Emergency Landing (1952 film) explained

Emergency Landing
Director:Arne Skouen
Producer:Rigmor Hansson
Starring:Henki Kolstad
Cinematography:Per G. Jonson
Editing:Jan Erik Düring
Runtime:100 minutes
Country:Norway
Language:Norwegian

Emergency Landing (Norwegian: Nødlanding) is a 1952 Norwegian war film directed by Arne Skouen. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film depicts the Norwegian resistance attempting to hide shot-down American aviators from the German occupation forces.

Plot

An American bomber is shot down on the Norwegian coast during World War II. The airmen bail out and land at different locations. In spite of the German search for them, the Norwegian resistance picks them up and hides them in the attic of the local church, a center of operations. Things become tense, however, when the hideout is spotted by a notorious collaborator, and soon the protagonist, Hans (Henki Kolstad), has to get the airmen to Sweden.

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Festival de Cannes: Emergency Landing . 18 January 2009 . festival-cannes.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318202623/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4029/year/1952.html . 18 March 2012 .