| Suicide Mission | |
| Director: | Michael Forlong |
| Producer: | Michael Forlong W.M. Rolfsen |
| Screenplay: | David Howarth Michael Forlong Sidney Cole (as Sydney Cole) |
| Based On: | From the book The Shetland Bus by David Howarth |
| Starring: | Leif Larsen |
| Music: | Dolf van der Linden |
| Cinematography: | Per Jonson |
| Editing: | Lee Doig |
| Color Process: | Black and white |
| Studio: | Nordsjøfilm North Sea |
| Distributor: | Columbia Pictures |
| Runtime: | 70 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom Norway |
| Language: | English |
Suicide Mission is a 1954 British-Norwegian war film directed by Michael Forlong. It was also known as Shetlandsgjengen.[1]
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, including the leader, known as "Shetlands-Larsen", play themselves. The script was written by Øystein Brekke.
The film reportedly only cost £25,000.[2]