---
title: '12th Man (2017)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Harald Zwart'
released: '2017-12-14'
runtime_minutes: 135
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Norway'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/12th-man-2017'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3300980/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# 12th Man (2017)

2017 · 135 min · History · Norway


## Synopsis

The 12th Man is a 2017 Norwegian historical drama film directed by Harald Zwart, starring Thomas Gullestad as Jan Baalsrud, who escapes from occupying Nazi Germans on the island of Rebbenesøya, via the Lyngen Fjord and Manndalen, to neutral Sweden in the spring of 1943. The film, based on historical events of Operation Martin and the escape of Jan Baalsrud, adapted from the book Jan Baalsrud and Those Who Saved Him (2001) by Tore Haug and Astrid Karlsen Scott.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Harald Zwart](https://cinepixo.com/people/harald-zwart)
- **Screenplay:** [Petter Skavlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/petter-skavlan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Christophe Beck](https://cinepixo.com/people/christophe-beck)
- **Director of Photography:** [Geir Hartly Andreassen](https://cinepixo.com/people/geir-hartly-andreassen)

## Cast

- [Kim Jøran Olsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-j-ran-olsen)
- [Julia Bache-Wiig](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-bache-wiig)
- [Jonathan Rhys Meyers](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-rhys-meyers) as Kurt Stage
- [Erich Redman](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-redman)
- [Marie Blokhus](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-blokhus)
- [Thomas Gullestad](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-gullestad) as Jan Baalsrud
- [Mads Sjøgård Pettersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/mads-sj-gard-pettersen)

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