Into the White

2013

Into the White

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Movie Info

At the beginning of World War II a hostile chance encounter in the skies above the harsh Norwegian wilderness leaves two aircraft - one British, one German - shot down in a remote and isolated region. By strange coincidence the crews seek shelter in the same cabin. They must battle to survive the brutal winter in order to get back to the war - and to fighting one another. Although war has made them enemies, as the days go by animosity proves hard to maintain. Mutual need leads to unlikely friendships, and the rules of war must be put aside. (c) Magnolia Pictures

Rating:

R (for language)
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Drama, Special Interest
Directed By:

Petter Naess
Written By:

Ole Meldgaard, Dave Mango, Petter Naess
In Theaters:

Apr 12, 2013 limited
On Disc/Streaming:

Jun 25, 2013
Box Office:

$477
Runtime:

101 minutes
Studio:

Magnolia Pictures

Cast

Stig Henrik Hoff
as Sgt. Wolfgang Strunk

Rupert Grint
as Pt. Robert Smith

David Kross
as Cpl. Josef Schultze

Florian Lukas
as Lt. Horst Schopis

Lachlan Nieboer
as Cpt. Charles P. Davenport

Kim Haugen
as Bjorn Gustavsen

Knut Joner
as Harald Gustavsen

Morten Faldaas
as Terje

Sondre Krogtoft Larsen
as Kjell

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News & Interviews for Into the White

Critics Consensus: 42 Is Earnest and Inspirational

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Critic Reviews for Into the White

All Critics (11) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (6)

Their little world in the wooden hut they find eventually becomes a microcosm of the real one, where they can leave behind some of the sillier prejudices of war.

Sep 28, 2012 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Derek Malcolm
London Evening Standard
Top Critic
Although nicely produced, this second world war yarn is bland and predictable.

Sep 27, 2012 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
Top Critic
Naess makes heavy weather of a hoary old theme.

Sep 27, 2012 | Full Review…

Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Top Critic
Grint is great, though it does peter out a little in the final reel.

Sep 27, 2012 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

David Jenkins
Little White Lies
Top Critic
Plods from one sequence to the next, unable to escape an inherent feeling of transparency, of wearing its simple themes on its humdrum sleeve.

Feb 4, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Edward Frost
CineVue
As dramatically potent as a B-tier Disney drama, Into the White, while displaying instances of complexity, is mired by cliché and melodrama.

Apr 11, 2013 | Rating: 5/10 | Full Review…

Simon Brookfield
We Got This Covered
Generates a satisfactory amount of suspense and personality to achieve its limited goals, successfully spinning routine with welcome attention to character.

Mar 8, 2013 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Brian Orndorf
Blu-ray.com
[The cast] acquit themselves well, forging convincing and ultimately moving relationships as they learn how little petty political differences mean when starvation's at the door.

Oct 1, 2012 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Matt Glasby
Total Film
The performances are more than adequate.

Sep 30, 2012 | Full Review…

Philip French
Observer (UK)
Ponderous pacing makes this true-life tale a lot less enthralling than it might have been.

Sep 28, 2012 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Philip De Semlyen
Empire Magazine
This is clearly breaking no new ground. But it does what it does with some skill and likeability.

Sep 28, 2012 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

David Aldridge
Radio Times

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Audience Reviews for Into the White

Nov 18, 2012

[img]http://maatriks.eu/portal/images/Blogipildid/Into_the_White.png[/img] This is a typical anti-war film (previously titled Comrade), directed by Petter Næss. The film is based on a true story. On 27 April 1940, Luftwaffe pilot Horst Schopis' bomber, was shot down near Grotli by an Fleet Air Arm Blackburn Skua fighter, which then crash-lands. The surviving German and British crew members are not friendly towards each other, but later everything changes: in order to survive the harsh winter in the Norwegian wilderness, they have to stand together. That's how an unlikely, lifelong friendship develops. Very warm script written by Ole Meldgaard, Dave Mango and the director Petter Næss. In it two Englishmen and three Germans are all at war and they are all killers... in a war you have to be... partly driven by their own attitudes, and partly by the mechanisms of war, they acknowledge that other laws prevail. Through the well written screenplay we can almost feel that both parties are "heroes" and "villains." Perfectly cast stars David Kross, Stig Henrik Hoff, Florian Lukas, Rupert Grint and Lachlan Nieboer give extra flavour to this work of art. Nice cinematography, safe camera work, good acting and reliable director made this film a success.

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