''Under en steinhimmel'' (Under a Stone Sky; russian: Под каменным небом) is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

war film directed by Knut Andersen,

Igor Maslennikov Igor Fyodorovich Maslennikov (russian: Игорь Фёдорович Масленников; 26 October 1931 – 17 September 2022)

, and

Stanislav Rostotsky Stanislav Iosifovich Rostotsky (russian: Станислав Иосифович Ростоцкий; 21 April 1922, in Rybinsk – 10 August 2001, in Vyborg) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter, the recipient of the two USSR State Prize ...

.''Norsk filmografi'': ''Under en steinhimmel''.
/ref> The film is a fictionalized portrayal of historical events.

Plot

The film tells the story of people that moved into the mine shafts at

Bjørnevatn Bjørnevatn is a village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies about south of the town of Kirkenes and about west of the Norway-Russia border. The village has a couple of suburbs including Hesseng t ...

in eastern

Finnmark Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024. On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouri ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

during the Second World War. They sought to escape the evacuation and burning of Finnmark. During the winter of 1944, the mines had a population between 2,000 and 3,000. They faced the danger of the German forces hearing about this and taking action before the Russians managed to liberate the area.Норвежские диверсанты и советские освободители. 2014. ''Тюменская область сегодня'' (October 19).
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''Norsk filmografi'': ''Under en steinhimmel''
1974 films Norwegian historical films Norwegian World War II films Films directed by Knut Andersen 1970s Norwegian-language films Films set in Norway Soviet multilingual films 1970s Russian-language films Norwegian multilingual films 1974 multilingual films {{WWII-film-stub