THE ARCTIC CONVOYS 2024 (Konvoi)
by
Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
Norway did not contribute much to war effort during the Second War. But in summer of 1942, a merchant ship among 34 others sets sail from Iceland to Murmansk with vital supplies to be made to Soviet Union. Due to some faulty intel, the British naval protection gets withdrawn. Many merchant ships are destroyed, others are asked to disperse. But this particular ship, led by a stubborn, unpopular captain, sails on until the captain is hit in a Luftwaffe attack.
The ship enters the Arctic snow, controlled by Nazis, but not heavily patrolled, and manages to deliver supplies at Murmansk. Ten other ships similarly manage to deliver supplies aiding the Allied war effort. The film is not too action-oriented, not is too deep a study of characters. Some sequences are well-shot, cinematography is top notch, but this is strictly a one-time affair.
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