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{{Infobox Film |film
| name = The Last Lieutenant |
| image = Lastliutenatn cover.jpg |200px|
| caption = US DVD cover|
| writer = [[Axel Hellstenius]] <BR>[[Hans Petter Moland]] |
| starring = [[Espen Skjønberg]] <BR> [[Thor Espedal]] <BR> [[Lars Andreas Larssen]] <BR> [[Gard B. Eidsvold]] <br> [[Bjørn Sundquist]]|
| director = [[Hans Petter Moland]] |
| producersproducer = [[Esben Høilund Carlsen]] and [[Harald Ohrvik]]|
| cinematography = [[Harald Gunnar Paalgard]] |
| music composer = [[Randall Meyers]] |
| editor editing = [[Einar Egeland]]
| distributor = |
| released = {{NOR}} August 27,Film date|1993 |08|27|df=y}}
| runtime = 102 min |minutes
| country = [[Norway]]
| language = Norwegian |
| budget = |
music = |
awards = |
imdb_id = 0108067|
}}
 
'''''The Last Lieutenant''''' ({{langx|no|Secondløitnanten}}) is a 1993 Norwegian movie from 1993film, directed by [[Hans Petter Moland]] and starring [[Espen Skjønberg]]. It was released in the USA with English subtitles.
 
==Plot==
 
The old sea-captain retires, but the next day, German WWIIWorld War II [[Operation Weserübung|occupationinvasion of Norway]] begins. He then kisses his wife good-bye and is off to Regiment HQ. There, he finds a lack of leadership and morale that offends him. They even laugh at him and his out-datedoutdated uniform and discontinueddiscontinue the [[Second Lieutenant|second lieutenant]] officer- rank, that he had earned years before. He is then sent with a few men to blow up a bridge. The young men laugh at him and generally ignore histhe old sea-captain's advice. Whenon how to destroy the bridge effectively. When it fails to collapse, he doescompletes the job himself. He then returns to HQ to find that its officers have voted to surrender. He leaves the HQ with a few men,; taking trucks and supplies to continue the fight,. oftenHe atlater oddsgoes withon the remainder of army leadership. Heto rebuildsrebuild a small fighting unit with volunteers and draftees and he achieves some battlefield success. Eventually, his men abandon him, and he faces a German attack alone.
 
==Historical Contextcontext==
The film is set during the early part of World War 2, and specifically around [[Operation Weserübung]], the invasion of Norway &and Denmark by Germany, beginning on 9 April, 1940.
 
This film is based, somewhat loosely, on the actions of 2nd Lt. [[Thor OlafO. Hannevig]], Norwegian Army (Reserve). He was a retired sea Captain who rejoined the Norwegian Army and fought with a force of 150 mostly reserve soldiers as the "Telemark InfanteriInfantry Regiment" after his original regiment surrendered on 9 April 1940. The ad hoc regiment operated from 21 April 1940, [[Battle of Vinjesvingen|around the town of Vinje]] in Telemark County, until 3 May when the regiment became aware that the 4th Division had also capitulated, dashing any hope of relief forces. Most of his men were discharged from service at this time and left the area in civilian clothing. On 8 May, Hannevig and the remaining three soldiers and six female auxiliaries of the regiment were taken as prisoners of war and the 28 German POWs Hannevig's force had captured were freed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=no&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mil.no%2Fstart%2Faktuelt%2Fnyheter%2Farticle.jhtml%3FarticleID%3D74771 |title=Google Translate |access-date=2016-11-13 |archive-date=2012-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113011251/http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=no&tl=en&u=http:%2F%2Fwww.mil.no%2Fstart%2Faktuelt%2Fnyheter%2Farticle.jhtml%3FarticleID=74771 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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Key differences between the actual events and those depicted in the film are the age of Lt. Hannevig, that he disbanded his unit instead of being abandoned by his soldiers, and a small staff remained with him until he surrendered to the Germans. In addition, the German POWs his regiment had captured were still held, and were handed over to the German forces directly.
 
==Factual errors==
 
In order to make a better movie, the makers generally ignored the tactics used by irregular forces. Their movie base was easy to find in the middle of a wide open field, and their telephone continued to work. It took months (as shown by the change of seasons) for the Germans to find the Norwegian force, and mass for attack. In reality, what small forces continued to fight, after the [[Norwegian Army]] surrender, did so in small units, from hidden locations.
 
==See also==
* [[Norwegian resistance movement]]
* [[Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany]]
* [[Operation Weserübung]]
 
==References==
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==External links==
* {{imdbIMDb title|id=0108067|title=Secondløitnanten}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|id=last_lieutenant|title=last_lieutenantLast Lieutenant}}
 
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[[Category:1993 films]]
[[Category:Norwegian war drama films]]
[[Category:1990s Norwegian-language films]]
[[Category:World War II films based on actual events]]
[[Category:Western Front of World War II films]]
 
[[Category:Films directed by Hans Petter Moland]]
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[[Category:1990s war drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Randall Meyers]]