This year’s opening film of the Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund might be about the “Battle of Oslo” – or rather, the sinking of German cruiser Blücher back in 1940 – but it has become “unpleasantly relevant,” says director Daniel Fahre.
“When they talk about foreign ships [showing up] in the Norwegian fjords, it doesn’t feel like a fairy tale,” he notes, admitting that the dilemmas voiced in the film start to sound very familiar again.
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“Lots of civilians at Oscarsborg [fortress] were trapped in the shelters. When we shot those scenes, we had little children as extras, pretending they were afraid. I had tears
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