Narvik

Alongside All Quiet On The Western Front, Netflix have another stylish-looking film about war on its platform. This time, it's the turn of Norwegian film, ...

Next, was the attack on the beaches of Narvik to gain control and deliver the telling blow on the German occupation in the city. Gunnar’s decision was right and is representational of the anti-war sentiments of the makers. We then see in post-credit scenes that Narvik was completely destroyed by German bombers when the English and French withdrew without notice. He goes inside and sees the mess. Ingrid’s help for the Germans was much more understandable as they posed a more direct urgent and tangible threat to her safety. To achieve this, Omdal led a small contingent and joined forces with some of the French soldiers coming in from behind. In fact, it was nearly impossible for that small company to take on the mighty German troops. It was because almost 85% of the iron ore that Germany used to make weapons and tanks was shipped from Narvik. At the start of the film, we see the Norwegians surrendering to the Germans on command by their General. Gunnar was apprehensive of doing it as the incoming train housed her wife and child. Ingrid found herself helping both the British and Germans at one point. More than anything, Narvik is about what truly matters in the face of adversity and what depths one could go to for their loved ones.

Set against the real-life backdrop of the Battles of Narvik, this Netflix WWII drama film follows a soldier returning home to learn a shocking secret.

Released on January 23, Narvik seemingly came from nowhere to take the Netflix Top 10 by storm. Narvik follows the Tofte family, specifically one soldier who returns home from the Battles of Narvik in 1940 to learn a shocking secret involving his wife. [All Quiet on the Western Front](https://netflixlife.com/2023/01/24/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-full-list-netflix-oscar-nominations-2023/).

Narvik is a Netflix film set during the early months of World War Two. But is it a true story? And are the film's main characters based on real people?

Narvik is a small town that garnered a lot of interest during World War Two owing to its location as the closest ice-free port to Sweden's iron mines. Like many soldiers, he was returning home to Narvik before the German forces arrived. The two primary figures in Narvik are Ingrid and Gunnar Tofte. In doing so, the film shows both the experience of the Norwegian soldiers who joined the army whilst Norway was still neutral, along with that of the civilians trying to survive the German occupation of the town in the spring of 1940. Narvik is a Norwegian war epic that takes place during the German occupation — and subsequent Norwegian recapture— of the titular town which served as the source of iron ore for Hitler's war machinery. In a word, yes.