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The movie takes place during World War II and depicts the true story of Jan Baalsruds amazing escape from the German army from the coast of Northern Norway and across the border to the neutral country Sweden. Jan Baalsrud is on a sabotage mission from England to Norway together with 11 other soldiers in the winter of 1943 in a fishing boat when they are attacked by a German patrolboat. Jan Baalsrud is the only one who manages to escape and sets off towards Sweden through the enormous amounts of
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The true story of a Norwegian commando who is saved from the Nazis. I read it in one sitting because the story was so compelling.
I read this a dozen years ago. I thought it was an extraordinary account of a harrowing journey across Norway to the safety of neutral Sweden. Were it not for the help of many individuals who risked their own lives to assist this British trained Norwegian commando he would not have been rescued. What he endured physically was unbelievable, and the risks taken by the simple farmers and fishermen to help him finally reach safety will renew your respect for human kindness.
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