---
title: 'Nine Lives (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Arne Skouen'
released: '1957-10-03'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Norway'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/nine-lives-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050762/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Nine Lives (1957)

1957 · 96 min · Drama, War, History · Norway

Original title: Ni liv

## Synopsis

Nine Lives is a 1957 Norwegian film about Jan Baalsrud, a commando and member of the Norwegian resistance during World War II. Trained in Britain, in 1943, he participates in an operation to destroy a German air control tower. The mission is compromised when he and his fellow soldiers accidentally make contact with a civilian, rather than a Resistance member, who betrays them to the Nazis.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Arne Skouen](https://cinepixo.com/people/arne-skouen)
- **Screenplay:** [Arne Skouen](https://cinepixo.com/people/arne-skouen), [David Armine Howarth](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-armine-howarth)
- **Producer:** [Arne Skouen](https://cinepixo.com/people/arne-skouen)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Gunnar Sønstevold](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunnar-s-nstevold)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ragnar Sørensen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ragnar-s-rensen)
- **Editor:** [Bjørn Breigutu](https://cinepixo.com/people/bj-rn-breigutu)

## Cast

- [Henny Moan](https://cinepixo.com/people/henny-moan)
- [Sverre Hansen](https://cinepixo.com/people/sverre-hansen)
- [Jack Fjeldstad](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-fjeldstad) as Jan Baalsrud
- [Alf Malland](https://cinepixo.com/people/alf-malland)
- [Joachim Holst-Jensen](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-holst-jensen)
- [Lydia Opøien](https://cinepixo.com/people/lydia-op-ien)
- [Edvard Drabløs](https://cinepixo.com/people/edvard-drabl-s)
- [Rolf Søder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-s-der)
- [Ottar Wicklund](https://cinepixo.com/people/ottar-wicklund)
- [Jens Bolling](https://cinepixo.com/people/jens-bolling)
- [Per Bronken](https://cinepixo.com/people/per-bronken)
- [Grete Nordrå](https://cinepixo.com/people/grete-nordra)
- [Wilfred Breistrand](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilfred-breistrand)
- [Lillebil Kjellén](https://cinepixo.com/people/lillebil-kjellen)
- [Erik Melbye Brekke](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-melbye-brekke)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/nine-lives-1957
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