My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts (1999)
Genre : Animation, War, History
Runtime : 11M
Director : Torill Kove
Synopsis
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".
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