The film shuns the "big hero movie" formula, preferring a realistic, somber tone.
"I loved it and it has haunted me ever since I watched it. I'm so incredibly sad about what happened to the Braudes who are featured and so many millions of others". Betrayed(2020)
Unlike many WW2 films, it focuses on the collaboration of Norwegian authorities with the Nazis, showing the loss of peace for Jews in Norway. The film shuns the "big hero movie" formula,