Directed by:
Gunnar VikeneScreenplay:
Gunnar VikeneCinematography:
Sturla Brandth GrøvlenComposer:
Volker BertelmannCast:
Kristoffer Joner, Pål Sverre Hagen, Ine Marie Wilmann, Henrikke Lund Olsen, Armand Hannestad, Leon Tobias Slettbakk, Noah Nygård, Florian Schmidtke (more)Plots(1)
Alfred Garnes is a working-class sailor, who has recently become the father of a third child. He and his childhood friend Sigbjørn Kvalen (Wally) are working on a merchant ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean when World War II breaks out. They are unarmed civilians on the front lines of a war they never asked to join. The two men struggle for survival in a spiral of violence and death, where at any moment German submarines may attack their valuable vessels. The war sailors have one goal: to survive – and to return home. Meanwhile, Alfred’s wife Cecilia struggles through them war alone in Bergen, raising three children on her own, not knowing whether she will ever see Alfred again. When British aircrafts attempt to bomb the German submarine bunker in Bergen, they instead hit the primary school at Laksevåg and civilian homes at Nøstet, resulting in hundreds of civilian deaths. When the news reaches Alfred and Wally in Canada, they wonder if they have anything left at home to return to. (Norsk Filminstitutt)
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The opening screening at The 50th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund.
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The opening screening at The 50th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund.
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![War Sailor - Events - The opening screening at The 50th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund. - Ine Marie Wilmann, Pål Sverre Hagen, Kristoffer Joner, Armand Hannestad, Henrikke Lund Olsen, Leon Tobias Slettbakk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w663/files/images/film/photos/167/998/167998894_5yra84.jpg)
The opening screening at The 50th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund.
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![War Sailor - Events - The opening screening at The 50th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund. - Tonje Hardersen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w663/files/images/film/photos/167/998/167998895_l1zltv.jpg)
The opening screening at The 50th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund.
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![War Sailor - Events - The opening screening at The 50th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund. - Armand Hannestad, Leon Tobias Slettbakk, Kristoffer Joner, Henrikke Lund Olsen, Ine Marie Wilmann, Pål Sverre Hagen, Gunnar Vikene, Arthur Hakalahti, Thor Brekkeflat, Alexandra Gjerpen, Florian Schmidtke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w663/files/images/film/photos/167/998/167998896_396zes.jpg)
The opening screening at The 50th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund.
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The opening screening at The 50th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund.
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![War Sailor - Events - The opening screening at The 50th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund. - Leon Tobias Slettbakk, Henrikke Lund Olsen, Ine Marie Wilmann, Pål Sverre Hagen, Armand Hannestad, Thor Brekkeflat, Arthur Hakalahti, Florian Schmidtke, Alexandra Gjerpen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w663/files/images/film/photos/167/998/167998897_iknu3m.jpg)
The opening screening at The 50th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund.
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The opening screening at The 50th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund.
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![War Sailor - Events - The opening screening at The 50th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund. - Kristoffer Joner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w663/files/images/film/photos/167/998/167998901_ue66xa.jpg)
The opening screening at The 50th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund.
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![War Sailor - Events - The opening screening at The 50th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund. - Ine Marie Wilmann, Alexandra Gjerpen, Henrikke Lund Olsen, Leon Tobias Slettbakk, Armand Hannestad, Florian Schmidtke, Arthur Hakalahti, Kristoffer Joner, Pål Sverre Hagen, Thor Brekkeflat](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w663/files/images/film/photos/167/998/167998902_w8iftt.jpg)
The opening screening at The 50th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund.