Number 24 (Nr. 24)

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"I HAVE FIVE DRAWERS IN MY MIND.

THE THREE TOP DRAWERS I OPEN ALL THE TIME. THE FOURTH, LESS OFTEN.

I CLOSED THE BOTTOM DRAWER MAY 8TH, 1945 AND HAVEN'T OPENED IT SINCE."

REPORT FROM "NO. 24"

- Hi. We are ready. - Hi. Yes.

- Can you put the mic on? - Yes. We'll be out soon.

- Great, thanks. - Yep.

- Ready, Gunnar? - Yeah, yeah.

I'm ready.

Are you good?

Yeah, I'm better.

It goes after a while.

Yeah.

- Pleased to meet you. Welcome. - Yes.

- Thank you, thanks. - Hello, I'm Petter.

- Hi, welcome. - Petter. Hi.

Shh.

Yes, yes. Were you expecting old folk here, huh?

Let's talk about, uh… values.

Are you tired yet?

This is incredible.

What?

NAZI BOOK BURNING CAUSES INTERNATIONAL WORRY

Book burning?

I got a book from my father.

A guy called Langhoff,

who has written about his stay in a German concentration camp.

They'll burn that in no time.

Concentration camp?

Yes. It says they've been detaining folk who are against the regime.

Communists, then?

A mix of people, I think.

It's called The Peat Bog Soldiers.

Køhn has it in his bookshop.

Or I can lend you mine.

I understand they're doing that, um, to keep the communists under control.

It's the same here as well.

Or else, I mean, it's Moscow for us all.

You're not hearing what you're saying, are you?

Shouldn't people be free to say what they want?

Sure. Sure.

This is not about communism.

We should be allowed to speak and not go to jail.

Yeah, but you get what I mean, right?

No, I don't know what you mean.

Let's boil the water.

Yeah, here you go.

I went to the same school as you over 70 years ago.

We lived in a democracy.

But… some of us felt it starting to tighten around us.

Does everyone here feel secure?

Yes, good.

I also felt most secure.

All companions of mine,

they also felt secure,

right to when we were not any longer.

For, of course, we thought we were living in a post-war state,

when we suddenly became aware

we had been living in the interwar state.

And the Germans trooped in the 9th of April, 1940.

They needed barely 800 soldiers to take over Oslo.

Yes, about twice as many people are sitting here.

In a war, you have to figure out if you want

to accept the situation you are in…

and to embrace what's going to become your new reality…

or stand up against it and thus risk everything.

I continued to go to work.

But I had a hard time concentrating.

Everybody out!

Come on, everyone!

You're not easily startled, are you…

Sønsteby?

One can feel a little defiant at times.

And how defiant would that be, exactly?

Somewhat defiant.

There are a few of us who have talked about taking a trip out to Marka.

Would you be interested in coming with us?

What else could we do?

We had to try to fight back.

Sønsteby. Here.

Yup.

But the Germans were already everywhere.

- Get down. - What's that?

Bomb!

- Run! - Move it!

Keep going!

It was futile.

Form a line! Form a line!

- Fall back! - Fall back!

Watch out!

We didn't stand a chance.

Here!

Move it!

Retreat! Retreat!

Retreat!

- Stop! - There'll be covering fire!

We were so damn unprepared.

And I promised myself

that I would never again be so unprepared for anything.

I myself got pneumonia and terrible sinusitis.

In fact, I was told not to move for two whole years.

People say that health is the most important thing.

PRIME MINISTER QUISLING EXPLAINS POLITICAL PLANS.

But that's not true.

Peace and freedom trumps everything.

And after two months or so,

I met other men who were just like myself.

This is London.

On days like these, there are probably many people in Norway

who are trying to keep their spirits up.

Or are they beginning to lose heart?

And they were Knut Haugland, who I knew from Rjukan,

and Max Manus,

Andreas Aubert,

Gregers Gram,

and Tallak, Edvard Tallaksen.

Oh, I missed that one.

Here I put my background as an accountant to good use.

I became Erling Fjeld,

Gunnar Lier, Harald Sørensen.

The bakery in Grønland,

with Reidun Andersen in charge,

became a hub for us.

It was all well we were making a newspaper, but we wanted better.

The Norwegian government had fled to London.

I got word that they had a representative

at the British legation in Sweden.

NORWAY - SWEDEN

I wanted to meet him.

THE BRITISH LEGATION - STOCKHOLM

We need to build up a network in Oslo.

All right.

But if you would rather go to England to be trained in sabotage,

I'm certain we could send you over there.

- Thank you, but I will stay in Oslo, sir. - Okay.

Your codename is…

Number 24.

There you go.

Your first assignment.

BANK OF NORWAY

- Forfang. - Erling Fjeld.

Ivar Thidemansen has asked me to meet you.

Yes.

So, why are you here, then?

The Norwegian government in London has employed me

to come to you to borrow the banknote printing plates.

You… wish for a loan of our printing plates for the Norwegian banknotes?

Yes.

Resistance work costs money, as you can imagine, sir.

And we also need a sample of the paper being used.

Hello, Miss Løberg?

Thank you for an… interesting chat.

What must I do for you to trust me?

This meeting is over.

Miss Løberg will show you the way out.

Mr. Fjeld?

Mr. Fjeld?

Your grandchildren will be speaking German.

What was that?

You do understand that if action is not taken now,

your grandchildren will be speaking German?

Here, you have a chance to stand on the right side of history.

How do I know that you are a representative of the government?

How can I be sure of that?

- You will have to trust me. - Ah.

Easy for you to say.

If this goes wrong, I'll get shot.

And the bank manager and the entire board.

That goes for all of us.

If you are who you say,

then make the speaker from London say this on the radio

the day after tomorrow.

Then I will consider the matter.

THE ETERNAL LONGING

This is London.

In days like these, it's important to keep your spirits up.

Here are 16 special messages.

One. A man you can trust.

Two. A long spear in the fist.

Three.

The eternal longing.

Four. Looks like a school.

Five…

I hope that you know what you're doing.

You have until Thursday evening.

So, uh, where are we going today?

Please go to Kongsvinger.

- Hmm. - I have a package to get to Sweden.

So send that, then.

It's here.

A festive meeting in the town hall.

National commissioner Terboven and Minister President Quisling

were photographed together as the company's protectors.

Under the leadership of Captain Maxvik,

the company marched through Oslo's streets.

Hirden's school in Kongsvinger

has completed a soldier training course.

Chief of State Police Marthinsen handed out letters of appointment