Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Age rating
- 12
- Language
- Norwegian
- Country
- Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- In Norwegian — subtitles on.
The story
On 9 April 1940, German soldiers arrive in the city of Oslo. The King of Norway faces a choice that will change his country forever. The King's Choice is a story about the three most dramatic days in Norway's history, the royal family's escape and King Haakon's difficult choice after Nazi Germany's invasion of Norway.
- evacuation
- royal family
- wehrmacht
- german occupation
- king
- democracy
- air raid
- nazi invasion
- oslo
- norway
- family in danger
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Jesper Christensen
King Haakon VII of Norway
Anders Baasmo Christiansen
Crown Prince Olav of Norway
Karl Markovics
Curt Bräuer
Tuva Novotny
Crown Princess Märtha of Norway
- Arthur Hakalahti — Fredrik Seeberg
- Svein Tindberg — Peder Wedel Jarlsberg
- Andreas Lust — Hartvig Pohlman
- Katharina Schüttler — Anneliese Bräuer
- Ketil Høegh — Halvdan Koht
- Gerald Pettersen — Johan Nygaardsvold
- Jan Frostad — C J Hambro
- Erik Hivju — Birger Eriksen
- Espen Sandvik — Magnus P. Sødem
- Sofie Falkgård — Princess Ragnhild
- Ingrid Ross Raftemo — Princess Astrid
- Directed
- Erik Poppe
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 176 ratings
- Studio
- Newgrange Pictures, Film i Väst, Zentropa International Sweden, Paradox Produksjon, Nordisk Film Norway, Copenhagen Film Fund
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