The 12th Man

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The 12th Man

"Based on a true story of survival and hope"

2017

2h 16m

7.2(574 votes)

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Overview

After a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his eleven comrades dead, a Norwegian resistance fighter finds himself fleeing the Gestapo through the snowbound reaches of Scandinavia.

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61 members

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Thomas Gullestad

Jan Baalsrud

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Kurt Stage

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Marie Blokhus

Gudrun Grønvoll

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Mads Sjøgård Pettersen

Marius Grønnvoll

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Martin Kiefer

Walter Wenders

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Vegar Hoel

Sigurd Eskeland

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Håkon Thorstensen Nielsen

Erik Reichelt

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Eirik Risholm Velle

Per Blindheim

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Daniel Frikstad

Gabriel Salvesen

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Alexander Zwart

Sjur Ludvigsen Trovåg

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Eric Dirnes

Bjørn Norman Bolstad

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Torgny Aanderaa

Sverre Odd Kverhellen

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Håkon Smeby

Harald Peter Ratvik

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Kenneth Åkerland Berg

Alfred A. Vik

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Axel Barø Aasen

Frithjof M. Haugland

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Ole Victor Corral

Magnus Johan Kvalvik

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Maria Grazia Di Meo

Anna Pedersen

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Sigurd Kornelius Lakseide

Ingvald Pedersen

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Zoe Winther-Hansen

Dina Pedersen

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Frida Mathea Sørbøe

Olaug Idrupsen

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Ragna Schwenke

Jakoba Jensen

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Nikolas Steffensen Krane

Håkon Sørensen

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Tiril Holthe Harnang

Margareth Hansen

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Marius Lien

Morten Hansen

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Aggie Peterson

Ragnhild Hansen

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Bernt Bjørn

Einar Sørensen

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Jardar Johnsen

Peder Nilsen

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Kristoffer Jørgensen

Alfred Lockertsen

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Julia Bache-Wiig

Hanna Pedersen

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Sigurd Heine Krogh

Ottar Pedersen

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Åsgeir Johansen

Amandus Lillevold

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Mathilde Sofie Henriksen

Agnete Lanes

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Robin Olsen

Alvin Larsen

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Ådne August Robertsen

Olav Lanes

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Kim Jøran Olsen

Nils "Nigo" Nilsen

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Martin Eliassen

Alfon Hansen

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J.I. Falck

Peder Isaksen

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Trond Peter Stamsø Munch

Aslak Fossvoll

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Jørn Myreng

Olaf Olsen

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Alexander Os

Nils Brustrøm

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Elin Merethe Larsen

Signe "Kokka" Brustrøm

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Petter Johanas Lukkari

Aslak Baal

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Aslak Mahtte Turi Gaup

Per Thomas Baal

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Nils Utsi

Old Sami

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David Vekony

Sig. Fredriksen

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Erich Redman

Adam Schmitt

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Kjartan Rumpsfeld

Luftwaffe pilot

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Knut-Erik Helland Barland

Abwehr lieutenant

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Alex Fischer

Abwehr

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Johannes Gleitz

Gestapo lieutenant

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Jens Lidel

Abwehr

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Benjamin Reusser

Abwehr guard

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Patrick Egersborg

SiPo

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Johannes Lerchenmüller

Abwehr

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Marcel Grube

Die Deutsche Wochenschau

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Harry Van Gorkum

British naval commander

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Petter Holmsen

Norwegian lieutenant

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Jonas Fredheim

German Officer (uncredited)

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Anders Wang

German Soldier (uncredited)

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Jørn Magnus Karlsen

German Soldier (uncredited)

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Kristine Cornelie M. Hartgen

Nurse

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