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War Sailor is a co-production of Rohfilm Factory and Studio Hamburg, Germany, and Falkun Films, Malta. It is the most expensive Norwegian feature film, with a budget of $11 million. [4] [5]
WAR SAILOR. In the turmoil of The Second World War in Norway, the civilian sailor Alfred and his family get caught between the fronts and fight for their lives and everything that means something to them. 3 Days in Quiberon - Quiberon, a small village on the coast of Brittany, France.
- A Discussion with
- Assembling The Perfect Cast
- An Epic Production
- Honoring The Legacy of The War Sailors
writer/director Gunnar Vikene and producer Maria Ekerhovd
Gunnar Vikene has been thinking about the true stories of the “war sailors” since he first heard about them when he was a young boy. Vikene’s father used to paint houses with a man who seemed to have no fears – Vikene found out this man had survived three torpedo attacks during World War II despite never enlisting in the military. “There were 30,000 of these Norwegian sailors in the war. And there were similar Canadian merchant fleets, and British, and America,” Vikene explains. “They’re all...
A trio of established Norwegian talents play the leads — Kristoffer Joner (The Wave) plays family man Alfred; Pal Sverre Hagen (Kon-Tiki) is his old friend Wally; and Ine Marie Wilmann (Sonia: The White Swan) plays Alfred’s wife Cecilia. Vikene had made his first feature, 2002’s Falling Sky, with Joner and they have become good friends over the yea...
The big set pieces were very carefully planned. “We prepared really well for all the technical sequences, so that was storyboarded in detail in advance,” Vikene explains. And as much as possible was shot in camera, not added in post later. He adds, “I see so many films where you have 10 seconds of a CGI ship in an establishing shot. We weren’t inte...
Vikene hopes this film will personally touch people who still live with the legacy of the war sailors. “People remember being children and not knowing if their beloved father is coming home. I’ve spoken to so many children of those kinds of families. That’s an important part of the story. It is so much about what happens with families after the war...
Sep 8, 2022 · Germany’s Rohfilm Factory and Studio Hamburg act as co-producers alongside Falkun Films in Malta. The international partners were especially important as War Sailor became the most expensive...
Aug 17, 2022 · War Sailor is produced by Mer Film in co-production with Rohfilm Factory, Studio Hamburg, and Falkun Films. The film will screen as part of the Contemporary World Cinema section at Toronto.
May 10, 2022 · The coproducers are Rohfilm Factory, Studio Hamburg and Falkun Films. The cast is led by Kristoffer Joner (“Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” “The Revenant”), Pal Sverre Hagen (“Troubled...
Mar 20, 2023 · War Sailor is an upcoming Norwegian Netflix original limited series directed and written by Gunnar Vikene and produced by Falkun Films Malta, Mer Film, Rohfilm Factory and Studio Hamburg. When is the Netflix release date for War Sailor? We have confirmation that the limited series will be available to stream on Netflix on Saturday, April 2nd, 2023.
