Operation Napoleon
{{short description|2023 Icelandic film by Óskar Þór Axelsson}}
{{for|the Vietnam War operation|Operation Napoleon/Saline}}
{{use DMY dates |date=August 2023}}
{{infobox film
| name = Operation Napoleon
| image = Operation Napoleon.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Poster
| native_name = {{infobox name module|is|Napóleonsskjölin}}
| director = Óskar Þór Axelsson
| writer =
| screenplay = Marteinn Þórisson
| story =
| based_on = {{based on|Operation Napoleon|Arnaldur Indriðason}}
| producer = {{plainlist|
- Tinna Proppé
- Hilmar Sigurðsson
- Dirk Schweitser
- Anita Elsani
}}
| starring = {{plainlist|
- Vivian Ólafsdóttir
- Jack Fox
- Iain Glen
- Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
- Atli Óskar Fjalarsson
- Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson
- Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir
- Adesuwa Oni
}}
| narrator =
| cinematography = Árni Filippusson
| editing = Gunnar B. Guðbjörnsson
| music = Frank Hall
| studio = Saga Film
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=yes|2023|02|03|South by Southwest}}
| runtime = 112 minutes
| country = Iceland
| language = Icelandic
English
| budget = 900.000.000 ISK{{cite news |title=Tökur standa yfir á spennumyndinni Napóleonsskjölin |url=https://klapptre.is/2022/04/12/tokur-standa-yfir-a-spennumyndinni-napoleonsskjolin/ |access-date=5 November 2023 |work=Klapptre.is |date=12 April 2022 |language=Icelandic}}
| gross =
}}
Operation Napoleon (sometimes with subtitle Frozen Conspiracy,{{cite podcast |url=https://kvikmyndapod.podbean.com/e/operationnapoleon/ |website=Kvikmyndapod
|date=2023-07-31 |title=Operation Napoleon: Frozen Conspiracy (2023) aka Napóleonsskjölin}} {{langx|is|Napóleonsskjölin}}) is an Icelandic thriller film directed by Óskar Þór Axelsson,{{cite news |author1=Leo Barraclough |author2=Elsa Keslassy |title=Beta Cinema Sells Thriller 'Operation Napoleon,' Starring Iain Glen, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, to Key Territories (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/beta-cinema-operation-napoleon-iain-glen-olafur-darri-olafsson-1235510212/ |work=Variety |date=2023-02-02}} starring Vivian Ólafsdóttir, Jack Fox and Iain Glen.{{cite news |author1=Þórarinn Þórarinsson |title=Vivian meira hörkutól en Bruce Willis |url=https://timarit.is/page/7766704?iabr=on#page/n36/mode/1up/ |access-date=5 November 2023 |work=Fréttablaðið |date=8 February 2023 |language=Icelandic |page=21 |via=Tímarit.is}}{{open access}} It is based on Arnaldur Indriðason's best selling book of the same name.{{cite news |author1=Þórarinn Þórarinsson |title=Arnaldur segir Napóleonsskjölin tikka í öll box |url=https://www.frettabladid.is/lifid/arnaldur-segir-napoleonsskjolin-tikka-i-oll-box/ |access-date=5 November 2023 |work=Fréttablaðið |date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322062413/https://www.frettabladid.is/lifid/arnaldur-segir-napoleonsskjolin-tikka-i-oll-box/ |archive-date=22 March 2023 |language=Icelandic |url-status=bot: unknown }}{{cite news |author1=Kolbeinn Rastrick |title=Íslenskar myndir sem reyna við Hollywood-formúluna |url=https://nyr.ruv.is/frettir/menning-og-daegurmal/2023-05-24-islenskar-myndir-sem-reyna-vid-hollywood-formuluna |access-date=5 November 2023 |work=RÚV |date=24 May 2023 |language=Icelandic}}
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.{{cite news |author=Sylvía Rut Sigfúsdóttir |title=Fyrsta sýnishornið úr kvikmyndinni Napóleonsskjölin |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20222340268 |newspaper=Vísir.is |date=2022-11-18 |language=is }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |title=Operation Napoleon |url=https://www.icelandicfilms.info/films/nr/2150 |website=Icelandic Film Centre |language=en}}
Cast
- Vivian Ólafsdóttir as Kristín Johannesdottír{{cite news |author1=Viktoría Hermannsdóttir |title=Búin að fórna ýmsu til að komast hingað |url=https://www.ruv.is/frettir/menning-og-daegurmal/2023-03-14-buin-ad-forna-ymsu-til-ad-komast-hingad |access-date=5 November 2023 |work=RÚV |date=14 March 2023 |language=Icelandic}}
- 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.{{cite news |author1=Annika Pham |title=German Distributor Splendid Film & ‘Stella Blomkvist’ Producer Sagafilm to Adapt ‘Operation Napoleon’ (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/festivals/arnaldur-indridason-operation-napoleon-film-adaptation-1234899212/ |access-date=5 November 2023 |work=Variety |date=3 February 2021}}
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.{{cite news |author1=Darren Adam |title=Iceland's film industry more than doubles in a decade |url=https://www.ruv.is/english/2023-05-24-icelands-film-industry-more-than-doubles-in-a-decade |access-date=5 November 2023 |work=RÚV |date=24 May 2023 |language=Icelandic}}
=Critical response=
Salvör Gullbrá Þórarinsdóttir at Heimildin gave the film three stars, calling it a "Professionally braided Hollywood-flick on an Icelandic glacier".{{cite news |author1=Salvör Gullbrá Þórarinsdóttir |title=Fagmannlega fléttuð Hollywood-vella á íslenskum jökli |url=https://heimildin.is/grein/16726/ |access-date=5 November 2023 |work=Heimildin |date=12 February 2023 |language=Icelandic}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.icelandicfilms.info/films/nr/2150 Operation Napoleon] at the Icelandic Film Centre
- {{IMDb title|15485390}}