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Bandage boy in the end?

posted 11 years ago by NotesFromTheUnderground
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Who was the boy with the bandage around his head in the real movies in the end? I guess no one in particual, the story BASED on a true story, right, Not EXACTLY true?

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[–] sparrohawk-1 11 years ago

Was that really a 'real' piece of archive film at the end? The quality looked like a piece of faked footage of newsreel.
Despite that, who was the distinctive 'boy with the bandage'?

[–] NotesFromTheUnderground 11 years ago

I don't know is that really was a real piece of archive film.

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[–] sparrohawk-1 11 years ago

I am more convinced the 'newsreel footage' at the end was faked, and the 'bandaged boy' was feasibly Bråten. He appeared to have joined the rebellious boys on the run, by virtue of Erling saving him from being garroted, and was carried in on a stretcher, at the final roundup of the rebels, by the soldiers.

[–] daddie0 10 years ago

I took that as him being carried out on a stretcher. Although, if that was indeed him in the "news reel footage" it shows that he went on to torture those boys. I took the implication to be that he was the "King" in real life (but don't know if the footage was real or faked).

[–] Zilverzmurfen 10 years ago

We don't know if the footage in the end is authentic or not. But either way, my interpretation is that the bandaged boy was supposed to be a younger Bjarne. (Remember Erling said to him "you're one of us" when they were locked in the bed cages?) At least I think the bandaged boy looked like Bjarne. Which also might imply the footage was specifically produced for the film and not authentic.

[–] kd4ml 9 years ago

Another clue was the widescreen format for the B&W end footage wasn't consistent with movie cameras of that period. It seemed made for this film.