My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts
1999 · 11 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 617 VOTES · DIR. Torill Kove
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".
Dialogue Timeline — 104 lines
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00:00:10 This is my grandmother.
00:00:28 and it was decided in a referendum that Norway will have its own king.
00:00:54 He drowned.
00:01:12 And unemployed royals from all over the world applied.
00:01:37 They moved into the palace on the top of the hill...
00:02:05 nor speak Norwegian.
00:02:29 On May 17th this became a problem.
00:03:01 The shop was called Hoff.
00:03:28 So when a man came to pick up the shirt...
00:04:13 She also told Otto Hansen.
00:04:43 War broke up in Norway.
00:04:59 Hamer is a small town where the king held a secret
00:05:22 by letting her start over.
00:06:03 Everybody except my grandmother who said:
00:06:39 Norwegians responded to the kings plea.
00:07:00 She would sabotage the enemies uniforms.
00:07:43 The impact of my grandmother's sagotage was dewastating...
00:08:13 My grandmother and her conpatriots were decorated for bravery.
00:08:40 She resigned from Hoff, because she no longer approved...
00:09:06 Once, when I asked him "why", he told me his ancestors
00:10:01 transcript of the English dialogues
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed104
Dialogue density9.5 lines / min
First line00:00:10
Final line00:10:01
Production Record
DirectorTorill Kove
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes617