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1954 British-Norwegian film directed by Michael Forlong From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Suicide Mission is a 1954 British-Norwegian war film directed by Michael Forlong. It was also known as Shetlandsgjengen.[1]
Suicide Mission | |
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Directed by | Michael Forlong |
Screenplay by | David Howarth Michael Forlong Sidney Cole (as Sydney Cole) |
Based on | From the book The Shetland Bus by David Howarth |
Produced by | Michael Forlong W.M. Rolfsen |
Starring | Leif Larsen |
Cinematography | Per Jonson |
Edited by | Lee Doig |
Music by | Dolf van der Linden |
Color process | Black and white |
Production companies | Nordsjøfilm North Sea |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom Norway |
Language | English |
The film was based on historian David Howarth's 1951 book The Shetland Bus.
The true story of the Shetland bus, the clandestine traffic across the North Sea from German-occupied Norway to Shetland during the Second World War. A small group of Norwegian sailors loosely connected to the British Royal Navy take refugees from Norway to Shetland in small fishing boats, equipped only with small arms to protect themselves from German aircraft and patrol boats. The film is closely based on real events, and many of the members of the group,[2] including the leader, known as "Shetlands-Larsen", play themselves. The script was written by Øystein Brekke.
The film reportedly only cost £25,000.[3]
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