Narvik (2022) [Hindi-English]

Narvik April, 1940. The eyes of the world are on Narvik, a small town in northern Norway, a source of the iron ore needed for Hitler’s war machine. Through two months of fierce winter warfare, the German leader is dealt with his first defeat. Narvik Hitler’s First Defeat, aka Kampen Om Narvik – Hitlers Første Nederlag, is a Norwegian War History film directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg. The movie’s writers are Christopher Grøndahl, Live Bonnevie and Sebastian Torngren Wartin. The movie follows the real story of World War II when the Germans attacked a city called Narvik in Norway to loot the iron ores that could be used to create potent weapons. Moreover, the film shows how the battle went by and what happened to the common people in Norway. The main cast of the movie includes Kristine Hartgen, Henrik Mestad, Stig Henrik Hoff, Christoph Bach, Carl Martin Eggesbø, Holger Handtke, Magnus Dugdale, Emil Johnsen, Isak Bakli Aglen, Mathilde Holtedahl Cuhra, Ollie Campbell, Benjamin Noble, Torfinn Nag, Edvard Lie Aalstad, Kari Bremnes, Christoph Gelfert Mathiesen, Øyvind Trøite, Ole Christopher Holth, Anders Wang and Øyvind Mørk. The movie’s runtime is 1 hour and 48 minutes. It is available in Norwegian and English audio.

The movie starts off with some real clips of Hitler discussing with his Nazi soldiers. Later the actual movie starts with a group of soldiers on a ship. Among them, three young men discuss the smell of the ocean, to which Gunnar Tofte replies that it smells like “iron ore,” the “smell of money.” It is certain that the Norwegians are shipping iron ore to a tiny city called Narvik.

Iron ore is one of the finest resources that can’t be found easily by that time. Hence, the German soldiers prepare to attack Narvik and take away the resource. To differentiate the hardships of the soldiers and the citizens, the movie follows the protagonist, Gunnar and his wife, Ingrid. They both share a son called Ole. Gunnar is a soldier, and Ingrid is a maid.