Scorched Earth (1969)

5.7/10 101 min Drama

Overview

During the German retreat in WWII, Finnmark and Nord-Troms were laid waste - villages, schools and hospitals razed and 60,000 people driven into mountain hideouts - but, come liberation, those who’d survived in caves and huts returned with fierce determination to rebuild their homeland.

Cast

Rolf Søder

Hekki Haldonen

Solfrid Heier

Herdis

Arne Lindtner Næss

Ilja

Bernt Erik Larssen

Adjutanten

Egil Hjorth-Jenssen

Herdis' bestefar

Carsten Byhring

Basen

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