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Max Manus: Man of War(2008)
Status: Released
Date: 2008-12-18
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250 Votes
Time: 1h 58m
Overview:
Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of World War II in Norway until peacetime in 1945.
Languages: English, Finnish, Norwegian, Russian, German.
Countries:
Norway,
Denmark,
Germany
Budget: $6,500,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Filmkameratene
Miso Film
Roenbergfilm
B&T Film
Movie: Max Manus: Man of War
Top 10 Billed Cast
Aksel Hennie
Max Manus
Agnes Kittelsen
Ida Nikoline 'Tikken' Lindebrække
Nicolai Cleve Broch
Gregers Gram
Christian Rubeck
Kolbein Lauring
Julia Bache-Wiig
Sykesøster Liv
Kyrre Haugen Sydness
Jens Christian Hauge
Eirik Evjen
Sigurd Jacobsen
Jakob Oftebro
Lars Emil Erichsen
Pål Sverre Hagen
Roy Nilsen
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