Introduction

Into the White (also known as Comrade, Lost in the Snow and Cross of Honour in the United Kingdom) is a 2012 film set during the Second World War and directed by Petter Næss.

It is inspired by and loosely based on real-life events that occurred in Norway during the war.

Into the White was written by Ole Meldgaard, Dave Mango and Petter Næss and directed by Næss.

The film stars David Kross, Stig Henrik Hoff, Florian Lukas, Rupert Grint and Lachlan Nieboer.

Outline

On 27 April 1940, a Luftwaffe Heinkel He 111 bomber (1H+CT) is pursued near Grotli by a Fleet Air Arm Blackburn Skua (L2940) fighter. Three of the four German crew survive the crash: pilot Leutnant Horst Schopis (Florian Lukas), Unteroffizier Josef Schwartz (David Kross) and Feldwebel Wolfgang Strunk (Stig Henrik Hoff).

They prepare then set off for the coast to rejoin the fighting. A snowstorm develops. They lose their supplies and encounter a hunter’s cabin. Two British airmen from the other downed aircraft, Capt. Charles P. Davenport (Lachlan Nieboer) and his air gunner Robert Smith (Rupert Grint), are heard to approach the cabin. They start to deal with each other in the cabin. An attempt in the morning, to set out for help, is abandoned when they start to get separated by the snowstorm.

Norwegian soldiers set out as a patrol to look for the downed German airmen. They encounter Smith and Strunk skiing downhill. A Norwegian sniper fatally shoots Strunk and captures Smith.

Portside, a Norwegian officer interrogates the Brits perceiving them collaborators. Davenport explains what happened and silences the interrogating officer.

Shopis and Schwartz are prisoners of war in Canada; Smith and Davenport return to combat action. Davenport survives the war.

Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Petter Naess.
• Producer(s): Peter Aalbaek Jensen and Valerie Edwina Saunders.
• Writer(s): Ole Meldgaard, Dave Mango, and Peter Naess.
• Music: Nils Petter Molvaer.
• Cinematography: Daniel Voldheim.
• Editor(s): Frida Eggum Michaelsen.
• Production: Zentropa International Norway, Film i Vast, Trollhatan Film AB, and Zentropa Entertainments.
• Distributor(s): Scanbox Entertainment.
• Release Date: 04 March 2012 (Filmfest Oslo).
• Running Time: 104 minutes.
• Country: Norway and Sweden.
• Language: English, Norwegian, and German.