''Blücher'' is a 1988

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directed by

Oddvar Bull Tuhus Oddvar Bull Tuhus (born 14 December 1940) is a Norwegian film director, script writer and television worker. His film debut was ''Rødblått paradis'' from 1971. His ''Maria Marusjka'' from 1973 was awarded the Norwegian Film Critics' Prize. His ...

, starring

Helge Jordal Helge Jordal (born 17 February 1946) is a Norwegian actor. He was appointed a Knight of the Royal Order of St. Olav in 2006 for his long career as an actor both on screen and on stage, and for his position as a "grand old man" among Norwegian a ...

Frank Krog Hallgeir Frank Krog (5 October 1954 – 23 December 2008) was a Norwegian actor. Krog was born in Bergen. He started his career as a stage worker and extra at the theatre Den Nasjonale Scene, but later attended the Norwegian National Academy ...

and

Hege Schøyen Hege Schøyen (born 22 May 1957, in Oslo) is a Norwegian singer, actor and comedian. She has played at the Oslo revue theatre Chat Noir and at Nationaltheatret. She was television presenter for the youth program series ''Midt i smørøyet'' at th ...

. Two

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divers who have recently been fired plan to vindicate themselves by a pioneer expedition to the wreckage of the German cruiser ''Blücher'', at the bottom of the

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. The expedition soon becomes entangled in political intrigues.

Plot

Two daring divers have recently been fired from their previous jobs in the North Sea, but want once and for all to demonstrate their superior skills as divers. Therefore, they are planning an expedition all the way down to the wreck of the German warship "Blücher", which was sunk outside Oscarsborg fortress on April 9, 1940. However, unknown forces try to hinder the divers' mission. This is because there are papers on board, with information that can not stand the light of day.

External links

*
''Blücher''
at Filmweb.no (Norwegian)

at the Norwegian Film Institute 1988 films 1988 thriller films Norwegian thriller films Films directed by Oddvar Bull Tuhus Underwater action films {{1980s-thriller-film-stub