''Ulvenatten'' (Night of the Wolf) is a

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action and drama film from 2008 directed by

Kjell Sundvall Kjell Gösta Sundvall (born 31 March 1953) is a Swedish director/producer. Sundvall has directed a series of films about the police officer Martin Beck (played by Peter Haber). Selected filmography * 2015 - ''Prästen i paradiset'' * 2015 - ...

. It is based on Tom Egeland's 2005 novel of the same name. The film premiered in Norway on February 29, 2008. The film was seen by 61,672 viewers at Norwegian cinemas.

Plot

The film is portrays a live debate program on television, when terrorists from Chechnya take host Kristin Bye and the debaters hostage.

Cast

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as Kristin Bye, the program host *

Dejan Čukić Dejan Čukić ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Чукић; born 25 November 1966) is a Serbian- Danish actor. He appeared in the Wallander TV film series as Lars in ''The Ghost'', based on the novel by Henning Mankell. He also played Cardinal Giulano del ...

as Ramzan, a terrorist *

Christian Skolmen Christian Skolmen (born 28 October 1970) is a Norwegian film, stage, television and voice actor who has been part of the Nationaltheatret since 1995, where he has appeared in The Pretenders ( Ibsen), the Three Musketeers ( Dumas) and Bakkantinnen ...

as Thomas Fjell, the hostage negotiator *

Ingar Helge Gimle Ingar Helge Gimle (born 28 September 1956) is a Norwegian actor. He was born in Oslo, Norway. He made his stage debut at Trøndelag Teater in 1985, was employed at Oslo Nye Teater from 1989 and the National Theatre of Norway from 1996. For stag ...

as Aksel Schjeldrup, the operational manager *

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as Bjørn Lehman, a police anti-terror unit leader * Stig Henrik Hoff as Vidar Bø, a

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police member * Sigrid Huun as Silje Gran * Ramadan Huseini as Ulven (the Wolf), a terrorist * Lars Arentz-Hansen as Leder, a

quartermaster *Ramil Aliyev as a Chechen student

References

External links

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''Ulvenatten''
at the

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''Ulvenatten''
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