New poster for Into the White (previously titled Comrade), an anti-war film directed by Petter Næss, written by Ole Meldgaard, Dave Mango and the director Næss, has gone online today.
The film revolves around an American Pilot and a German pilot that shoot each other down only to find that they must depend on each other to survive a harsh Norwegian winter, alone in the wilderness.
Into the White stars Rupert Grint, David Kross, Stig Henrik Hoff, Florian Lukas, and Lachlan Nieboer. No release date is set yet.
The film is based on a true story. On 27 April 1940, Luftwaffe pilot Horst Schopis' bomber, a Heinkel 111 (1H+CT) is shot down near Grotli by an RAF Blackburn Skua (L2940) fighter, which then crash-lands. The surviving German and English crew members begin to shoot each other, but later find themselves huddled up in the same cabin. In order to survive the harsh winter in the Norwegian wilderness, they have to stand together. An unlikely, lifelong friendship blossoms.
In 1974 the original L2940 was recovered from Breidalsvatnet lake near Grotli in Skjåk municipality. The original Heinkel wreck remains in the mountains at Grotli.
In case you haven't already watched it, check out Into the White trailer.
