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It recounts three tumultuous days in the history of Norway, April 8-11, 1940. King Haakon VII is unpleasantly surprised on April 8 to be told by his son, Crown Prince Olav, that the Germans [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII are invading]], based on reports of Nazi ships heading their way. On April 9 all doubt is removed as German troops begin landing in the country, while a German cruiser is sunk in Drobak Sound. The King and his family, which includes Crown Prince Olav, Olav's wife Princess Martha, and their children, make a hurried departure north to stay ahead of the Nazis.
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It recounts three tumultuous days in the history of Norway, April 8-11, 1940. King Haakon VII is unpleasantly surprised on April 8 to be told by his son, Crown Prince Olav, that the Germans [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII are invading]], based on reports of Nazi ships heading their way. On April 9 all doubt is removed as German troops begin landing in the country, while a German cruiser is sunk in Drobak Sound. The King and his family, family — which includes Crown Prince Olav, Olav's wife Princess Martha, Märtha, and their children, three children — make a hurried departure north to stay ahead of the Nazis.
Nazis and captivity.
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* FisherKing: King Haakon is aging and slowed, in physical pain, and has 'senior moments' of scattered focus. The first shot has him self-blinded in the snow. Meanwhile, the Nazis are invading Norway. It seems highly uncertain he's in the kind of shape to cope with such a crisis. And [[spoiler: boy, oh boy, can he still bring it.]]
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* FisherKing: Subverted. King Haakon is aging and slowed, in physical pain, and has 'senior moments' of scattered focus. The first shot has him self-blinded in the snow. Meanwhile, the Nazis are invading Norway. It seems highly uncertain he's in the kind of shape to cope with such a crisis. And [[spoiler: boy, oh boy, can he still bring it.]]
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: Bräuer's daughter, and Olav and Märtha's children. Harald just wants to go home. Arguably, [[spoiler:the little kid in the snow Haakon tries to protect at the end]].
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: Bräuer's daughter, and Olav and Märtha's children. Harald just wants to go home. Arguably, Also, [[spoiler:the little kid in the snow Haakon tries to protect at the end]].
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* FisherKing: King Haakon is aging and slowed, in physical pain, and has 'senior moments' of scattered focus. The first shot has him self-blinded in the snow. Meanwhile, the Nazis are invading Norway. It seems highly uncertain he's in the kind of shape to cope with such a crisis. And [[spoiler: boy, oh boy, can he still bring it. Subverted]].
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* FisherKing: King Haakon is aging and slowed, in physical pain, and has 'senior moments' of scattered focus. The first shot has him self-blinded in the snow. Meanwhile, the Nazis are invading Norway. It seems highly uncertain he's in the kind of shape to cope with such a crisis. And [[spoiler: boy, oh boy, can he still bring it. Subverted]].]]
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* WhatsUpKingDude: Downplayed and played for laughs, but an awed Seeberg returns Haakon's "Good evening, soldier" with "Good evening... King." It's immediately subverted by him switching to "Your Majesty".[[note]] In a TruthInTelevision moment, interestingly enough, when Haakon came to Norway (years before Seeberg was born), he '''was''' addressed simply as "Mister King".[[/note]]
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* WhatsUpKingDude: Downplayed and played for laughs, but an awed Seeberg returns Haakon's "Good evening, soldier" with "Good evening... King." It's He almost immediately subverted corrects himself by him switching to "Your Majesty".[[note]] In a TruthInTelevision moment, interestingly enough, when Haakon came to Norway (years before Seeberg was born), he '''was''' addressed simply as "Mister King".[[/note]]
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It recounts three tumultuous days in the history of Norway, April 8-11, 1940. King Haakon VII is unpleasantly surprised on April 8 to be told by his son, Crown Prince Olav, that the Germans [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII are invading]], based on reports of Nazi ships heading their way. On April 9 all doubt is removed as German troops begin landing in the country, while a German cruiser is sunk in Drobak Sound. The king and his family, which includes Olav, Olav's wife, and Olav's children, make a hurried departure north to stay ahead of the Nazis.
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It recounts three tumultuous days in the history of Norway, April 8-11, 1940. King Haakon VII is unpleasantly surprised on April 8 to be told by his son, Crown Prince Olav, that the Germans [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII are invading]], based on reports of Nazi ships heading their way. On April 9 all doubt is removed as German troops begin landing in the country, while a German cruiser is sunk in Drobak Sound. The king King and his family, which includes Crown Prince Olav, Olav's wife, wife Princess Martha, and Olav's their children, make a hurried departure north to stay ahead of the Nazis.
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''The King's Choice[[note]]orig. Kongens nei/"The King's 'No'"[[/note]]'' is a 2016 film from Norway directed by Erik Poppe.
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''The King's Choice[[note]]orig. Kongens Choice'' (Kongens nei/"The King's 'No'"[[/note]]'' 'No'") is a 2016 film from Norway directed by Erik Poppe.
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* FriendToAllChildren: Haakon adores his three grandchildren and has an EstablishingCharacterMoment playing with them at the opening of the movie. Beyond that, it firmly comes into play when [[spoiler: separated from his own son in the movie's final air raid, he spots a child alone [[DressCodedForYourConvenience wearing a similar outfit to Harald's]] and bodily tries to shield the kid]].[[note]] TruthInTelevision. Likely due to growing up with an [[AbusiveParents abusive mother]], Haakon was known to be very kind and sensitive to children, not just his own family.[[/note]]
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The 2020 miniseries ''Series/AtlanticCrossing'' presents this and the rest of the war with an emphasis on Crown Princess Märtha.
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* SpoilerTitle: Played with. In Norwegian, ''Kongens Nei'' is "the king's 'no'", but in that market it's a ForegoneConclusion. To have it be less of this for an audience less familiar with Haakon and Norway, it's internationally released as ''The King's Choice''.
