22 July main backdrop
22 July main poster

7.1/10 • 1.2K

2018-10-042h 23m

CrimeDramaHistoryThriller

The true story of a day that started like any other

On 22 July 2011, neo-Nazi terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utøya Island outside of Oslo. This three-part story focuses on the survivors, the political leadership of Norway, and the lawyers involved.

Directors
Paul Greengrass
Writters
Paul Greengrass
Editors
Paul Greengrass, William Goldenberg

Top Billed Cast

View Credits
  1. Jonas Strand Gravli

    Jonas Strand Gravli

    Viljar Hanssen

  2. Anders Danielsen Lie

    Anders Danielsen Lie

    Anders Behring Breivik

  3. Jon Øigarden

    Jon Øigarden

    Geir Lippestad

  4. Seda Witt

    Seda Witt

    Lara Rashid

  5. Ola G. Furuseth

    Ola G. Furuseth

    Prime Minister Stoltenberg

  6. Maria Bock

    Maria Bock

    Christin Kristoffersen

  7. Isak Bakli Aglen

    Isak Bakli Aglen

    Torje Hanssen

  8. Thorbjørn Harr

    Thorbjørn Harr

    Sveinn Are Hanssen

  9. Marit Andreassen

    Marit Andreassen

    Prime Minister Aide

Reviews1

View Reviews
StamS Avatar

StamS

Apr 25, 2025

7/10

A dry film that fails to highlight the true face of the emerging phenomenon of Nazism in Europe. Greengrass (director and screenwriter) tries (and succeeds in some scenes) to shock, but this is not enough for the viewer to understand how dangerously neo-Nazi ideology has infected the Western world. The creators seem to believe that simply narrating such a senseless act is enough to awaken viewers, but they are wrong. To truly understand both the sick essence and the causes that are bringing this monstrous ideology back to the forefront, we need to look in the mirror. We need to understand and, consequently, accept that the root of Nazism lies in the heart of the societies we have built around us. Nazism did not fall from the sky. Breivik did not fall from the sky, nor was he born from a metaphysical Hell. He was born, raised, and lives among us. He is our neighbour. He is the one who usually says "we need a Franco," "under the military Junta everyone had a job," "I have no problem with illegal immigrants, but...". That is why, in my opinion, the only intensely bright spot of the film is Breivik's last line to his lawyer at the end of the film. A line that concludes a conversation between the two of them, in which the lawyer seemingly wins on points, as he chooses not to respond to this line. "You don't even see us." This line encapsulates the whole problem of European Nazism, as the vast majority of our fellow citizens choose to turn a blind eye to all of this. We choose to look the other way, to pretend we didn't see how the supermarket clerk spoke to the immigrant customer, not to react to the bus driver when he unreasonably forces the refugee child off the vehicle, to continue getting our information from journalists who whitewash fascists at every opportunity, offering them a platform to utter lies sprinkled with half-truths. Europe has turned a blind eye. It has chosen not to see Nazism in France, Italy, Sweden, the UK, Germany, Greece, Ukraine, Hungary, and other countries because it considers other problems more important. And to a certain extent, it is right. Nazism is not the most important problem. But it is the most deafening alarm that everything is wrong: the bail out of banks, the violation of human rights, the abolition of labour rights, austerity policies, in short, the abandonment of citizens to the mercy of capital and economic growth. And all this with the complicity of our own awkwardness and inaction. So, we don't even see them, because we have more important problems to deal with and because in our dizziness and panic as we drown, we will grab anything that even faintly appears as something that can keep us afloat. Many will grasp the weight of Nazism and drag down with them those around them, just as happened 90 years ago.

Media

  • 22 July poster
  • 22 July poster
  • 22 July poster
  • 22 July poster
  • 22 July poster

Recommendations

  • Goat main backdrop

    Goat

    5.4

  • Operation Finale main backdrop

    Operation Finale

    6.7

  • The Hollow Point main backdrop

    The Hollow Point

    5.8

  • Eerie main backdrop

    Eerie

    5.5

  • Amy Schumer: Growing main backdrop

    Amy Schumer: Growing

    6.0

  • 26 Years main backdrop

    26 Years

    6.8

  • At First Light main backdrop

    At First Light

    5.7

  • No Backdrop

    Joe Rogan: Triggered

    6.7

  • Comment tuer sa mère main backdrop

    Comment tuer sa mère

    5.1

  • Black Mountain Side main backdrop

    Black Mountain Side

    5.2

  • Catch-22 main backdrop

    Catch-22

    6.7

  • Revenge Delivered main backdrop

    Revenge Delivered

    7.3

  • Small Town Killers main backdrop

    Small Town Killers

    5.7

  • A mano disarmata main backdrop

    A mano disarmata

    6.4

  • Once Upon a Time in Venezuela main backdrop

    Once Upon a Time in Venezuela

    8.1

  • Cannibal! The Musical main backdrop

    Cannibal! The Musical

    6.3

  • Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now main backdrop

    Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now

    7.6

  • Donbass main backdrop

    Donbass

    6.9

  • Pitbull. Last Dog main backdrop

    Pitbull. Last Dog

    5.9

  • Homestay main backdrop

    Homestay

    7.3

Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$20,000,000.00
Revenue
--
Keywords
neo-nazismsummer campbombaftermathcar bombbased on true storynorwaytrialtragedybrain injuryoslo, norwayshooting spreefar rightmass killingsummer camp island