During World War II,
300 Swedish soldiers disappeared without leaving a trace.
Here is the story of six of them.
Christmas Eve 1942
five kilometers from the norwegian border
At the entrance to the bridge.
A load.
If they take you you are alone.
| is cold, I would drink a coffee.
- Go get some water. - OK.
What is happening?
Stop! Or I shoot!
Shit !
OPERATION ARCTIC FOX
Next stop: Torsby.
Train terminus.
Everyone goes down.
Next stop: Torsby.
Train terminus.
Everyone goes down.
What are you doing? It is cold.
What is that?
I hung on to barbed wire.
What?
I can't talk about it.
What have you done, Aaron?
I can't tell you anything.
Are you going to see a doctor?
I will go this afternoon.
I know you!
no you are right I've got to go.
Go on! Come back to bed!
Hello my son.
- Maybe it's a girl. - No, you'll see.
Hello Little One.
You sleep ?
It can already be seen, right?
- \we. - IF.
We have to get married rapidly.
Because my grandmother won't survive it.
See you later.
Nice to know you.
With mom, we will book church for Saturday.
Or Sunday.
You will take care of the restaurant.
We will be able to live together.
We're going to get married.
You will be in uniform.
No.
- No, not the uniform. - Whether !
My grandmother will only look at you.
She loves men in uniform.
She's crazy about it.
you are cute when you talk like that.
We'll call it Sign.
Like Signe Hasso.
Nope ! Gunder.
Like Gunder Hägg?
The fastest man of the world.
Did you forget anything?
What ?
Sven.
Shit !
Where are my pants?
where you left it.
- Don't forget the doctor! - Nope.
- Hello, Lt. - Rest.
In fact, they are not mine.
But seeing you...
I don't know if it's your smile or...
I can try it?
What are you doing, soldier?
A marriage proposal, Lt.
I will get them back
before you commit with half the local girls.
Anna, go back to your business.
Yes, Lt.
She is magnificent.
And that what is it ? A mustache ?
Happy to see you.
Good. take your gun and follow me.
Let it be clear
I command and you obey.
Since I was transferred here,
I can watch over you.
Did you have soup?
How cold it is!
Who lent it to you?
A carrier,
Birger Olsson, of Nyskoga.
Owl, right?
How many are we?
Five in all.
Is it far from the border?
Five kilometers.
It's the last before Norway.
We see Germans?
No, you will plow the road
and watch her, that's all.
You can tell me.
No, I won't tell you anything.
You think you protect me by doing that ?
And are you going to get married?
Yes.
But with a woman or what?
Karin keeps telling me....
Saturday, I need a permission.
I need permission.
What ?
♪ got tickets to see Also in concert.
Not impossible.
A day !
You will stay at the bunker.
It's the mustache who is annoying?
Norwegian border. 1km.
That's fine, Johansson.
This fake coffee is terrible.
Because you don't know prepare it.
How would you have done?
Wicksell.
Why are you head of section?
I'm from Gothenburg.
Is that a reason?
Stop whining.
Nothing happens otherwise.
Hush, here comes the lieutenant.
Hello, soldiers! Rest !
The road is not blocked.
We didn't get an order.
A little initiative or I'll have you replaced.
I will do it.
Before, you will take care of the new recruit.
And put out this fire, it's a checkpoint here
not a scout camp.
Yes, Lt.
Stenstrom of Eskilstuna.
Bergstrom.
Johansson.
Axel Halvars.
Stenstrom.
Stenstrom?
Like the lieutenant?
Yes, he's my brother.
Welcome to extension 83. wicksell,
Section Head.
You heard The lieutenant ?
Halvars! Put out the fire!
You follow me.
I show you the Nyskoga hotel.
So !
It's here.
You have straw in these bags.
Hotel Nyskoga?
There's a good group here, you will be fine.
Where are you from ?
From Sodermanland.
What's this ?
Peace on earth.
That's great.
6.5mm.
Where is the other?
Under reparation.
He's a tough brother.
Really ?
But they say it is fair.
- Do we say that? - Yes.
I will see the other lazy ones.
Join us afterwards.
It's good.
Can I shoot?
Aim for Halvars!
I'm free Like a bird...
Good morning !
The Major is on a date
but sit down, it will not be long.
Do what I tell you!
I know people cross the border
and i want it to stop immediately.
My men did nothing. ♪ in...
Shut up !
You have to monitor the border. Understood ?
Yes, colonel.
Stenstrom.
Come in !
Major.
A glass ?
It's a bit early.
It is cold.
A problem ?
No.
Nothing insurmountable.
However, to hear it...
Our tracks have been spotted
but he ignores that's us.
Good....
You were hot.
It could have gone wrong.
But it passed.
We mined eight bridges.
The Germans will be surprised.
It was the last tonight.
So I would like to talk again of my permission.
♪ got some news from my contact in Norway.
There are troop movements important between Flisa and Elverum.
You have to find out what Von Schell prepares.
We only had to mine the bridges.
I don't care about your privacy!
what we started must be completed.
- When do we leave ? - It will be without me.
I can't go there alone.
We do not have any choice.
- Then I want Järvinen. - Nope.
He has experience.
Leave this fool where he is.
My contact is waiting for you behind the border.
In Velta.
Velta?
It is far.
You deceive me.
You do not understand ?
All of this is beyond us.
And contact?
He will find you.
You leave at dawn.
And if they plan an invasion.
We'll blow up the bridges
and we will rely on God.
That's wrong, Bergström! Looked Krylbo, for example.
It was an accident, Everyone knows that.
They will soon invade us.
Who tells you that they will?
What ?
It would already be done since a long time.
If you see a German on the road,
are you shooting him?
No.
You don't shoot?
No, I'll talk to him.
Are you going to speak with the enemy?
But what enemy?
You delusions !
I say what I think.
We are not enemies, we do All they want.
But we have orders all the same.
We protect the border of the German army.
That's the problem.
The danger does not come from there
but from the East.
That's bullshit !
Hitler invaded all of Europe.
It will be our turn.
Do you think Hitler should be stopped?
Nope ! That the roads have to be cleared of snow in front of his army.
The Russians bombed us, not Hitler.
Stop! We play cards.
We resume the game. How many cards?
- Pass the cognac. - So ?
Of them. Sven?
I do not know.
As I have said...
Between Stalin and Hitler, I will always choose Hitler.
So you are a Nazi.
But you don't listen.
I choose to be on the side winners.
On the winning side!
And the Jewish question?
I have nothing against them.
But you always have to that they fuck up...
A sort of....
Both of you stop. Enough politics!
- I'm telling you to stop. - Asshole!
Stop!
Come on, have a drink.
Where are you going ?
I'm going for a walk.
Are you going skiing now?
I will see the border.
We're stuffed.
We better go to bed.
We're shoveling the road tomorrow.
I couldn't sleep.
I will rather go and see Bergström's friends.
There is nothing to see there.
So I won't see anything.
Let's turn around!
Come on, come on! Stenstrom!
It's right there.
Stenstrom.
Everything looks the same here.
Come !
Let's turn around.
You will come back another day.
Germans !
Have you seen the border?
No.
Turn on the spotlights!
They are looking for us.
The !
Fire !
Help me !
Help me.
Come, Halvars.
Halvars!
Quick ! Find me that bastard!
Hey! Wake up !
Wake up !
Halvars!
The ! At noon ! Fire !
What's the matter ?
Nothing.
You go back to sleep.
Come back ! Don't you get up already?
I'll go early.
It's romantic.
You come in and you leave when I sleep.
Sorry.
The major is on my back.
And my men freeze them in their bunker.
- And you know ? - What ?
We have church on Saturday.
Awesome, right?
Was it that easy?
Come !
Get over there!
Why ?
Close your eyes.
No, close them.
You don't look.
Looked !
They are beautiful.
I like you.
Karin.
Yes.
Down.
What?
Get on your knees.
Ah! Yes !
Karin...
I...
I can't marry you Saturday.
You are not funny.
It's an order, I can't help it.
You can nominate someone else.
It does not work like that.
Besides, you're hurt.
♪ tried everything.
Karin.
Really.
You give me the ring and it's good ?
You did not listen to me.
I can do nothing, period.
Saturday I'm getting married to or without you. Period.
You are stupid.
You make promises and after...
♪ promised what?
And the doctor?
What, the doctor?
You saw it ?
Yes, he sewed me up.
Show !
Nope !
- Let me see. - Nope.
- Go on ! - Stop, I tell you!
- Is Järvinen here? - Yes, Lt.
Is it that of 83?
Yes.
She is fixed.
You are well settled.
Did you have a bad morning?
Would you like to go skiing?
I doubt that is possible.
I go on reconnaissance see 25th Army.
♪ need a safe man.
Adolfsson knows you're here?
No.
And he won't know.
Good.
♪ needed to get out.
I'm going to get the equipment. Wait for me there.
But what are they doing?
Wicksell!
Come on stand up ! Upright !
Come on, get up!
Two men are missing. Their skis too.
They had to leave tonight.
You don't know where they are.
And you got drunk.
How could you?
It got a little out of hand.
You are in a hell of a mess!
- I thought that... - Shut up !
Listen ! When Ekberg comes
you will say that we train on skis all three.
It's an order.
I want to come.
You are responsible of the post. You stay !
I am too by Sven and Halvars.
He's right, lieutenant.
The more we will be...
Join Jarvinen with your equipment
in 2 mins.
We continue on foot.
Stay three meters behind.
What did they do to him?
Stenstrom!
Aaron.
You hear me ?
Aaron.
It's him ?
He's your brother?
You have to pull yourself together, you hear me ?
You hear me ?
These two need to be fired!
They had to take him away. Look !
They must have taken Sven away.
We have to follow them. Right away !
Sven has disappeared.
We will look for it with Aaron.
You bring back the body of Halvars at office.
You heard ?
It's not true !
You are a soldier.
you have to take care of your comrade.
Yes.
Wicksell!
Come and help me !
Aaron!
Truck tracks. We follow them.
Impossible.
No way !
They are too far ahead.
We do not have any choice !
Whether !
Ah! Yes, which one?
You have three men the low.
!! must first to take care of.
We will lose it.
It's already done.
It is I who command, you obey me!
Understood ?
Where are we going?
Go on.
There's always a way to find people.
I promise you that we will find it.
Come !
We have to get them out of there.
Crawl here!
Go on !
Now !
Wicksell!
Help us !
Come here, Bergström, come !
Come on, Bergström!
Crawl!
Bergstrom!
Crawl here!
Järvinen, take them away!
Follow me, Bergström!
Come !
Go with him!
Go on !
Your coffee
and your anchovy sandwich.
There you go, Major.
Thanks !
Excuse me.
Can I ask you a question ?
Sure.
You do not know me.
I am Karin Lindström.
OK.
Aron Stenstrom is my fiancé.
Ah! Very well. Sit down.
| looks like we have both a problem.
My fiancé is too busy to be able to marry me.
A marriage ?
Congratulations.
It is becoming urgent.
I see.
You could give him a permission ?
Sorry.
We are not at war.
Everything does not rest on him.
We all have to do sacrifices.
Yes I understand.
But only one day
it's not the end of the world.
Sorry.
You know everything.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
It's nothing.
The coffee and the sandwich are offered.
Thanks.
Major. a problem at extension 83.
There is a lake to the northwest, 4km away.
There you will find a cabin.
We should rather go back in Sweden.
Did you hear me? Go on !
Let's go !
Go on !
Advance!
The lord is my shepherd.
He makes me rest in green pastures.
| lead me
to calm waters,
he restores my soul,
He guides me on the right path in honor of his name.
Do you think they are going to us condemn to death ?
What ?
We're going to court martial.
Court martial?
We obeyed orders.
We shot at Germans.
I know what you are going through.
Forget all that!
- Try to sleep. - I can't.
I think of Halvars out there.
We'll pick him up tomorrow.
It will be without me.
Then it will haunt you all your life.
When we fought against the Russians.
They were between thirty-five and forty thousand.
They had tanks artillery.
Our battalion did not count only 1800 men.
♪ had 132 in my company.
Our chances were slim.
When the Russians arrived,
it was hell. Really !
They were everywhere.
A real massacre.
♪ lost 73 of my men,
more than half, in one day.
But we stopped them.
At the end of the war, I had only one idea.
Take them home.
Only eleven bodies have not been found.
We loaded the corpses
and we brought them back in Kaunismaki
on carts.
We thawed them in a sauna.
We washed them in hot water.
We dressed them up.
And we returned them to their families.
I think about the eleven every day that we have not found.
Will you help me for my brother?
First you have to bring those two there.
The Germans had to reinforce their control of the border.
Maybe a Swede?
What are you doing?
You want us to go to war?
Explain yourself.
Your soldiers have entered Norway
and shot at Germans.
So ?
Was it on your orders?
Not at all.
But there was an incident at extension 83.
Stenstrom panicked when his brother disappeared.
Don't lie to me!
You will be court-martialed.
And get your hands out of your pockets!
You will go too.
You are relieved. I'll try to sort that out.
show up tomorrow to the Karlstad regiment.
This incident never took place.
It's understood ?
I do not lie.
And I know how to settle this issue.
Too late.
Let's take everything he has.
Let's go another way.
The ministry is on my back.
And the Germans have a of our men.
Who ?
How would I know?
They give us an ultimatum. We have 2 days.
Six of our soldiers are in Norway.
If they are killed... It's a tragedy.
But if they are caught and ask them
it will fall on you.
But what have you done?
What's your plan?
Who knows of this story?
Just the three of us. Why ?
It will not be given.
We want to be promoted Lt.
Does this mission scare you?
Do you know who it is?
Of course I know.
What is that question ?
He killed over a hundred russians alone
during the Winter War.
He was running after the tanks
to jam tree trunks in the tracks.
He won't come back with us willingly.
If we go get it, I want know, with all due respect,
who is the idiot who sent Järvinen there?
Are you fixing this for me?
Yes.
We can do it.
He left from post 83 towards Svartberget.
Be quick.
And if...
They refuse to follow us?
Fix that.
I will be able to make myself this motherfucker.
The cretins!
Go out with your hands in the air! Go on !
- I am a friend. - Get out!
- I am a friend.
I am Swedish.
Go see the captain!
I am Swedish.
Ah! A Swede?
You are alone ?
Yes.
I lost myself.
Stop lying !
Leave it!
Yes.
He's our friend.
And friends help each other.
I tell you the truth.
I am Captain Keller.
Bergstrom.
This is your cabin...
Bergstrom?
I know you are lying.
Where are the others ?
Do you see these tracks?
Are these your friends?
You are helping the resistance.
Answer!
I am your friend.
I am Swedish and I lost myself.
Have you found your friend?
the one who was against a tree.
He didn't want to talk either.
Where are your friends?
Where are they ?
I am alone.
Who's in there?
There are tracks leading there.
Can I shoot?
They left.
They went to see a plane.
Thanks.
Nope !
Let me go !
On the way ! We follow in their footsteps.
Wicksell!
| must go!
Come !
I'm tired.
Operation Arctic Fox
| have to bring it back to Sweden.
They will attack us.
Look !
It shows the movements of troops.
The supplies.
Everything is here !
Is there a date?
Patience, Larsson.
It wouldn't be good.
I want him to see me when he dies.
Wicksell!
♪ saw Sven up there.
Hurry up !
Come up! Come up!
Shit !
400772
Do you think it's Velta?
Everything looks the same with this snow.
Wicksell.
How are you ?
Wicksell!
How are you ?
Who !
Are you watching the road?
If we believe that....
This compass is rotten.
That's all we got.
It's the stone bridge, right?
It's not good.
It does not make sense !
That's the...
Wicksell!
Imbecile.
What is he doing ?
Sven.... Do you have Sven?
Who ? Lower your weapon!
I don't understand.
- You understand ? - Nope.
Are you Swedish?
I don't understand. Lower your weapon!
- Are you Norwegian? - What ?
Lower your weapon!
Alert ! Get down everyone!
Come back here!
Run!
Wicksell!
Aaron!
Help !
Wait ! Do not pull !
He's already dead!
Take the dogs.
Come !
Come on, we're in a hurry.
Hurry up, Adolfsson awaits us.
Jarvinen.
We don't have time.
| have to leave before the arrival of the dogs.
Come !
Bear to Wolf, answer!
Answer!
Jarvinen.
You must drink water.
We are safe.
We don't only have Germans on the trail.
Swedes too.
those who attacked us were Swedish.
I knew one of them well.
He was in my company during the Winter War.
I prevented it to rape a woman.
It cost me an eye.
But it was worth it.
There, we are quits.
Aaron?
Yes.
Egil.
Eat!
You took time.
The Germans ?
Yes.
And Swedes.
It's crowded.
The Germans killed three of my men.
And they have my brother.
It's certain ?
We saw him in a truck.
With another prisoner.
- They were going north? - Yes.
It's not sure
but maybe i know where is he.
Where ?
They use an old school as HQ
and for their interrogations.
Are you waiting for someone ?
No.
Where are the others ?
Where are your soldiers?
They are dead.
You had to investigate German intentions.
They chased us.
Why do you wear this uniform?
To go unnoticed.
Come, we're going home.
Not without my brother.
If he's not dead.
And you don't know where he is.
Egil thinks he knows.
Go on...
It is you who have sent Hagman?
Yes.
Were you ordered to?
No.
you killed Germans.
You risked being arrested.
You know too much about me.
I do this for my country.
We can think of it what we want.
I want to take you back
because you are going to be a father.
I want to bring my brother back.
It is more important
to return these documents in Sweden.
Where did you get this?
In a German plane.
That's the whole operation.
Your mission is accomplished.
Let's have a drink.
- Health. - Health.
Health !
How are we in this school ?
Do you really care about it?
I have to go.
My son died there.
He was 18 years old.
♪ joined the resistance in 1940.
♪ been acting alone for a year, it's more efficient.
And...
Captain Keller looking for me.
He almost had me several times but he did not succeed.
So he took it to my family.
They took Jon to school to tell them where I was.
But he didn't know, Alas.
Keller threw his body in front home and it rang.
My wife opened.
And he shot her in the head.
I found them.
They are there.
Right under our feet.
how many soldiers in school ?
Between 15 and 20.
We need weapons.
It should be fine.
We are going to save his brother and destroy this school.
Yes, it stinks, but it protects from the cold.
It's going down minus forty.
So don't forget your dick.
It won't.
Why ?
There's not enough.
Bear calls Wolf. Answer!
Bear calls Wolf.
Answer!
Bear calls Wolf.
Here Wolf. To you !
Aaron!
I know you hear me.
♪ need to hear your voice.
We miss you.
You have to come back.
We need you.
I return as soon as possible.
Aaron.
Hi.
I know that before going home
you have something to do.
I only wanted...
I like you.
Let's go.
That's school.
There is a guard on the road.
Apart from the main entrance,
the school is surrounded through the forest.
The prisoners are in the basement.
We can access it from behind.
The cold is an advantage.
As soon as you have your brother,
take him to the woods.
In the forest.
Come up! Quick !
Get in the first truck.
Go see this! Quick !
Come !
It's me !
Alert !
Intruders in the basement.
Go on !
Hurry up !
Fire.
Let us out!
| have to go.
You heard ? | have to go.
Aaron!
Egil!
- Egil! - Go for it !
Go!
Egil!
Aaron, you have to...
Aaron!
Open your eyes !
Open them right away!
We have to go!
Wake up !
We have to go!
Come on stand up !
Upright!
Cross the bridge !
It won't work.
It's under the bridge.
Under the bridge ! You hear !
Yes.
Go! It's on the pillar.
You will aim for the detonator.
I will not arrive there.
Whether ! You'll get there, you hear?
Aaron!
Wake up !
Aaron!
Wake up !
Talk to me, Aaron!
Aaron!
We're going back home.
We go back.