The Nation's Gambit

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6.7

SOLID

★6.7TMDB · 3

ActionThriller

Synopsis

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Norway's Prime Minister is kidnapped by a terrorist who makes only one demand. That the politicians in power are playing a game of chess over the Prime Minister's life. Each chess piece represents people who work for the state or leaders in society. If the politicians win the game, the prime minister will live, but every piece lost on the chess boards means the loss of a human life. The politicians and their appointed rescue team, the Delta Squad, are faced with an impossible dilemma: Can they afford to sacrifice human lives in an attempt to save the Prime Minister? With only 24 hours to win the game and save the prime minister, they have no choice but to play the deadly game.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Pål Sverre Hagen
Anton Block
Penda Faal
Björk Adekoia Block
Maria Bonnevie
Frøya Lande
Tobias Santelmann
Are Stranger
Jon Øigarden
Viktor Fløysland
Gina Bernhoft Gørvell
Åse Prahner
Glenn André Kaada
Kjetil Rykke
Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes
Ragnhild Fure

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: John Andreas Andersen
Writers: Rakel Kraft Biørnstad, Christopher Grøndahl
Languages: Norwegian
Countries: Norway

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ERA

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Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by John Andreas Andersen, shot by John-Erling Holmenes Fredriksen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

MoodPlayr · trivia#02

3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Johannes Ringen. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Kalle Doniselli Gulbrandsen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Pål Sverre Hagen and Penda Faal and Maria Bonnevie carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt32375006 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

MoodPlayr · trivia#07

Cinephile deep dive

The take

John Andreas Andersen directs. John-Erling Holmenes Fredriksen behind the camera. Johannes Ringen scores. Kalle Doniselli Gulbrandsen cuts. Produced in Norway. Dialogue in Norwegian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.
2Directed by John Andreas Andersen, shot by John-Erling Holmenes Fredriksen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Johannes Ringen. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Kalle Doniselli Gulbrandsen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Pål Sverre Hagen and Penda Faal and Maria Bonnevie carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt32375006 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.