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Max Manus: Man of War

2008 · 118 min

A tense, sobering war drama that balances sabotage thrills with the quiet weight of trauma and survival.

Genres
History, War, Action
Overview
Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of World War II in Norway until peacetime in 1945.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • survival
  • trauma
  • guilt
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Action7
Horror3
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
history, war, action, crime
Directed by
Espen Sandberg, Joachim Rønning
Written by
Thomas Nordseth-Tiller
Starring
Aksel Hennie, Agnes Kittelsen, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Christian Rubeck, Julia Bache-Wiig, Kyrre Haugen Sydness, Eirik Evjen, Knut Joner
Cinematography
Geir Hartly Andreassen
Runtime
118 min
Country
Norway, Denmark, Germany
Languages
English, Norwegian, German, Finnish, Russian

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