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The House
The Winter Siege
Norway 2016
produced by Reinert Kiil, Kjetil Jensberg, Svein Andersen, Terje Strømstad for Kiil Produksjon, Sanctum Film
directed by Reinert Kiil
starring Frederik von Lüttichau, Mats Reinhardt, Sondre Krogtoft Larsen, Espen Edvartsen, Evy Kasseth Røsten, Sigmund Sæverud, Anita Ihler, Ingvild Flikkerud, Sofie Grendel, Heidi Ødegaard Mikkelsen
written by Reinert Kiil, music by Levi Gawrock Trøite, Kim Berg
review by Mike Haberfelner
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World War II, Norway: Two German soldiers (Frederik von Lüttichau,
Mats Reinhardt) have taken a Norwegian soldier (Sondre Krogtoft Larsen)
prisoner and try to make it back to civilisation through what seems like
endless masses of snow - but as night breaks, the best they can manage is
a house in the middle of nowhere, a house where it seems the occupants
have just fled as there's still warm food on the table. But the house soon
starts to freak the two soldiers out, as they seem to hear noises from
other rooms where there aren't supposed to be any, find their stuff
disappearing and turnint up where it's not supposed to be, and eventually
they start seeing things - and it's unclear if these are ghostly
apparitions or just manifestations of their own guilt. And then there's a
guest book in the house which eerily seems to recount their story and
predict what might happen - and it's not good for sure ... Broken
down to its core, The House is a great exercise in atmospheric
filmmaking: Essentially, the film's story isn't wholly original, and
making a couple of Nazi soldiers the protagonists and feeding their
backstory into the main narrative is a novelty at best. But thanks to a
great location, great camerawork and a well-paced narrative approach
(coupled with solid performances of course), this is a movie that still
has its audience at the edge of their seats and glued to the screen, and
it's also something sure to remain with one for a few days after watching,
and chillingly so.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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