Filming Locations: Ardkinglas House, Cairndow, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Box Office Details
Budget: NOK 50,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $1,800,000
(Norway)
(19 December 2008)
(105 Screens)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The color red is left out of the mise en scene except for blood, the Nazi flag, the Norwegian flag, and some of Tikkens dresses.
Goofs:
Factual errors:
In many of the scenes where Max and his collaborators are riding bicycles, the bicycles are 1955 or later vintage with features that were available more than a decade after the end of world war II.
Quotes: Colonel J.S. Wilson:
Whiskey? Max Manus:
...No thank you, Sir, I've quit. Colonel J.S. Wilson:
Who the hell stops drinking in the middle of a bloody war?
User Review
Foreign film of the year
Rating: 10/10
Although being a Norwagian WWII film, Max Manus has that international
appeal because it's about something the whole world experienced.
Following Max and his saboteur friends is a real pleasure and a very
realistic depiction of the occupation of Norway. It's the first time i
have seen a Norwagian film of this "epic" quality and i hope we get
more in the future.
If you have seen a lot of WWII movies don't think this will be just
another one. This one gives you a take on the more hidden parts of the
war and follows a small resistance group trying to save their small
country from one of the biggest empires the world has seen.
So in conclusion i would recommend anyone interested in good foreign
films or just good historical films in general.
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