Battle of Oslo

1/6/2026

"Battle of Oslo"or "Blücher" is the second Norwegian film, I've seen in recent years, that covers the early days of the invasion of Norway. Colonial Birger Eriksen was in charge of the Oscarsborg Fortress when the Germans lauched their invasion, sinking the Nazi battleship Blucher, instrumental in buying time for the Norwegian goverment and King, to escape the country. This film, like its predecessor, imparts in stark terms, the emotional individual impact felt by a nation's people, that had not been at war, to that point, for 120 years. The awful decision Eriksen has to make to take action. The obvious anguish he experiences, when he see's German sailors, struggling to flee their sinking vessel, the stress of keeping up what is a doomed fight, whilst preserving the lives of his me