本片根据挪威著名抵抗组织战士马克斯•马努斯的真实经历改编。
三十年代末期，战争的阴云笼罩欧洲大陆，德国和苏联从东、西两个方向蚕食欧洲诸国。1940年，马克斯•马努斯（Aksel Hennie 饰）同众多挪威青年组成志愿军赴芬兰参加“冬天战争”，以阻止苏联占领芬兰，后因德国出兵挪威，马努斯只得返回奥斯陆，筹办地下刊物宣传反纳粹主张。这份危险的事业导致马努斯被纳粹捉获，然而他涉险逃脱，并终于抵达苏格兰，接受了英方的严格训练。1943年，马努斯空降挪威，利用自制炸弹袭击德国舰只，由此，开始了他以精神病患者身份成为抵抗英雄的传奇人生……
本片包揽2008年挪威电影阿曼达奖最佳电影、男主角、摄影、剧本等七项主要奖项。

1940年4月9日，德军兵临奥斯陆。挪威国王哈康七世收到了德国人下达的最后通牒：“投降，或是灭亡”。虽然有少数军队选择了抵抗，但皇室和政府为了躲避德国军队的追击还是选择了各自逃亡。而哈康七世最终决定要直面这个艰难的抉择……

This is the story of an air campaign in which each bomb could dramatically influence the course of the war.
In January 1942, the powerful German battleship Tirpitz sailed into her new base in a Norwegian fjord, within easy reach of the Arctic Convoys. Her destruction suddenly became a top Allied priority. But sinking a modern and formidably armed battleship was no easy task, especially when she lay secure in a remote, mountainous fjord, protected by anti-torpedo nets, radar, flak guns and smoke generators.
This book charts the full, complex story of the air war against Tirpitz, from the Fleet Air Arm's failed torpedo attack at sea, the RAF's early Halifax raids, and the carrier-borne Barracuda airstrikes of Operations Mascot, Tungsten and Goodwood, to the three Tallboy attacks that finally crippled and sank her. With detailed maps and diagrams, it explains the aircraft and ordnance the British had to work with, the evolving strategic situation, and why the task was so difficult.