WW2 – Saving Norway’s Gold (Flukten Med Norges Gull) follows the evacuation of the last part of Norway's gold reserve to keep it from the clutches of the invading Nazi. On the 9th of April 1940 Nazi Germany launched a surprise invasion of Norway. At this point most of Norway's gold had been safely moved outside the country. Approximately 50 tonnes, about 2.5 billion quid in today's money, remained in the central bank in Oslo for banknote coverage. This to had to be moved out of the country too.
The Secretary of the Norwegian Parliament's Labour Party, Fredrik Haslund, leads the expedition north. The 50 tonnes is moved by an unlikely grouping of bank clerk, bureaucrats, soldiers, anti-fascist veterans of the Spanish Civil War, and the poet Nordahl Grieg. Under fire, dodging German bombers and trying to avoid detection, it is a mission that can only be pulled off by the...
The Secretary of the Norwegian Parliament's Labour Party, Fredrik Haslund, leads the expedition north. The 50 tonnes is moved by an unlikely grouping of bank clerk, bureaucrats, soldiers, anti-fascist veterans of the Spanish Civil War, and the poet Nordahl Grieg. Under fire, dodging German bombers and trying to avoid detection, it is a mission that can only be pulled off by the...
- 12/12/2023
- by Donald Munro
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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Exclusive: Viaplay has set its Norwegian Original film in the shape of World War II drama Gold Run (Gulltransporten), based on the true story of a group of unlikely resistance fighters who smuggled Norway’s gold reserves out of the country ahead of invading Nazi forces.
Jon Øigarden (Exit), Sven Nordin (Wisting) and Axel Bøyum (Delete Me) lead the all-star Norwegian cast in the feature-length production, which is due to begin filming in early 2022 with an exclusive premiere on Viaplay later in the year.
Pic will be directed by the Hallvard Bræin (The Giant) and is produced by Jørgen Storm Rosenberg and Kjetil Omberg at 74 Entertainment, with Tanya Nanette Badendyck as executive producer for Viaplay.
The movie is set on 9 April 1940 when German soldiers entered Oslo to seize three targets: the country’s king, government and gold. In just a few chaotic hours, parliamentary secretary Fredrik Haslund (Øigarden) assembled an improbable team,...
Jon Øigarden (Exit), Sven Nordin (Wisting) and Axel Bøyum (Delete Me) lead the all-star Norwegian cast in the feature-length production, which is due to begin filming in early 2022 with an exclusive premiere on Viaplay later in the year.
Pic will be directed by the Hallvard Bræin (The Giant) and is produced by Jørgen Storm Rosenberg and Kjetil Omberg at 74 Entertainment, with Tanya Nanette Badendyck as executive producer for Viaplay.
The movie is set on 9 April 1940 when German soldiers entered Oslo to seize three targets: the country’s king, government and gold. In just a few chaotic hours, parliamentary secretary Fredrik Haslund (Øigarden) assembled an improbable team,...
- 11/11/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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