Grandma’s resistance against the Nazis | My Grandmother Ironed The King's Shirts - by Torill Kove

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".
Treating history as a fabric woven from personal stories, animator Torill Kove follows a thread of family history, embroidering it with playful twists along the way. In My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts, she imaginatively renders her grandmother's life and work in Oslo, especially during World War II.
This cult animation short film has been nominated to the Academy Awards (Oscars) in 2000 and have been nominated to the following festivals:
-Chicago International Children's Film Festival, USA, 2000
-Dresden Film Festival, Germany, 2000
-Norwegian International Film Festival, Norway, 2000
-Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films, Croatia, 2000
-Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Japan, 2000
-Würzburg International Filmweekend, Germany, 2000
-Montréal World Film Festival, Canada, 1999
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Original title - My Grandmother Ironed The King's Shirts
Director - Torill Kove
Writer - Torill Kove
Producers - Marcy Page, Lars Tommerbakke
Animation - Torill Kove
Sound - Normand Roger, Jean-Baptiste Roger
Soundtrack - Kevin Dean
Voices - Mag Ruffman
Year - 1999
© Licensed by National Film Board of Canada
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[@sweetpealee056]

What a charming and wonderful story! Thank you!

[@bwilliams463]

That's a great story. The animation is fun, too. Good for your Grandma!

[@ismewhat1234]

😂I love it ❤. Hope everyone has a great weekend 🎉

[@TS-1267]

... A Jolly Nice Story Indeed 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌄

[@claudiamanta1943]

☺️👏👏👏👏

[@claudiamanta1943]

1:12 Accurate. Smoking kills (monarchy). 🚬💀

[@Jhon-ls8ve]

Beautiful! Can’t wait to hear the story of the Palestinian liberation

[@TS-1267]

.. How Long Is a Piece of String

[@claudiamanta1943]

1:24 It’s a shame that in those days there were no television and social media, because the king could have been chosen by democratic public vote on a ‘Norway’s Got Talent’ reality show (maybe even unbeknownst to the candidates). You know, proving their character and worthiness by putting them in very difficult situations (Truman Show- like), having them subjected to all sorts of psychological tests (after all, you wouldn’t want a nutter as your monarch), throwing in bits of a sob story- you know, to soften the heart of the audience and increase credibility and popularity. It’s a pity that genetics were not a thing, either, back then, because they would have come in handy to establish some obscure royal lineage. No?