A mother chooses violence when collaboration turns to betrayal.
During the occupation, informer Klaus Thun insinuates himself into the life of lawyer Nordgård and his happy family. He informs on Nordgård's son Lars and seduces his daughter Eva. Then the children's mother takes matters into her own hands.
Acting
Sigrun Otto's simmering restraint before the inevitable.
Direction
Dual directors balance claustrophobia and moral dread.
Director
Titus Vibe-Müller
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made mere months after Norway's liberation, this was among the first films to process occupation trauma — audiences didn't need exposition, they lived it.
The title's plural is a knife: Klaus lives two lives, yes, but so does Else — the mother and the avenger, finally unified.
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