Into the White (2012)

09/03/2012 (DE)•War, Action, Drama•1h 44m

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Inspired by the true world war II story.

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Based on a true story. On 27 April 1940, Luftwaffe pilot Horst Schopis' Heinkel 111 bomber is shot down near Grotli by an RAF Blackburn Skua L2940 fighter, which then crash-lands. The surviving German and English crew members begin to shoot at each other, but later find themselves huddled up in the same cabin. In order to survive the harsh winter in the Norwegian wilderness, they have to stand together. An unlikely, lifelong friendship blossoms.

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Stig Henrik Hoff
Karl-Heinz Strunk
Lachlan Nieboer
Richard Thomas Partridge
Rupert Grint
Robin Southey Smith
Florian Lukas
Horst Schopis
David Kross
Josef Auchtor
Kim Haugen
Løytnant Bjørn Gustavsen - Norwegian Ski Patrol
Knut Joner
Menig Harald Gustavsen - Norwegian Ski Patrol
Morten Faldaas
Terje - Norwegian Ski Patrol
Sondre Krogtoft Larsen
Kjell - Norwegian Ski Patrol

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A review by CinemaSerf

7.0

Written by CinemaSerf on Sep 3, 2022

I started watching this with some trepidation. It really does smack of a made-for-television movie with a production that is very heavily reliant on some not very distinguished CGI. The narrative, though, is quite strong and the acting delivers well enough as we discover the true story of a dogfight that sees both crews stranded in the snowy Norwegian wilderness. Forced to share an handily located log cabin, the initially hostile crews have to learn to tolerate and co-operate with each other as the hostile Arctic winter creates a perilous and claustrophobic environment for all. I was probably ...