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Loading... We Die Alone (original 1955; edition 1957)by David Howarth
Work detailsWe Die Alone by David Howarth (1955)
None.  Lnatal | Mar 31, 2013 |  The movie takes place during World War II and depicts the true story of Jan Baalsruds amazing escape from the German army from the coast of Northern Norway and across the border to the neutral country Sweden. Jan Baalsrud is on a sabotage mission from England to Norway together with 11 other soldiers in the winter of 1943 in a fishing boat when they are attacked by a German patrolboat. Jan Baalsrud is the only one who manages to escape and sets off towards Sweden through the enormous amounts of snow and the steep mountains of Norway. The local communities where he passes through help him despite the danger of being arrested and killed. Jan Baalsrud, snowblind and having to cut off his toes because of frost-damage survives alone in the mountains for weeks. The locals are constantly trying to get him over to Sweden, but German patrols and the winter storms delay their departure. This movie Nine Lives (1957) Ni liv (original title) is available at You Tube. Director: Arne Skouen David Howarth book "We Die Alone" James L. Shute translation (uncredited) Arne Skouen Stars: Jack Fjeldstad, Henny Moan and Alf Malland (  ) Lnatal | Mar 31, 2013 | The movie takes place during World War II and depicts the true story of Jan Baalsruds amazing escape from the German army from the coast of Northern Norway and across the border to the neutral country Sweden. Jan Baalsrud is on a sabotage mission from England to Norway together with 11 other soldiers in the winter of 1943 in a fishing boat when they are attacked by a German patrolboat. Jan Baalsrud is the only one who manages to escape and sets off towards Sweden through the enormous amounts of snow and the steep mountains of Norway. The local communities where he passes through help him despite the danger of being arrested and killed. Jan Baalsrud, snowblind and having to cut off his toes because of frost-damage survives alone in the mountains for weeks. The locals are constantly trying to get him over to Sweden, but German patrols and the winter storms delay their departure. This movie Nine Lives (1957) Ni liv (original title) is available at You Tube. Director: Arne Skouen David Howarth book "We Die Alone" James L. Shute translation (uncredited) Arne Skouen Stars: Jack Fjeldstad, Henny Moan and Alf Malland ( ) Lnatal | Mar 31, 2013 | The movie takes place during World War II and depicts the true story of Jan Baalsruds amazing escape from the German army from the coast of Northern Norway and across the border to the neutral country Sweden. Jan Baalsrud is on a sabotage mission from England to Norway together with 11 other soldiers in the winter of 1943 in a fishing boat when they are attacked by a German patrolboat. Jan Baalsrud is the only one who manages to escape and sets off towards Sweden through the enormous amounts of snow and the steep mountains of Norway. The local communities where he passes through help him despite the danger of being arrested and killed. Jan Baalsrud, snowblind and having to cut off his toes because of frost-damage survives alone in the mountains for weeks. The locals are constantly trying to get him over to Sweden, but German patrols and the winter storms delay their departure. This movie Nine Lives (1957) Ni liv (original title) is available at You Tube. Director: Arne Skouen David Howarth book "We Die Alone" James L. Shute translation (uncredited) Arne Skouen Stars: Jack Fjeldstad, Henny Moan and Alf Malland ( ) Lnatal | Mar 31, 2013 | One of the best escape stories of World War-II, period. I couldn't suspend my disbelief at the resilience shown by Jan Baalsrud in each and every adversity. If this book was a work of fiction, no reader would have accepted that a guy could go through such torments and survive. But as they say, truth is often stranger than fiction. And as it happens, this is an amazing true story of survival in which the guy not merely beats but scoffs-off all the worse hardships imaginable in the Arctic tundra of Norway. But the real heroes in this event were the people of Norway who helped Jan to survive while on the run. These people took enormous risks as they were sure to be executed by the Germans alongwith their families if they ever found out about their role in Jan's escape. Jan survived a shooting, an avalanche, blizzards, gangrene, isolation, starvation, anything one can think of, really! If a cat has nine lives, Jan Baalsrud had ninety. (  ) Veeralpadhiar | Mar 31, 2013 | no reviews | add a review
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This movie Nine Lives (1957)
Ni liv (original title) is available at You Tube.
Director: Arne Skouen
David Howarth book "We Die Alone"
James L. Shute translation (uncredited)
Arne Skouen
Stars: Jack Fjeldstad, Henny Moan and Alf Malland
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