''The Warrior's Heart'' () is a 1992 Norwegian film, directed by Leidulv Risan and starring

Anneke von der Lippe Anneke von der Lippe (born 22 July 1964) is a Norwegian actress. She made history as the first Norwegian – and Nordic - actress to win an International Emmy Award. Biography Von der Lippe graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of The ...

, Peter Snickars,

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Bjørn Sundquist Bjørn Richard Sundquist (born 16 June 1948) is a Norwegian actor, famous for TV, theatre, and movie roles. For many years he worked at Det Norske Teatret and Nationaltheateret in Oslo. Sundquist is especially famous for the roles as Merlin ...

and Iren Reppen. It was screened out of competition at the

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. The film was selected as the Norwegian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the

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, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Plot

A love story during the Second World War in Scandinavia. Ann Mari, a Norwegian, works as a nurse in the Winter War of 1939/40 between Finland and the Soviet Union. She falls in love with the Finnish soldier Markus. The war stops temporarily, and they settle down in northern Norway. Norway gets occupied by Germany and Markus leaves Ann Mari, as Finland goes to war again to win back the lost territory. A short time later Markus seems to be dead and Ann Mari falls in love with the German soldier Maximilian. But Markus soon returns alive. After a struggle for Ann Mari the three take refuge from the Germans to Sweden, but Sweden deports foreign deserters.

Cast

as Ann Mari Salmi * Peter Snickars as Markus Salmi *

as Lt. Maximillian Luedt * Mona Hofland as Ann Mari's mother * Juha Muje as Olli *

as Karl Simonnaes * Solfrid Heier as Mrs. Simmonaes * Iren Reppen as Kari Simonnaes * Paul-Ottar Haga as Claus *

Per Christensen Per Christensen (18 July 1934 – 26 August 2009) was a Norwegian actor. His film credits include ''Elling'', ''Hotel Cæsar'', '' The Warrior's Heart'', and ''The Passionate Demons''. Selected filmography * 1957: '' Slalåm under himmelen'' * 1 ...

as Vicar *

Werner Heinrich Möller Werner may refer to: People * Werner (name), origin of the name and people with this name as surname and given name Fictional characters * Werner (comics), a German comic book character * Werner Von Croy, a fictional character in the ''Tomb Rai ...

as Claus * Christoph Künzler as Captain

References

External links

* 1992 films 1990s Norwegian-language films 1992 drama films Norwegian World War II films Films directed by Leidulv Risan Winter War in popular culture Norwegian war drama films {{WWII-drama-film-stub

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