My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts (1999)
Directed by Torill Kove
Genres - Fantasy, Children's/Family, War |
Sub-Genres - Biopic [feature] |
Run Time - 12 min. |
Countries - Canada, Norway |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis
A personal interpretation of Norwegian history - starring a grandmother who during the Second World War loses her job ironing the King's shirts. Instead she gains access to the enemy's uniforms, and inspires her own brand of resistance fighters, the "Shirt Guerillas".
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anecdotes, family-history, grandmother, king, myth, Norway, stories