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After a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his eleven comrades dead, a Norwegian resistance fighter finds himself fleeing the Gestapo through the snowbound reaches of Scandinavia.


On the brink of the Second World War, a young Norwegian man's drive to resist the Nazis sets a new course for his future – and the future of his country.

Sjur Vatne Brean
Gunnar Sønsteby (young)

Erik Hivju
Gunnar Sønsteby (old)

Philip Helgar
Edvard Tallaksen

Magnus Dugdale
Andreas Aubert
Jakob Maanum Trulsen
Erling Solheim

Jacob Jensen
Jens Christian Hauge

Flo Fagerli
Anne Solheim

Ines Høysæter Asserson
Reidun Andersen

Lisa Loven Kongsli
Gudrun Collett

Martin Karelius Østensen
Philip Hansteen
Number 24 is a war, history, drama film released in 2024 exploring themes of world war ii, norway, understated. Directed by John Andreas Andersen, it stars Sjur Vatne Brean, Erik Hivju, Philip Helgar. On the brink of the Second World War, a young Norwegian man's drive to resist the Nazis sets a new course for his future – and the future of his country.
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