Into the White

Into the White

104 mins | Drama, Action, War | March 9, 2012

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 at shoot 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.

Into the White

104 mins | Drama, Action, War | March 9, 2012

Into the White
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 at shoot 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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Trollhättan Film, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Eurimages, FFA, Film i Väst, FilmFondet Fuzz, Zentropa International Sweden, Zentropa International Norway
Original title Into the White
Directors Irmelin Wister, Petter Næss
Writers Dave Mango, Ole Meldgaard, Petter Næss

Cast

Stig Henrik Hoff

as Karl-Heinz Strunk

Lachlan Nieboer

as Richard Thomas Partridge

Rupert Grint

as Robin Southey Smith

Florian Lukas

as Horst Schopis

David Kross

as Josef Auchtor