Dead Snow

"Eins, Zwei, Die!"

2009 1h 28m NO

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6.0

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★6.0TMDB · 1,281

HorrorComedy

Synopsis

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Eight medical students on a ski trip to Norway discover that Hitler's horrors live on when they come face to face with a battalion of zombie Nazi soldiers intent on devouring anyone unfortunate enough to wander into the remote mountains where they were once sent to die.

“Eins, Zwei, Die!”

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Cast

Vegar Hoel
Martin
Charlotte Frogner
Hanna
Stig Frode Henriksen
Roy
Lasse Valdal
Vegard
Evy Kasseth Røsten
Liv
Jeppe Beck Laursen
Erlend
Jenny Skavlan
Chris
Ane Dahl Torp
Sara

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tommy Wirkola
Writers: Ørjan Gamst, Tommy Wirkola, Stig Frode Henriksen
Languages: Norwegian
Countries: Norway

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Shot for just $0.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Dead Snow Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tommy Wirkola, shot by Matthew Weston. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Christian Wibe. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Martin Stoltz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Vegar Hoel and Charlotte Frogner and Stig Frode Henriksen carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tommy Wirkola directs. Matthew Weston behind the camera. Christian Wibe scores. Martin Stoltz cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Norway. Dialogue in Norwegian.

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188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $0.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Released 17 years ago.
4Part of the "Dead Snow Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Tommy Wirkola, shot by Matthew Weston. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Christian Wibe. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Martin Stoltz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Vegar Hoel and Charlotte Frogner and Stig Frode Henriksen carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Eins, Zwei, Die!".
10IMDB entry: tt1278340 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Matthew Weston
Original score: Christian Wibe
Editing: Martin Stoltz
Production design: Liv Ask
Costume design: Linn Henriksen
Makeup / hair: Steinar Kaarstein
VFX supervisor: Bryan Jones
Sound: Gisle Tveito
Stunt coordinator: Kristoffer Jørgensen
Runtime: 88 min · 1h 28m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $800,000
Box office: $2,166,797
Return: 271% of budget
Original language: NO
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Dead Snow (2009)

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Andres Gomez2014-06-16
★ 4/10
Just, a complete joke ... but not very funny.
Dark Jedi2015-09-28
★ 7/10
Given my Scandinavian origin and being a bit of a fan of all kinds of science fiction, fantasy, action and horror movies I of course had to have Dead Snow in my collection. Last Saturday me and my son got around to watch it. Dead Snow is a pretty classical teenage-group-gets-into-big-mess-with-supernatural-beings kind of horror movie. In this particular case a group of teenagers goes for a hike in the Norwegian mountains where they camp in cabin. Not very original of course but what the heck, it is a zombie horror movie so… One thing that makes the movie a bit original is that it is not so totally over the top with foul language and insane consumption of all kinds of drugs as the standard Hollywood crap. These teenagers actually behave fairly normally drinking a few beers and having a good time. Well that is until the mysterious stranger, who is in the movie just to set up the mood, shows up and tells his story about a unusually cruel Nazi officer and his men. Of course we all know where things are going from there… Here the movie starts to follow the usual recipe for these kind of movies. Naturally one of the teenagers needs to take care of some natural needs and separates himself from the rest of the party. Then follows the obligatory boy and girl having sex scene. This time in a old-fashioned Scandinavian “skithus” separated from the actual cabin. Anyone who has ever used one of these (I have and they stink) would know that you have to be pretty horny, drunk or both to have sex in one of those. Anyway, that was one less teenager in the party. Slowly the zombies become more frequent and the dire situation the party is in becomes more and more evident. As the zombies become more frequent so does the gory sequences and eventually the movie turns more into a comedy than a horror movie. I have to say that the Tommy Wirkola have little to learn from his Hollywood counterparts when it comes to horror movie violence. Body parts, external as well as internal, flies around like there was no tomorrow. Which for most of the characters involved is exactly the way it is. On the whole this movie was one part classical horror movie and one part comedy and I found it quite entertaining but you have to be into these kinds of movies to feel that way of course.