The 12th Man — Norway
Norwegian commando Jan Baalsrud survives a Gestapo raid that kills his entire team and escapes across the Arctic — pursued for months through snow and ice, losing toes to frostbite, sheltered by Norwegians risking death to help him.
Jan Baalsrud (1917-1988) was the sole survivor of Operation Martin, a SOE-Norwegian mission in March 1943. He survived over two months in the Norwegian Arctic, crossing the Lyngen Alps on amputated toes. Local Norwegians, including the Mikkelsen family, risked execution to shelter and transport him. He was eventually evacuated to Sweden. The film is Norway's most expensive ever made.