Operation Napoleon Explained

Operation Napoleon
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Director:	Óskar Þór Axelsson
Screenplay:	Marteinn Þórisson
Producer:	Tinna Proppé Hilmar Sigurðsson Dirk Schweitser Anita Elsani
Starring:	Vivian Ólafsdóttir Jack Fox Iain Glen Ólafur Darri Ólafsson Atli Óskar Fjalarsson Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir Adesuwa Oni
Cinematography:	Árni Filippusson
Editing:	Gunnar B. Guðbjörnsson
Music:	Frank Hall
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Runtime:	112 minutes
Country:	Iceland
Language:	Icelandic English
Budget:	900.000.000 ISK^[1]

Operation Napoleon (sometimes with subtitle Frozen Conspiracy,^[2] Icelandic: '''Napóleonsskjölin''') is an Icelandic thriller film directed by Óskar Þór Axelsson,^[3] starring Vivian Ólafsdóttir, Jack Fox and Iain Glen.^[4] It is based on Arnaldur Indriðason's best selling book of the same name.^{[5] [6]}

Plot

The film tells the story of Kristín, an ambitious lawyer who is drawn into an unexpected sequence of events when her brother stumbles upon a World War II plane wreck on top of Vatnajökull.^{[7] [8]}

Cast

• Vivian Ólafsdóttir as Kristín Johannesdottír^[9]
• Jack Fox as Steve Rush
• Iain Glen as William Carr
• Wotan Wilke Möhring as Simon
• Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Einar
• Atli Óskar Fjalarsson as Elías
• Adesuwa Oni as Julie Ratoff
• Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson as Jóhannes
• Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir as Rósa
• Annette Badland as Sarah Steinkamp

Production

Production for the film started in 2021.^[10]

Reception

Audience viewership

The filmed opened the premiered in Iceland on 3 February 2023 and by May 2023, it was the second most viewed domestic made film in Iceland for the year.^[11]

Critical response

Salvör Gullbrá Þórarinsdóttir at Heimildin gave the film three stars, calling it a "Professionally braided Hollywood-flick on an Icelandic glacier".^[12]

External links

• Operation Napoleon at the Icelandic Film Centre

Notes and References

1. News: Tökur standa yfir á spennumyndinni Napóleonsskjölin . 5 November 2023 . Klapptre.is . 12 April 2022 . Icelandic.
2. Operation Napoleon: Frozen Conspiracy (2023) aka Napóleonsskjölin. . 2023-07-31 .
3. News: Leo Barraclough . Elsa Keslassy . Beta Cinema Sells Thriller 'Operation Napoleon,' Starring Iain Glen, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, to Key Territories (EXCLUSIVE) . . 2023-02-02.
4. News: Þórarinn Þórarinsson . Vivian meira hörkutól en Bruce Willis . 5 November 2023 . . 8 February 2023 . Icelandic . 21 . Tímarit.is.
5. News: Þórarinn Þórarinsson . Arnaldur segir Napóleonsskjölin tikka í öll box . 5 November 2023 . . 2 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230322062413/https://www.frettabladid.is/lifid/arnaldur-segir-napoleonsskjolin-tikka-i-oll-box/ . 22 March 2023 . Icelandic . bot: unknown .
6. News: Kolbeinn Rastrick . Íslenskar myndir sem reyna við Hollywood-formúluna . 5 November 2023 . . 24 May 2023 . Icelandic.
7. News: Sylvía Rut Sigfúsdóttir . Fyrsta sýnishornið úr kvikmyndinni Napóleonsskjölin . . 2022-11-18 . is .
8. Web site: Operation Napoleon . . en.
9. News: Viktoría Hermannsdóttir . Búin að fórna ýmsu til að komast hingað . 5 November 2023 . . 14 March 2023 . Icelandic.
10. News: Annika Pham . German Distributor Splendid Film & ‘Stella Blomkvist’ Producer Sagafilm to Adapt ‘Operation Napoleon’ (EXCLUSIVE) . 5 November 2023 . . 3 February 2021.
11. News: Darren Adam . Iceland's film industry more than doubles in a decade . 5 November 2023 . . 24 May 2023 . Icelandic.
12. News: Salvör Gullbrá Þórarinsdóttir . Fagmannlega fléttuð Hollywood-vella á íslenskum jökli . 5 November 2023 . . 12 February 2023 . Icelandic.