{"id":167667,"date":"2025-06-08T13:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T13:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/167667\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T13:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T13:21:09","slug":"the-terrific-world-war-2-film-masterpiece-youve-never-heard-of-with-100-score-films-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/167667\/","title":{"rendered":"The ‘terrific’ World War 2 film ‘masterpiece’ you’ve never heard of with 100% score | Films | Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"

A gripping World War 2<\/a> drama has been called a \u201cmasterpiece\u201d by viewers, but many people have still never heard of it. Released in 2022, Narvik is a Norwegian film<\/a> that tells the little-known story of a key battle during the early days of the war, and it’s quietly built a strong following.<\/p>\n

Set in 1940, the film follows a young soldier named Gunnar and his wife Ingrid as their town<\/a> becomes the focus of a bitter fight between German forces<\/a> and Allied troops. The battle over Narvik\u2019s iron ore supply would go on to play a massive role in the wider war, but it remains a subject rarely shown on screen.<\/p>\n

Directed by Erik Skjoldbj\u00e6rg, the film has been praised for its \u201crealism, emotional weight, and historical accuracy\u201d.<\/p>\n

According to MovieWeb<\/a>, Narvik is one of the most underrated World War 2 films of recent years, with the experts describing it as \u201ca terrific war movie rooted in a powerful true story\u201d.<\/p>\n

Viewers have also been full of praise. One person wrote: \u201cNarvik is a thrilling, crowd-pleasing war picture.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt deserves all the love that All Quiet on the Western Front has gotten and then some.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another added: \u201cFrom the moment I first set eyes on Narvik, I was immediately swept up in a world where every decision feels like a life-or-death dilemma. The setting itself holds an almost tangible power.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several reviews also highlighted how the film brings to life the harsh winter conditions, the difficult moral choices people had to make, and the emotional cost of war.<\/p>\n

One viewer said: \u201cThis is an excellent movie for the genre. It stays true to the actual history of this part of WW2.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the very best WW2 movie experience my wife and I have had in our many years watching films.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another person added: \u201cAn excellent war film, rooted in strongly drawn characters and an authentic sense of time and place.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe action sequences are gripping without glamourising violence. I\u2019d even go as far as to call it a masterpiece.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Rotten Tomatoes, Narvik holds a perfect 100% critic score at the time of writing. It\u2019s also available to stream on Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A gripping World War 2 drama has been called a \u201cmasterpiece\u201d by viewers, but many people have still…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3935],"tags":[77,70118,37006,70124,70121,3943,70117,1115,70119,16,70120,15,2642,70122,70123],"class_list":{"0":"post-167667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-erik-skjoldbjaerg","10":"tag-film-review","11":"tag-great-world-war-2-film","12":"tag-great-world-war-2-films","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-narvik","15":"tag-norway","16":"tag-norwegian-film","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-underrated-war-world-2-film","19":"tag-united-kingdom","20":"tag-world-war-2","21":"tag-world-war-2-film-that-needs-to-be-watched","22":"tag-world-war-2-films-on-netflix"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114647956399624231","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}