My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts

Name: My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts
Genre: Animation
Released: 1999-08-27
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Mag Ruffman

6.6/ 10

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1999

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11 min

Runtime

Animation

Overview

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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Keywords

norway

king

woman director

Cast

Mag Ruffman

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Reviews(1)

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@Geronimo1967

April 1, 2024

7/10

The granddaughter/narrator regales us with a story that begins in 1905 when her grandmother lived in the newly independent Norway. If you know your history, then you'll know it was a joint monarchy with Sweden until a Danish prince was chosen as King Haakon VII and his British wife Maud his consort.…

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