Blücher (film)
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Blücher is a 1988 Norwegian
drama film
directed by Oddvar Bull Tuhus
, starring Helge Jordal
, Frank Krog
and Hege Schøyen
. Two North Sea
divers who have recently been fired plan to vindicate themselves by a pioneer expedition to the wreckage of the German cruiser Blücher
, at the bottom of the Oslofjord
. The expedition soon becomes entangled in political intrigues.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Oddvar Bull Tuhus
Oddvar Bull Tuhus
Oddvar Bull Tuhus is a Norwegian film director, script writer and television worker. His film debut was Rødblått paradis from 1971. His Maria Marusjka from 1973 was awarded the Norwegian Film Critics' Prize. His film Streik! from 1974, based on a novel by Tor Obrestad, was presented at the Cannes...
, starring Helge Jordal
Helge Jordal
Helge Jordal is an actor from Bergen, Norway. In 2006, Jordal was appointed a Knight of the Royal Order of St. Olav for his long career as an actor on both screen and stage, and his position as a "grand old man" among Norwegian actors.In 1985, he received the Amanda award as Best Male Actor for...
, Frank Krog
Frank Krog
Frank Krog was a Norwegian actor.Krog was born in Bergen. He started his career as a stage worker and extra at the theatre Den Nasjonale Scene, but later attended the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre. He appeared in several Norwegian films, mostly during the 1990s...
and Hege Schøyen
Hege Schøyen
Hege Schøyen is a Norwegian singer, actor and comedienne. She has played at the Oslo revue theatre Chat Noir and at Nationaltheatret. She was television presenter for the youth program series Midt i smørøyet at the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, and has participated in several Swedish and...
. Two North Sea
North Sea
In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...
divers who have recently been fired plan to vindicate themselves by a pioneer expedition to the wreckage of the German cruiser Blücher
German cruiser Blücher
Blücher was the second of five heavy cruisers of the German Kriegsmarine, built after the rise of the Nazi Party and the repudiation of the Treaty of Versailles. Named for Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, the victor of the Battle of Waterloo, the ship was laid down in August 1936 and launched in...
, at the bottom of the Oslofjord
Oslofjord
The Oslofjord is a bay in the south-east of Norway, stretching from an imaginary line between the Torbjørnskjær and Færder lighthouses and down to Langesund in the south to Oslo in the north....
. The expedition soon becomes entangled in political intrigues.