
trumps everything.
And after two months or so,
I met other men who
were just like myself.
[radio broadcaster]
This is London.
On days like these, there are
probably many people in Norway
who are trying to
keep their spirits up.
Or are they beginning
to lose heart?
[Gunnar] And they were Knut
Haugland, who I knew from Rjukan,
and Max Manus,
Andreas Aubert,
Gregers Gram,
and Tallak, Edvard Tallaksen.
Oh, I missed that one.
[Gunnar] Here I put my background
as an accountant to good use.
I became Erling Fjeld,
Gunnar Lier, Harald Srensen.
The bakery in Grnland,
with Reidun Andersen in charge,
became a hub for us.
It was all well we were making a
newspaper, but we wanted better.
The Norwegian government
had fled to London.
[tense music playing]
[Gunnar] I got word that
they had a representative
at the British
legation in Sweden.
NORWAY - SWEDEN
[Gunnar] I wanted to meet him.
THE BRITISH LEGATION - STOCKHOLM
[man 1] We need to build
up a network in Oslo.
[young Gunnar] All right.
But if you would rather go to
England to be trained in sabotage,
I'm certain we could
send you over there.
- Thank you, but I will stay in Oslo, sir.
- Okay.
Your codename is
Number 24.
There you go.
Your first assignment.
[dramatic music playing]
BANK OF NORWAY
[engine starts]
[music fades]
- Forfang.
- Erling Fjeld.
Ivar Thidemansen has
asked me to meet you.
Yes.
[clears throat]
So, why are you here, then?
The Norwegian government
in London has employed me
to come to you to borrow the
banknote printing plates.
You wish for a loan of our printing
plates for the Norwegian banknotes?
Yes.
Resistance work costs money,
as you can imagine, sir.
And we also need a sample
of the paper being used.
[sighs]
Hello, Miss Lberg?
Thank you for an
interesting chat.
What must I do for
you to trust me?
This meeting is over.
Miss Lberg will
show you the way out.
- [Gunnar sighs]
- Mr. Fjeld?
[tense music playing]
[Forfang] Mr. Fjeld?
Your grandchildren will
be speaking German.
What was that?
You do understand that if
action is not taken now,
your grandchildren will
be speaking German?
Here, you have a chance to stand
on the right side of history.
[Forfang sighs]
How do I know that you are a
representative of the government?
How can I be sure of that?
- You will have to trust me.
- Ah.
Easy for you to say.
If this goes wrong,
I'll get shot.
And the bank manager
and the entire board.
That goes for all of us.
[Forfang sighs]
[sighs]
If you are who you say,
then make the speaker from
London say this on the radio
the day after tomorrow.
Then I will consider the matter.
THE ETERNAL LONGING
[melancholy music playing]
- [static cracking]
- [indistinct rhythmic pattern of taps]
[rhythm repeats clearly]
[rhythm repeats]
- [static crackling]
- [rhythm repeats]
[broadcaster] This is London.
In days like these, it's
important to keep your spirits up.
Here are 16 special messages.
One. A man you can trust.
Two. A long spear in the fist.
Three.
The eternal longing.
Four. Looks like a school.
Five
[clears throat]
[church bell ringing]
I hope that you know
what you're doing.
[sighs]
You have until Thursday evening.
[tense music playing]
[driver] So, uh, where
are we going today?
[Gunnar sighs] Please
go to Kongsvinger.
- [driver] Hmm.
- I have a package to get to Sweden.
So send that, then.
It's here.
[announcer] A festive
meeting in the town hall.
National commissioner Terboven
and Minister President Quisling
were photographed together
as the company's protectors.
Under the leadership
of Captain Maxvik,
the company marched
through Oslo's streets.
[military band playing]
[announcer] Hirden's
school in Kongsvinger
has completed a soldier
training course.
Chief of State Police Marthinsen
handed out letters of appointment
to the new troop leaders
and superintendents.
That man is worse than Quisling.
Then followed by a
simple social evening.
[present-day Gunnar] Marthinsen
was head of the State Police
and also the supreme
leader of the Hirden.
He allowed his people
to t*rture Norwegians.
And the Norwegian Nazis were quite
frequently worse than the German Nazis.
I could not understand
how our fellow countrymen
could collaborate with
those who had occupied us.
It made it difficult
to know who to trust.
[tense music playing]
The government in London
needed eyes and ears in Oslo.
[soldiers marching]
[Gunnar] And I was appointed
leader of our little organisation.
[tapping]
[Gunnar] The information was collected
and then smuggled over to Sweden.
[phone ringing]
[Gunnar] And from there,
transported on to London.
But the Gestapo had now become
aware of the resistance movement
that was building up.
Our people were arrested
all over the country.
[man groaning]
[Gunnar] The Germans wanted to
get hold of those in charge.
[in German] Turn him.
[man screaming]
[door slam echoes]
[muffled screaming continues]
Why Hornbk? Why can't he
just drive to Kongsvinger?
[typing, murmur of voices]
[Tallak] Andreas
wants to talk to you.
He said that [coughs]
[whispering] He said
What was that?
[sighs]
The Germans poured boiling
oil up Kristian's rectum.
Andreas' brother.
He burned from the inside.
[melancholy music playing]
Andreas.
Condolences for Kristian.
He was outstanding.
Yes, he was.
What kind of people
would do that? Hmm?
Who does that?
All of us understand
if you want out.
Out? What are you talking about?
I want to do the hard
things. You follow?
- [Reidun] Hi.
- [Gunnar] Hello.
[Reidun] She's here.
- [Gunnar] Okay.
- [shop bell rings]
[Gunnar] Hello.
Krogh.
Gudrun Collett.
[man] Krogh?
But isn't it Fjeld?
Krogh, Fjeld, um Five
pockets, one for each man.
Then it's just a matter
of keeping them straight.
- [man laughs]
- [sighs]
[clears throat]
You fix things?
Yes. Well, you might say that.
- You need access to more apartments?
- Yes.
Why so many?
I never sleep two nights
in the same place.
[present-day Gunnar] Through Mrs. Collett,
I got access to a network of apartments.
I just followed the
logic of the Germans.
For their job was all day, every
day to methodically search,
trying to predict where we
could be found and get to us.
The Germans usually
came to get people
between four and
six in the morning.
[birdsong]
So I got up every day
at half past four.
I was out on the street
within a few minutes,
and then I usually
went into the woods
to get a few extra
hours of sleep
before heading back to the city.
- [door opens]
- [shop bell rings]
We open again in the morning.
[in German] Closed.
[in English] Thank
you so much, miss.
Ah
It's a lovely scent of baking.
Mmm.
May I?
Reidun?
[tense music playing]
[door slams]
[in German] Please.
[papers rustle]
Get the prisoners.
[guard] Next.
[in English] Do you
know who this is?
Look at him.
Next.
What about him?
I don't know.
[officer] Are you sure?
Mmm.
[papers rustle]
[footsteps shuffling]
[metal clanking]
[Reidun gasps softly]
No.
[conversations fall silent]
[door opens]
[door closes]
- [Reidun] I didn't say anything.
- Uh
Anything.
Okay.
[Reidun] I saw several of ours.
I saw Solnrdal.
I don't know how
long he can hold up.
They'll do anything
to find out your real identity.
Okay.
[suspenseful music playing]
[baby crying]
[people speaking German]
[woman] Mmm!
What are you up to these days?
[Gunnar] You don't want to know.
But, um you were given
permission for travel to Rjukan?
[crockery clattering]
Look
I
There are a lot of
people looking for me.
And there will more,
I'm inclined to believe.
And I can't quite shake the
thought that they could come and
and that they could
come here after you.
[father] You have
to do your job.
And we will do ours.
[emotional music playing]
[pats back]
- Hi, Gunnar.
- Hello.
[man] For the good cooperation between
the German and Norwegian law enforcement,
It is very important,
Mr. Marthinsen,
that we quash this
t*rror1st activity together.
Mmm. Yes.
[in German] Did you
get everything he knew?
That's impossible to know.
No, it's not. You just
have to make an effort.
They'll sing like sparrows.
- [in English] Excuse me for a moment.
- Yes, certainly.
[officer, in German] Come here.
[whimpering]
[in German] It's
chilly here, right?
What?
- [hissing]
- [prisoner groaning]
[officer, in English]
The name of your boss?
- Who is your leader?
- [moans]
His full name.
[spluttering] G Gu
[sobs]
Gunnar.
Gunnar.
- We need the surname as well.
- [prisoner gasping]
[grunting]
S Snsteby.
[panting]
- Gunnar Snsteby?
- [prisoner] Yeah.
[sobs]
[in German] There you go.
[in English] That
wasn't so hard.
[sobbing]
Apologies for the interruption.
Not at all.
[in German] But I'd say
the wait was worth it.
GUNNAR SNSTEBY
REWARD: 200 000 KR.
[birdsong]
[soldier, in German] Stop.
Papers, please.
Uh
Okay. Go on.
[door slams]
[keys jingling]
[muffled conversation in German]
[tense music playing]
[men calling out in German]
- [door slams]
- [keys jingling]
[breathing shakily]
[keys jingling quietly]
[man] Please come in, Snsteby.
Get after him!
- Stop!
- [g*nf*re]
LEUCHARS, SCOTLAND - 1943
[man 1] Just get inside and
dump them. These aren't
Idiot! Do you know
that? Leave this!
Kjakabrten.
[Gunnar chuckles]
There you are.
- Hello.
- Very good to see you.
Good to see you.
It was about time
you came out here.
Yes, but I'll go
back at the soonest.
Of course. First
things first, Gunnar.
Erling Fjeld.
Erling Fjeld.
Yes, they've asked
to speak to you.
Have they?
I tried to tell them you're
an upstanding citizen,
but they're not
going to surrender.
[officer 1] Mr. Fjeld.
[poignant music playing]
[officer 1] Just tell us
one more time, Mr. Fjeld,
why you have survived
when so many of your
contacts haven't?
[man 3] Some of us believe that
this is close to impossible.
When something is impossible,
there tends to be a few
obvious explanations.
What are you saying?
Not saying anything,
Mr. Fjeld. You tell us.
[Gunnar] I'm a thorough man.
Very few people can be thorough
on this level over time.
- What am I supposed to say to that?
- [officer 1] But you can?
Well, I'm not saying that
I'm better than anyone.
But I plan ahead all
the hours I'm awake.
- So do all the others.
- So do all the others.
- I wish that was true.
- So there's no component of luck in this?
Oh, yes. Luck and good planning.
Do you drink alcohol?
Not since the w*r started. I
find it is counterproductive.
- You don't need it to calm your nerves?
- No.
- What about women?
- What about them?
Do you like women? Some
agents prefer male company.
- [officer 1] Shocking as it may seem.
- Uh, yes, I do like women.
[officer 2] How many female
contacts have you established?
I'd say about five.
And of those, how many of
them have you slept with?
I find your questions
to be quite personal.
[officer 1] Just answer.
Zer zero women since
the w*r started.
[officer 1] I find that very
hard to believe, Mr. Fjeld.
Sorry, but I don't feel like
that's my responsibility.
[officer 2] Do you do anything
at all to calm your nerves?
Yes.
I plan and prepare, as
I already have told you.
That's the thing
that calms my nerves.
[sighs]
- [planes flying low overhead]
- [door opens]
[door closes]
[poignant music playing]
I'm sure you've had quite
enough of this room.
I apologize on behalf of my agency,
but we had to be absolutely certain.
It seems that you're one of those
rare and brilliant individualists
who's able to achieve
things that others cannot.
We're rather impressed.
I wish you nothing but the very
best of luck in your training.
[door opens]
[door closes]
[present-day Gunnar] After a few
months of training in Scotland,
I went back to Oslo.
I now felt ready to take
on bigger assignments.
But first, I was to meet the new
leader of the resistance movement,
Jens Christian Hauge.
I got hold of eggs
for breakfast.
[jazz music playing]
You can have a sip of
my husband's invention.
[Gunnar] Hmm.
He said it helps
with everything.
[sighs] So he thought.
Apart from brain tumours,
it turned out.
My, uh condolences.
Thank you.
But let's not get
lost in melancholy.
It's important to
rejoice once in a while.
[Brahms' Waltz in A-Flat
Major, Op. 39 No. 15 playing]
In spite of what is facing us.
When is he supposed to arrive?
He's coming.
[Gunnar sighs]
Do you dance?
- No.
- Hmm. [chuckles]
You mustn't forget to breathe
a little, even if it is w*r.
There'll be a time
and a place for that.
Hmm.
You mean one dance?
You won't be getting any more
food from me if you don't dance.
Yes.
[chuckles]
- Have you danced before?
- Yes, yes.
- Okay.
- Absolutely.
So you put your right
hand upon my shoulder.
- Mm-hmm.
- And the other hand here.
I will lead first. Now.
[Gunnar] Hmm.
[clears throat]
[laughs] You cannot dance
with me if you're stuck.
You must take a breath.
[inhales deeply] In
through the nose.
[exhales] Out of the mouth.
- And again.
- [both inhale]
[both exhale]
Let's try one more time.
Please try.
Right.
- One, two, three. One, two.
- Hmm.
See? You've got it!
- [Gunnar chuckles]
- Don't forget to breathe.
[Gunnar breathing deeply]
[both laughing]
[knocking at door]
- Mm-hmm. Mmm.
- [chuckles]
- [door opens]
- [clears throat]
[Gudrun] Welcome.
[door closes]
Mr. Hauge.
[pot lid clinks]
[pouring]
- [Gudrun] Coffee?
- Yes, thank you.
I'm trying to teach Number
24 to breath a little.
[both chuckle]
Have you turned 25 yet?
[Gunnar] Yes.
There's a chance
you won't get older.
Have you considered that?
I can accept that.
[puts cup down]
How do you think you'd
respond to t*rture?
I'm not sure.
That is the only answer.
We're going to work
together, you and I.
We have an urgent matter.
Okay.
Quisling and Marthinsen will
forcibly conscript Norwegian boys
to fight for the Germans, sending
them to Russia as cannon fodder.
3,000 men will meet at the
employment office tomorrow.
Ensure that by sunrise, it looks
like a fire pit down there.
[suspenseful music playing]
Akersgata 55, it's here.
An empty building.
It's closed at night.
We're going to blow up the
archive, and that's it.
Gregers, about eight, ten kilos?
Yeah. Ten could do it.
Max, I spoke to Selvaag.
He can get weapons for us.
Yup.
Tallak, you're on
reconnaissance for Akersgata.
We meet here at seven.
[suspenseful music continues]
[man] Yes, I have a good
selection. Have a look.
Akersgata 55, here you are.
[Gunnar] All this must be checked
before we meet up at seven o'clock.
Yeah. Yeah.
Repeat it.
[clears throat]
You said that, uh, you and, uh
You and, uh, Max
Tallak, this isn't
going to work.
[clears throat]
That's, uh No.
I I smiled at her
because we are in a caf.
Is smiling at people not allowed
any more? Is that how it is?
Some of us feel things,
even if you don't.
Right. I fully understand you.
Please just give her a smile.
And then when you are done with
the smiling, go back to Akersgata.
I I was just over there.
- The key you were given
- Yes.
[key jingles]
Did you check if it fits?
[music intensifies]
[music fades]
It's ready.
Okay.
MAY 18TH, 1944
- [Gunnar] Have you got the keys?
- [Tallak] Yeah.
[keys jingle]
[ominous music playing]
[Gregers] Nice place.
- [door closes]
- [large group conversing]
There's people here.
[Gunnar] We will
proceed as planned.
[buzz of voices]
[man] Do you have
to say Let's wait
Just need to work through this
Hi. How can I help you?
- What's going on here?
- [woman] We're working overtime.
It's going to be very busy
tomorrow morning, so And you?
We've been ordered to
check the ventilation.
Oh, yes, yes. That's nice. It
gets really stuffy in here, so
- We'll get that sorted, ma'am.
- Thank you.
[man 2] Yes, pass it
pass it here, please.
You know what?
When I see the young like you,
standing there idle in times like this,
do you know what
I'm thinking of?
I'm thinking, "What's going on?"
If I had been young today,
I'd have done anything to kick
these disgusting swines out.
To be honest, it makes me want to
kick you very hard, I'm telling you.
[man laughing]
[men speaking German]
- Hmm?
- We're at work, but thank you.
- [Tallak] Max.
- [soldiers laughing]
[Max sighs]
[man] All right, then.
- I will have a sip.
- Help yourself.
- Thanks for that.
- Yeah.
What the hell's goin' on 'ere?
[Max] No idea.
[music intensifies]
[man] It's a good question.
And I'll tell you something
else. I would run if I was able.
Then those b*stards
wouldn't really be scared.
See, in the old days, literally
no one could outrun me.
- And I was really tough, too.
- Sure.
In 1905, I went to Drammen
and back in a single night.
There was a lady
down there, you see.
They don't make 'em
like that any more.
[soldiers laughing]
[drunk man] Back then,
there was more to love.
They drank milk
back then, you see.
[mouths]
[lighter clicks]
Hello.
Hello! Hi! This building
will blow up shortly!
So everyone needs to get out!
- Now!
- Me first!
[clamouring]
In July July, 3rd, 4th
Maybe was June. It
could have been. Yeah.
I was there and back to
Drammen, all in just one night.
[screaming]
July. 5th of July. No.
[Max] You should get
away from here, sir.
- [drunk man] What did you say?
- [Max] Get away!
- Get away! Go!
- [drunk man] All right.
[screaming]
[present-day Gunnar] And what do you think
it said in the newspapers the day after?
That's right.
Not a thing.
All those stories that you see
that are published in the papers,
they tell them.
It's the owners.
What to print and
what not to print.
- Every single time.
- [distant phone ringing]
So in the case of w*r, well, those
papers should be lit instead.
- They're mere kindling.
- [phone ringing loudly]
Hello, this is Marthinsen.
[Marthinsen] To hell with
this! I've had enough!
[poignant music playing]
[banging at door]
[door opens]
Gustav Snsteby?
- Yes.
- You're coming with us.
Just one moment.
[emotional music continues]
[music fades]
[door closes]
[Jens] He has been
sent to Grini.
[ominous music playing]
They know your name.
They know who you are.
We knew something like
this might happen.
Take these with you, and always
carry them, you hear that?
You cannot let them
take you alive.
[door slams]
[starts engine]
[footsteps coming upstairs]
[door opens]
[Gudrun panting] The Germans
know about this apartment.
[Gunnar] Okay, I'm leaving.
[sighs]
Thank you.
[soldier 1, in German]
Thank you so much.
Papers.
The backpack too.
Check it.
Where are you going, Fjeld?
Work.
What work do you do?
Insurance.
[soldier 1] What do
you think? Insurance?
Have a nice day.
Thank you.
[soldier 1] Off you go.
[Reidun] So they
didn't recognise you?
Luckily, I look unremarkable.
Heh.
You are many things, Gunnar.
Unremarkable is not one of them.
[poignant music playing]
Do you ever think about what
you're going to do when it's over?
No.
And why's that?
I can't think of that now.
I want a free country, so
everything else comes after.
[bicycle rattles]
- It would be wise to lay low for a while.
- What?
I'm just saying that I think it would
be wise to lay low for some time.
Yes, that could be wise.
[woman] It's chilly
What is it?
I got to
know someone, someone new.
New? What do you mean?
A woman?
I know you don't like it, but
[scoffs] You know,
it is what it is.
I have full control.
How do you have full control?
[sighs]
I've been thinking of what I
have to do if I get caught.
And I know exactly
what I'll do.
- [bicycle pulls up]
- [bell rings]
[sighs]
No one gets caught, Tallak.
[tense music playing]
[Jens] Kongsberg
weapons factory.
850 Norwegians are forced to produce
Swedish Bofors cannons for the Germans.
The Allies will b*mb, even if
it means k*lling civilians.
The centre of Kongsberg will
be completely destroyed.
We have a better idea. But
there could be trouble.
We need to get into the factory.
Of course, the Germans
have guards there,
but it should be possible to do
this between two guard rounds.
- [man 1] Hi.
- Hi.
- Where are the goods?
- [man 1] What goods do you mean?
- [Gunnar] expl*sives.
- That's inside.
[Gunnar] Inside what?
The factory.
Yeah, I've smuggled over 70 kilos
of expl*sives into my workbench.
Who gave you that command?
No, we we thought
it was a good idea.
We'll have to wire it up
from the inside, you mean?
That's right.
The plan was for us to wire everything
so it's ready before we go in.
Now we need at least ten
minutes more time in there.
That's as long as the
guards spend on a round.
[sighs]
Well, let's get to work?
[tense music continues]
[dog barking]
[worker 1] We have a key.
Yes, but we don't want
them to know that.
[lightbulb buzzing]
- [dog barking]
- [clattering]
[chain jingling]
[soldier speaking German]
[soldiers conversing in German]
[dog panting]
- [door slams]
- [Gunnar] Ten minutes.
[tense music continues]
[dog barking]
[exhales]
Just five more.
Come on. Finish up.
Three minutes.
- Give me the fuse. We don't have time.
- Okay.
[dog barking]
- Shh, shh, shh.
- [door crashes]
[dog barking]
- [Gunnar] We have to get out now!
- We need to set the fuse.
- [Gunnar] Come on!
- Yes!
[grunts]
[soldiers speaking German]
Here! Here!
[starts engine]
HOKKSUND - 20 KM FROM KONGSBERG
[soldier, in German]
Papers, please.
And step out.
[ticking]
[expl*si*n echoing]
Good. Everything is in order.
Drive on.
[starts engine]
[laughter]
[cheering]
[clapping and whooping]
[group chanting]
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
- [Max] Wahey! Hey! Hey!
- [chanting] Come on, then!
- Sing a song to show what we can do!
- Whoo!
Let's show what we can do, eh?
But it was They weren't
very impressed with it.
- They weren't very impressed with it.
- Oh!
- Understandably!
- [Gunnar] New rules!
From here on, I do not want
to see a drop of alcohol
taken before, during,
or after a mission.
After a mission, when
everyone is accounted for,
then it's a different matter.
Do I make myself understood?
[clatters]
[suspenseful music playing]
[muffled conversation]
Are you going?
They want me over in London.
- Do you know why?
- No.
[sighs] And no fraternising
while I'm not about.
We will be disciplined.
Yes.
Gunnar?
[Gunnar gasps]
Erling.
- It's been a while.
- Oh, yes, absolutely.
[both chuckle]
- This is Annlaug.
- Yes, hello.
- Hi. Gunnar.
- Annlaug.
How are you?
[Erling] We've know each
other since childhood.
We'd go hiking up the
mountains together before
before, uh, well
yeah, all of it.
How's your father managing?
He's all right, thanks.
And how are you? Didn't you
have a job with your father?
Well, it became a
bit of a mess there.
Now I'm between
jobs, as they say.
Yes, that's life.
[tense music playing]
- These are difficult times.
- Mmm.
Are you off on the road?
No, just running errands.
Busy life?
[chuckles] Yes,
you could say that.
- It's good to see you.
- Likewise.
- Well, see you.
- See you, then.
[engines roaring, horns blaring]
[silence]
[clock ticking faintly]
[murmur of conversation]
[piano playing quietly]
[man] Yes, that's really good.
[Gunnar] Thank you.
[conversations fall silent]
[man] Good day.
Uh Your Majesty.
And what are you called today?
- [Gunnar] Uh
- Erling Fjeld?
[conversations resuming]
Harold Srensen.
An electrician from Grefsen.
[chuckles]
[Gunnar] Your Royal Highness.
Well, I was keen
for the opportunity.
Sadly, I must leave you now.
Hmm. It's an honour.
[prince] Ditto.
Have a good lunch.
Shall we?
I took the liberty of
ordering for us both.
Ah. Ah.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
It looks delightful.
Bon apptit.
- [chuckles]
- [piano playing quietly]
I hear that you are accomplishing
great things at home in Oslo.
Thank you. I'd like
to go back to do more.
Ah, you know what.
I think your need is
greater than mine, my boy.
That's kind, thank you.
And of course, you are going.
You will go home again.
And, God damn it, you must continue to
sabotage as much as you possibly can.
[woman] I do hope they
play some Beethoven
[present-day Gunnar] I will
never forget that meeting.
It was as if the King himself ordered me
to kick those b*stards out of the country.
But before I got back home, I
was to receive another message.
[sighs] Um
It was then that
Tallak and Gregers
They had made contact with two
German deserters from the Luftwaffe.
Or at least, who they thought
were two German deserters.
[ominous music playing]
- [g*nshots]
- [screaming]
Gregers died at the scene.
Tallak had been shot
right in the face.
And they brought him
to Kriegslazarette.
Had I been there in Oslo, that
meeting would not have gone ahead.
I wouldn't have allowed it.
They wouldn't have been k*lled.
But I was not there.
[ominous music playing]
We don't really know how one
may or may not react to t*rture.
You crack,
and you're unable to hide
all those around you?
[emotional music playing]
[Gunnar] No one wants to be in that
situation, if it can be avoided.
[door slam echoes]
No one can really
judge you if you must.
But it's costly.
Your new orders.
[music fades]
Yeah, um, I've heard that
the resistance movement
occasionally had to decide upon
the lives of other Norwegian men.
Um
Yes.
Uh, have you done it?
Um, have you experienced w*r?
No, I have not.
But, uh, my parents have.
Then I think that your parents will very
likely understand what I'm talking about.
Mmm.
And to all of you, I want to say
that I hope that you never
have to understand it,
so long as you live.
Because what happens in w*r is that
subtle differences just disappear,
and things become
black and white.
And all at once, completely
different rules apply.
I lost eight of my dear
friends during the resistance,
and that was by
order of the Germans.
But how would you have reacted
if your best friends
were betrayed?
I wouldn't have liked it.
No.
But have you done it?
Any other questions for me?
[tense music playing]
[Jens] These are
the worst of them.
They're Norwegians, all of them.
Marthinsen is the most
zealous n*zi in the country,
but we will need more
time for planning.
I think we should start with
this one. He's an easier target.
He is directly responsible for the
death of several of our people.
[Lindvig, in
Norwegian] Take aim!
Fire!
[g*nshots]
I can ask someone else, Gunnar,
if you find it's too unsettling.
We can't ask our men to do it unless
they know we're willing to do the same.
I'll take him.
Take someone with you.
And, uh one thing
we must agree upon.
All of this stays
between you and I.
We take it to the grave.
Who's taken whom, when, where, that is
vital information you and I die with.
Do you hear me?
[suspenseful music playing]
[dog barking]
[Gunnar] Excuse me.
I saw that you came
out from number one.
Do you live there?
Yes.
[Gunnar] Do you like it there?
Why do you ask?
Would you say this is a
pleasant neighbourhood?
Absolutely.
[Andreas] Good neighbours?
It varies around here.
Especially nowadays.
[Andreas] Oh. What
do you mean by that?
Have you got a neighbour
who's not so nice?
You could say that.
And how close to
him do you live?
[clock ticking]
[dog whimpers]
[vehicle draws up]
Gunnar. It's him.
[main door opens]
[main door slams]
[footsteps walking upstairs]
[door closes]
- [footsteps approaching]
- [keys jingling]
[door opens]
[door slams]
[jazz playing on radio]
[Gunnar] I'll take another.
[Andreas] Can't you
just play a card?
[Gunnar] All in good time.
[Andreas] Smart arse.
Ooh.
[birdsong]
Thanks very much.
You are welcome.
[spoon clinking]
[vehicle approaching]
[engine switches off]
[tense music playing]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[footsteps in hall]
[Lindvig groaning]
[music intensifies]
[woman] Wait!
This is for you!
Yep.
Hmm.
Uh have things that occurred during
the w*r bothered you afterwards?
No, because during the
w*r I lived a life
as extreme a life as I could,
so my mind never rested,
and I let very little get to me.
For if I'd done that, I
would have been done for.
Um, well, I was I was
thinking more that, uh
the resistance movement and
yourself k*lled some of our own.
Yes, but have we not discussed
this earlier on before?
Yes, but you didn't answer
clearly, as I see it.
Apparently, it happened on
[paper rustling]
82 occasions
during the campaign.
Well, now, I haven't really counted,
but I'd say that's probably correct.
We took particular individuals
who were committed Nazis.
And those who were
about to do something
that would ensure Norway
was unable to be free again.
Uh, there was no
mercy at all, then?
No.
[suspenseful music playing]
You can go to number two.
Yep.
[man] No. No.
[Gunnar] I probably would
have switched these two.
Astrup and Finn
Kaas, I don't know.
- [groans]
- [woman screaming]
- [fires]
- [woman screams]
- That is the youngest, so eventually
- Okay.
[groans]
[sounds fade]
So non-violence was never
something you ever considered?
Non-violence?
[student] Yes.
Uh, Gandhi?
If you have heard of him?
Gandhi did not fight
against any Nazis.
Non-violence is all well
and good in theory.
But that can't be done
if your country is attacked
by those with
contempt for humanity.
I think that's when it matters.
Hmm. Then we can both discuss in
detail, should there be another w*r
and we two are still alive.
Okay, we'll discuss again
if a w*r breaks out.
[Gunnar] Yes.
Well, let's go to, uh,
Captain Linge and his company.
For in the the company of Linge,
there were a lot of people from Rjukan.
Uh
Yes?
[inhales]
But had all the citizens ex*cuted
done unforgivable things?
Yes.
And did that sometimes have
any major consequences?
Say, for example,
Karl Marthinsen?
Now, where the Marthinsen case
is concerned, it was quite clear.
[Gunnar] So, we just
go down Blindernveien.
He usually drives all the way.
Here, we can watch.
And we can hide here.
[Andreas] Selvaag,
come give me a hand.
[present-day Gunnar] He was responsible
for the Holocaust in Norway.
He sent the Norwegian Jews
to concentration camps.
You can probably call him
the biggest mass m*rder*r
in recent Norwegian history.
So he had to be taken care of.
FEBRUARY 8TH, 1945
[suspenseful music playing]
[Marthinsen] How is your boy
doing? Did he win that ski race?
Thank you for remembering.
It's actually today.
[Marthinsen] Ah, today, is it?
Well, wish him
good luck from me.
Thank you.
[Marthinsen] It's very
cold today, isn't it?
- [machine-g*n fire]
- [driver yelps]
- [driver groaning]
- [Marthinsen spluttering]
[g*nsh*t echoes]
[silence]
[student] How many people do you
think it was worth sacrificing
simply for you to take
Marthinsen's life?
After we shot Marthinsen,
the Germans took revenge,
that was the case.
Well, the reprisals
were so severe
that we stopped k*lling the
next people on the list.
But within two nights they, uh
ex*cuted 28 of us, Norwegian
men, up at the garrison.
Many good members
of the resistance
and some unfortunates
who'd done nothing.
Was it worth it?
There's no way to answer that.
What is freedom worth?
Someone in my family was shot
by the resistance movement.
Hmm?
[student] I said someone in my family
was shot by the resistance movement.
I see. I'm sorry to hear that.
Do you know what he had done?
Uh, that that's unclear.
Uh, about snitching
snitching on someone.
Yes. During the w*r,
there was a lot of that.
I was hoping you might know
maybe a little more about it?
[Gunnar] Oh, yes? What
what was his name?
Erling Solheim.
[emotional music playing]
[Jens] We have
received a letter.
What that means is, our
people at the post office
have managed to intercept this
letter addressed to the State Police.
The sender is offering information that
could lead to you and others being caught.
The letter names you and several
other people associated with you.
He offers to identify you.
No, I'm afraid there aren't
any bells ringing with that.
[typing]
[Erling] "To the State
Police Commissioner, Oslo."
"Recently, I have come
into contact with people
who engage in sabotage and
other ill*gal activities."
But now we should move on.
Um, or see if we can't.
Thank you very much for
your questions today.
[Erling] "I have heard and read
so much about the bestial acts
"that the so-called Home
Front has carried out."
[Jens] This Solheim
has to disappear
before he tries to
contact the Gestapo again.
Will you take care of it?
[paper rustles]
Yes.
[present-day Gunnar] I believe that
freedom is worth almost anything.
And that is why w*r
becomes so unbearably hard,
that the fronts become
impossible to overcome.
For it's either freedom
or it's death.
[Erling] "I would prefer not to give
too much information in writing,
but I can say that I have
information on Snsteby,
Haugland, and Heiberg,
who I know you're
very interested in."
"I also don't want to involve
the regular police in this,
as they cannot be trusted."
"If you could arrange for
a travel permit to Oslo,
then I would come immediately."
- "Most respectfully, Erling Solheim."
- [door opens]
[murmur of voices]
Can I speak with the two of you?
[tense music playing]
[man 1] Can I get a cup of tea?
[man 2 sighs] Look at this.
From Rjukan.
Do you know who he is?
Take a Stapo car with you.
Travel in civilian clothing.
A certificate of service.
Solheim is currently
out of work.
- He'll be living at this address here.
- Sam Eydes gate.
- Mm-hmm.
- Hmm. Thank him nicely for the letter.
Then ask him to come to
Oslo to be interviewed.
Tell him that Stapo is very grateful
that he has taken the trouble,
and that the reward of 200,000
is waiting for him in Oslo.
200,000?
That's probably
why he's doing it.
You take him out of town
then sh**t him.
["Exit Music (For a Film)"
by Radiohead playing]
[engine idling]
Wake
From your sleep
The dryin' of
Your tears
Today
- We escape
- Drop your weapon! Get down!
We escape
- Breathe
- [Gunnar] Go into the reception area.
- Keep breathin'
- Go into the reception area. Quiet!
Don't lose
- Your nerve
- Go!
Breathe
Keep breathin'
[man 2] Erling Solheim?
I can't do this
Hello. Thank you for
your correspondence.
Alone
[inaudible dialogue]
- [soldier] Alarm! Alarm!
- Sing
Us a song
[soldier shouts in German]
What are you doing?
A song
- To keep
- [soldier] What are you going to do?
- [staff screaming]
- Us warm
- There's
- [man 3] Get out!
Such a chill
Out! Go on, get out!
- Such a chill
- Out!
Come on!
Out! Out!
And you can laugh
A spineless laugh
We hope your rules
And wisdom
Choke you
Now
We are one
In everlasting peace
I don't know about you two,
but I need a toilet stop.
We hope
That you choke
FEBRUARY 27TH, 1945
That you choke
We hope
That you choke
That you choke
We hope
That you choke
That you choke
[wind gusting]
[shot echoing]
[shot echoing]
[car door slams]
[Gunnar] Did he realise?
- No.
- [keys jingling]
[Gunnar] Good.
Right.
[emotional music playing]
[church bell ringing]
[announcer] We are
free! There is peace!
A Norway in sparkling joy has
celebrated its reborn freedom
in these hectic days.
We have cheered out in the dawning
spring all the longings and hopes
every Norwegian woman and man
have carried in their heart.
Justice will be served.
The despicable
handful of traitors
who betrayed their
own countrymen
Mr. Quisling, this
is Halvor Rivrud.
He was in Dachau and Mauthausen.
I think you should
listen to him.
It'd be best to keep quiet.
[inaudible dialogue]
[emotional music continues]
[audience applauding]
[applause continues]
[applause fades]
[Gunnar] Thank you. Thank you.
Hi.
I was wondering if you
could sign this book for me?
[Gunnar] Yes, of course.
Um
Gladly.
Goodness gracious. Well.
You're really interested
in all this, aren't you?
[student] Yes.
Yes.
Well, I had hoped that you knew something
about my great-grandfather's brother.
No, I'm sorry, dear.
So much was happening
during that time, so
Yes.
Forgive me.
[poignant music playing]
I understand.
Thank you, nevertheless.
Thank you.
[Gunnar] I have five
drawers in my head.
The three top drawers
I open all the time.
Drawer number four
I open less often.
I closed the bottom drawer
on May the 8th, 1945,
and I haven't opened it since.
That's how I've managed
all these years.
It went well for a
surprising number of us.
COMPANY LINGE REUNION 1949
[Gunnar] But for some,
it got to be too much.
Andreas started drinking
on liberation day.
Everyone knew who he was.
No bar in Oslo would
take his money,
and for 12 years, he
went from bar to bar.
Andreas shot himself in 1965.
Yes, I sensed he
wasn't doing well,
but I didn't realise at
the time how bad it was.
And it has troubled
me for 50 years.
[man] The first time I
met Gunnar was in 1998
[inaudible dialogue]
[music fades]
GUNNAR SNSTEBY WAS NEVER
ARRESTED BY THE GERMANS.
HE CONDUCTED MORE THAN 20
SABOTAGE MISSIONS DURING THE w*r.
HE IS THE HIGHESDECORATED NORWEGIAN CITIZEN
AND THE ONLY ONE TO RECEIVE THE
w*r CROSS WITH THREE SWORDS.
GUNNAR MARRIED HIS BELOVED
ANNE-KARIN IN 1953.
DESPITE HIS FAILING HEALTH, HE
ENGAGED IN EXTENSIVE LECTURING
UNTIL SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH.
HE SPENT 70 YEARS OF HIS LIFE
HELPING THOSE WHO STRUGGLED
WITH THE EFFECTS OF w*r.
["Omen" (feat. SKAAR)
by slowshift playing]
Feels like I'm fallin'
You don't know what it takes
Someday, you will
Omen
WHEN HE WAS 94, GUNNAR TOOK A
TAXI TO DIAKONHJEMMET IN OSLO
AND LAID DOWN IN A BED.
HE HAD DONE WHAHE SET OUT TO DO.
Will we ever forget
Someday, we will
Hold me
Can someone hold me?
NORWAY'S HOME FRONMUSEUM HAS A COPY
OF THE LETTER ERLING
SOLHEIM SENT STAPO.
GUNNAR SNSTEBY ALWAYS MADE IT CLEAR
THAT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SOLHEIM FAMILY
WERE ANTI-n*zi AND KNOWN
TO BE "GOOD NORWEGIANS".
Fallin'
Feels like I'm fallin'
You don't know what it takes
Someday, you will
So late
Feels like I'm fallin'
You don't know what it takes
Someday, you will
You don't know what it takes
Someday, I will
[song fades]
[dramatic music playing]
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