''Operation Napoleon'' (sometimes with subtitle ''Frozen Conspiracy'', ) is an Icelandic

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ...

directed by

Óskar Þór Axelsson Óskar Þór Axelsson (born 28 June 1973) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the 2012 crime film '' Black's Game'' and the 2017 mystery-horror '' I Remember You''. Early life and education Óskar was born and ...

, starring

Vivian Ólafsdóttir Vivian Didriksen Ólafsdóttir (born 1984) is an Icelandic actress. She is best known for her roles in '' Cop Secret'' and ''Operation Napoleon''. Early life Vivian was born in Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands to an Icelandic father and an Icelandi ...

, Jack Fox and

Iain Glen Iain Alan Sutherland Glen (born 24 June 1961) is a Scottish actor. He has appeared as Dr. Alexander Isaacs/Tyrant in three films of the Resident Evil (film series), ''Resident Evil'' film series (2004–2016) and as Ser Jorah Mormont, Jorah Morm ...

. It is based on

Arnaldur Indriðason Arnaldur Indriðason (pronounced ; born 28 January 1961) is an Icelandic writer of crime fiction; his most popular series features the protagonist Detective Erlendur. Early life Arnaldur was born in Reykjavík on 28 January 1961, the son o ...

's best selling book of the same name.

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

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plane wreck on top of

Vatnajökull Vatnajökull ( Icelandic pronunciation: , literally "Glacier of Lakes"; sometimes translated as Vatna Glacier in English) is the largest and most voluminous ice cap in Iceland, and the second largest in area in Europe after the Severny Island i ...

Cast

as Kristín Johannesdottír * Jack Fox as Steve Rush *

as William Carr *

Wotan Wilke Möhring Wotan Wilke Möhring (born 23 May 1967) is a German actor. Biography Möhring was born in Augustdorf near Detmold and grew up in Herne. His father was an army officer and his mother worked as a teacher. He has a sister and two brothers. O ...

as Simon *

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (born 3 March 1973) is an Icelandic and American actor, screenwriter, and producer, known for his roles in films such as ''Children'', '' The Deep'', '' The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'', and '' Eurovision Song Contest: ...

as Einar * Atli Óskar Fjalarsson as Elías *

Adesuwa Oni Adesuwa Oni (born 1989) is a British actress. She is known for her roles as Queen Njinga in the Netflix docudrama series '' African Queens: Njinga'' and Ngozi Okoye in the BBC medical drama series ''Casualty''. Life and career Oni attended M ...

as Julie Ratoff *

Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson (English transliteration: Thröstur Leó Gunnarsson; born 23 April 1961 in Reykjavík), is an Icelandic people, Icelandic stage, film and television actor. Early life Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson graduated from the Iceland ...

as Jóhannes * Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir as Rósa *

Annette Badland Annette Badland is a British actress known for a wide range of roles on television, radio, stage, and film. She is best known for her roles as Charlotte in the BBC crime drama series '' Bergerac'', Margaret Blaine in the BBC science fiction se ...

as Sarah Steinkamp

Production

Production for the film started in 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.

Critical response

Salvör Gullbrá Þórarinsdóttir at

Heimildin ''Heimildin'' is an Icelandic weekly newspaper known for investigative journalism Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, racial injustice, ...

gave the film three stars, calling it a "''Professionally braided Hollywood-flick on an Icelandic glacier''".

References

External links

Operation Napoleon
at the

Icelandic Film Centre The Icelandic Film Centre ( Icelandic: Kvikmyndamiðstöð Íslands) is a public institution that was established in 2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties ...

*{{IMDb title, 15485390 2023 thriller films 2023 films Icelandic thriller films