Suicide Mission (film)

Suicide Mission is a 1954 British-Norwegian war film directed by Michael Forlong. It was also known as Shetlandsgjengen.[1]

Suicide Mission
Directed byMichael Forlong
Screenplay byDavid Howarth
Michael Forlong
Sidney Cole
(as Sydney Cole)
Based onFrom the book
The Shetland Bus by
David Howarth
Produced byMichael Forlong
W.M. Rolfsen
StarringLeif Larsen
CinematographyPer Jonson
Edited byLee Doig
Music byDolf van der Linden
Color processBlack and white
Production
companies
Nordsjøfilm
North Sea
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
  • 14 October 1954 (1954-10-14) (Norvey)
  • November 1956 (1956-11) (USA)
Running time
70 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Norvey
LanguageEnglish

The film was based on historian David Howarth's book The Shetland Bus.

Plot

The true story of the Shetland bus, undercover traffic across the North Sea from German-occupied Norway to Shetland during World War II. A small group of Norwegian sailors loosely connected to the British navy take refugees from Norway to Shetland in small fishing-boats, equipped only with low calibre weapons to protect themselves from German aeroplanes and patrol boats. The film is closely based on real events, and many of the members of the group,[2] including the leader, called "Shetlands-Larsen" play themselves. Written by Øystein Brekke.

Cast

  • Leif Larsen as Self
  • Palmar Bjørnøy as Self
  • Anthony Oliver as Narrator (voice)
  • Johannes Kalve as Self
  • William Enoksen as Self
  • Odd Hansen as Self
  • Finn Clausen as Self
  • Gunnar Klausen as Self
  • Harald Albertson as Self
  • Carsten Johnsen as Self
  • Karl Johan Aarsæther as Self
  • Sigvald Fivelsdal as Self
  • Paul Kråknes as Self
  • Øivind Steinsvåg as Self
  • Johan Haldorsen as Self
  • Willy Rye Andersen as Self
  • Helge W. Fonneland as Self
  • Michael Aldridge as En engelsk officer
  • T.W. Southam as En engelsk admiral
  • Per Skift as Bård Grotle
  • Oscar Egede-Nissen as Peter Salen
  • Atle Larsen as Johan
  • Torborg Schønberg as En gammel dame
  • Haakon Særsten as En hjemmefrontsmann
  • Mona Levin as Carla, en jødisk flyktning

Production

The film reportedly only cost £25,000.[3]

See also

References

  1. Career in film-making started in Miramar: [3 Edition] Evening Post 4 May 2000: 5.
  2. Suicide Mission at IMDb
  3. Suicide Mission "(Shetlandsgjengen)" Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 24, Iss. 276, (Jan 1, 1957): 67.


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