Kongens Nei is a great personal drama revolving around King Håkon VII, set to a historic backdrop of the opening days of the German invasion of Denmark and Norway. We also follow the German representative in Norway at the outbreak of the war - Curt Braüer - and his futile attempts of getting a negotiated peace. Both men have to adapt fast to a military reality neither was very well prepared for.
The movie does have some good war scenes - most notably Colonel Eriksen firering the heavy guns at Oscarsborg coastal fortress at the German heavy cruiser Blücher - but it is not an action movie. Most other war scenes are about fleeing by train and car and confused small scale battle in cold, snow and wood. Pretty accurate of what the war was like in Norway, where all parts had to cope with the weather and nature as much as with enemy soldiers.
The movie does have some good war scenes - most notably Colonel Eriksen firering the heavy guns at Oscarsborg coastal fortress at the German heavy cruiser Blücher - but it is not an action movie. Most other war scenes are about fleeing by train and car and confused small scale battle in cold, snow and wood. Pretty accurate of what the war was like in Norway, where all parts had to cope with the weather and nature as much as with enemy soldiers.