Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "german-occupation-of-norway"

1. Narvik: Hitler's First Defeat (2022)

TV-14 | 108 min | Drama, History, War

April 1940. The eyes of the world are on Narvik, a small town in northern Norway, source of the iron ore needed for Hitler's war machinery. Through two months of fierce winter warfare, Hitler is dealt his first defeat.

Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg | Stars: Kristine Hartgen, Carl Martin Eggesbø, Christoph Gelfert Mathiesen, Henrik Mestad

Votes: 17,350

2. The King's Choice (2016)

133 min | Biography, Drama, History

April 1940. Norway has been invaded by Germany and the royal family and government have fled into the interior. The German envoy to Norway tries to negotiate a peace. Ultimately, the decision on Norway's future will rest with the king.

Director: Erik Poppe | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Anders Baasmo, Karl Markovics, Tuva Novotny

Votes: 10,068 | Gross: $0.11M

3. The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb (2015)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, History, War

The story behind Germany's attempt to develop an atomic bomb during World War II and the sabotage of the heavy water program in Rjukan, Norway from the points of view of the Germans, the Allies, the saboteurs, and the company.

Stars: Marc Ben Puch, Andreas Döhler, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Pip Torrens

Votes: 7,761

4. Hitler: A Career (1977)

Not Rated | 150 min | Documentary, History

This meticulously assembled film dissects the Third Reich with an analytical blade, charting Hitler's improbable rise, his mastery of crowd psychology and his consummate skill in exploiting others' weaknesses.

Directors: Joachim Fest, Christian Herrendoerfer | Stars: Gert Westphal, Stephen Murray, Artur Axmann, General Bergeret

Votes: 3,031

5. Hamsun (1996)

Not Rated | 159 min | Biography, Drama, War

Norwegian Nobel Laureate Knut Hamsun's controversial support for the Nazi regime during World War II and its consequences for the Hamsun family after the war.

Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Max von Sydow, Ghita Nørby, Anette Hoff, Gard B. Eidsvold

Votes: 1,715

6. Son of Lassie (1945)

Approved | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Laddie (Son of Lassie !) and his master are trapped in Norway during WW2 - has he inherited his mothers famous courage ?

Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Peter Lawford, Donald Crisp, June Lockhart, Nigel Bruce

Votes: 944

7. Probabilità zero (1969)

PG | 95 min | Action, Drama, War

Set in Norway and has a crack team of Allies sent to blow up an underground Nazi factory where the Germans have taken a crashed Spitfire that contains a new radar system that the krauts want to copy.

Director: Maurizio Lucidi | Stars: Henry Silva, Luigi Casellato, Riccardo Salvino, Ezio Sancrotti

Votes: 182

8. Burnt by Frost (1997)

97 min | Drama, Romance

When is an enemy not an enemy? When is an ally not an ally? The answer to these questions determines the fate of a man. Simon's struggle is played out against the rugged landscape of ... See full summary »

Director: Knut Erik Jensen | Stars: Stig Henrik Hoff, Bengt Altmann, Harald Andersen, Stig R. Andersen

Votes: 161

9. How to Stage a Coup (2017 TV Movie)

47 min | Documentary, History

A guide to human history through its most audacious power grabs. From Julius Caesar to Napoleon; from Mussolini to the strongmen of the present day - we see how the world we know has been shaped by those who dream big.

Director: Cal Seville | Stars: Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Giles Milton, Donald Rayfield, Daniel Beer

Votes: 191

10. Blitz on Berlin (2014 Video)

56 min | Documentary, History, War

A detailed account of the allied bombing raids on the city of Berlin in World War Two.

Director: Stanley Joseph | Stars: Barbara Von Rimscha, Anne-Marie Von Mutius, Adolf Hitler, Kaiser Wilhelm II

Votes: 6

11. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: Distant War: September 1939-May 1940 (1973)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

The invasions of Poland, the Winter War, the sinking of the Graf Spee, the "phony war" and Norwegian Campaign, and the elevation of Winston Churchill to Prime Minister.

Director: David Elstein | Stars: Laurence Olivier, R.A. Butler, Bernard Kops, Robert Boothby

Votes: 562

12. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: Scandinavia: The Forgotten Front (2004)

Documentary, History, War

This episode take a closer look at the Russian aggression against Finland, and the German occupation of Norway.

Star: Jonathan Booth

Votes: 21

13. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Siege of Leningrad (2000)

Documentary, History, War

Tim Pigott-Smith narrates the story of one of the Second World War's most harrowing episodes - the 890-day siege of the Soviet Union's second city Leningrad which was not liberated until January 1944.

Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Rolf Carls, Karl Dönitz, Joseph Goebbels

Votes: 6

14. World War Weird (2017– )
Episode: Episode #2.8 (2018)

Documentary, History, War

The Germans hear that Polish forces are fighting alongside a huge bear. Tales of this beer-swilling, chain-smoking beast terrify them - but incredibly the stories are true.

Director: Mike Ibeji | Stars: Guy Walters, Alexandra Churchill, Joshua Levine, Martin Morgan

15. World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode: Lightning War (2009)

TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

Country after European country falls before the unstoppable German blitzkrieg.

Stars: Robert Powell, Adolf Hitler, Wladyslaw Sikorski, Karl Dönitz

Votes: 344

16. World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode: Overlord (2009)

TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

After a careful campaign of disinformation that throws the German defenders off-guard, the Western Allies finally land on Normandy. After fierce fighting, they establish a foothold in Europe. France is liberated.

Stars: Robert Powell, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler

Votes: 227

17. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: The Right Tools (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Victory in war doesn't just require sound military strategy, vital resources and equipment are also critical. Discover how the Axis powers failed in this regard.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Richard Hammond, Giuseppe Finaldi, Alexander Henry, Charles Schencking

18. Hitler's Engineers: Building the Third Reich (2023–2024)
Episode: Werner Heisenberg (2023)

Documentary, History, War

As one of their most controversial scientists, Heisenberg was key in the Nazis' efforts to build an atomic bomb. How close was he to achieving his goal?

Director: Marion Marot | Stars: Guy Walters, Mark Walker, Nigel Jones, Gerhard Rammer

19. Beyond the Myth: The SS Unveiled (2022– )
Episode: The Waffen-SS (2022)

Documentary, History, War

Masqueraded as military excellence, the reality was very different. Recruits were poorly trained and remorse was nonexistent, as SS troops killed mercilessly.

Director: Gabriele Rose | Stars: Richard John Evans, Jean-Luc Leleu, Bastian Hein, Jochen Böhler

20. Hitler's Circle of Evil (2018)
Episode: The Madness of Rudolf Hess (2018)

TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

As Germany invades Poland and sparks World War II, loyal Deputy Fuhrer Rudolph Hess tries to reclaim his once lofty status among Hitler's senior staff.

Director: Guy Smith | Stars: Guy Walters, Frank McDonough, Michael Lynch, James Holland

Votes: 156

21. Hitler's Circle of Evil (2018)
Episode: The Rise and Fall of Reinhard Heydrich (2018)

TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

SS head Heinrich Himmler orders his deputy Reinhard Heydrich to enact a plan of ethnic cleansing that becomes a blueprint for the Holocaust.

Director: Simon Deeley | Stars: Guy Walters, James Holland, Richard Overy, Frank McDonough

Votes: 160