The 12th Man (film)

The 12th Man
Directed by	Harald Zwart
Written by	Petter Skavlan [no] (credited as Alex Boe)[1]
Based on	Jan Baalsrud and Those Who Saved Him by Tore Haug Astrid Karlsen Scott
Produced by	Veslemøy Ruud Zwart Espen Horn Aage Aaberge
Starring	Thomas Gullestad Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Cinematography	Geir Hartly Andreassen
Edited by	Jens Christian Fodstad
Music by	Christophe Beck
Production companies	Nordisk Film Production AS Zwart Arbeid
Distributed by	IFC Midnight
Release date	25 December 2017 (2017-12-25)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	Norway
Languages	Norwegian German English
Budget	64 million Norwegian krone
Box office	$9.6 million (Norway)[2]

The 12th Man (Norwegian: Den 12. mann) is a 2017 Norwegian historical drama film directed by Harald Zwart, starring Thomas Gullestad as Jan Baalsrud, who escapes from occupying Nazi Germans on the island of Rebbenesøya, via the Lyngen Fjord and Manndalen, to neutral Sweden in the spring of 1943. The film, based on historical events of Operation Martin and the escape of Jan Baalsrud, adapted from the book Jan Baalsrud and Those Who Saved Him (2001) by Tore Haug and Astrid Karlsen Scott.^[3]

Like the book, The 12th Man emphasizes the efforts of those who helped Baalsrud escape, which is in line with Baalsrud's own statements about the local population's courage. The plot also details the pursuit of Baalsrud from the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) leadership's perspective, depicting the escape as a cat-and-mouse game between Sturmbannführer Kurt Stage and Baalsrud.