电影《Suicide Mission》是1954上映的老掉牙的电影,拍摄得很粗糙,令人无法观看。但其背后的故事很了不起。
虽然挪威军队抗击德国入侵时仅仅伤亡1000人,还没有帮助挪威的英国军人伤亡多(英军在挪威伤亡2000人),挪威战后还是拍出来了有好几部二战电影: 《The Heroes of Telemark》、《第十二个人》、《马克思·马努斯》、《血战纳尔维克》。碰巧,拍摄《马克思·马努斯》入城仪式时,我当时正出差在Oslo的拍摄现场。
电影《Suicide Mission》是关于一些挪威的渔民在二战期间勇敢地承担在英国和挪威间运送任务的真实故事。
In early 1941 it was decided formally to establish a group of men and boats to assist the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) and the Special Operations Executive (SOE) to transfer agents in and out of Norway and provide them with weapons, radios and other supplies. They would also bring out Norwegians who feared arrest by the Germans. 这条运输线是挪威抵抗运动最重要的生命线。
The men put in charge of organizing the group were a British Army officer, Major Leslie Mitchell and his assistant, Lieutenant David Howarth。这个David Howarth战后写了一本书《The Shetland Bus》就是这部电影的出处。Shetland是英国领土的最北端,作者把这个每次航行都冒着巨大风险的伪装成渔船的海上运输队比喻做在英国Sheland和挪威Bergen间穿梭的挪威勇士们组成的公共汽车队。
这个运输队的17艘渔船中13艘被德军击毁,因损失惨重,后来改用美国的三艘军舰承担运输任务。The group had made 198 trips to Norway in fishing boats and submarine chasers, The "Shetland Bus" had transported 192 agents and 389 t of weapons and supplies to Norway and had brought out 73 agents and 373 refugees. Forty-four members of the group were killed in their small boat crossings. 后来使用美国军舰后,效果很好,没遭受到任何损失。
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正如电影中所展现的,The crews managed to equip the fishing boats with several concealed weapons. The most ingenious of these was a concrete-lined oil drum bolted to the deck. When the removable lid was lifted, a pair of ready loaded Lewis Guns were telescoped into firing position,
这部电影虽然无比粗陋,但他在电影史上恐怕会占有一个世界第一的位置:真实人物参演的数量。这部电影中共有16个真实的人物扮演电影中的自己。这部电影中的主角Leif Larsen也是由他本人扮演的。
帅气的Leif Larsen率领渔船及军舰完成了52次航行.
Larsen 是挪威海军二战中最大的英雄。他一共获得了英国和挪威颁发的11项勋章,是二战盟军海军中最多的。
Larsen 在Bergen的纪念雕像
Larsen 比他死去的44个同伴要幸运,he died from a stroke at the age of 84 in Bergen, Norway, on 12 October 1990.
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