What is 'War Sailor' about? Plot of Netflix limited series explained
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: 'War Sailor', the tale of two Norwegian seamen struggling to accept the harsh realities of World War II, was released as a feature film on September 2022 before Netflix announced the limited series adaptation of the 150-minute movie.
Director and writer Gunnar Vikene said that the idea was always to have the story told as a film and as a series. "War Sailor was originally written both as a feature film and as a mini-series and I couldn't really let go of the initial idea of telling the story in both formats," Vikene said. The Kristoffer Joner starrer limited series will arrive on Netflix on April 5, 2023. Find out more about the plot below.
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What is the plot of the 'War Sailor' limited series?
The official synopsis of 'War Sailor' says, "Alfred Garnes is a working-class sailor, who has recently become the father of a third child. He and his childhood friend Sigbjørn Kvalen (Wally) are working on a merchant ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean when World War II breaks out. They are unarmed civilians on the front lines of a war they never asked to join. The two men struggle for survival in a spiral of violence and death, where German submarines may attack their valuable vessels at any moment. The war sailors have one goal: To survive–and to return home.
Meanwhile, Alfred's wife Cecilia struggles through the war alone in Bergen, raising three children alone, not knowing whether she will ever see Alfred again. When British aircraft attempted to bomb the German submarine bunker in Bergen, they instead hit the primary school at Laksevåg and civilian homes at Nøstet, resulting in hundreds of civilian deaths. When the news reaches Alfred and Wally in Canada, they wonder if they have anything left at home to return to."
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