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‘The Emigrants’ Helmer Erik Poppe’s Series ‘Quisling,’ About One of History’s Most Notorious Traitors,’ Broken Down By Its Writers
The Norwegian drama is battling for the Nordic Series Script Award to be handed out Jan. 28 in Göteborg.
Hailed by Variety as “a superb historical drama about the Far-Right’s threatto democracy, the movie “Quisling: The Final Days” helmed by Norway’s top filmmaker Erik Poppe, impressed audiences at the last Toronto Film Festival where it bowed as a Special Presentation. While wife Maria Quisling (Lisa Carlehed, “The Emigrants”) defiantly stands by her man and makes her utmost to save his life, the church asks the pastor Peder Olsen ( Anders Danielsen Lie, “The Worst Person in the World”) to serve as his spiritual advisor to try to lead him towards reconciliation. Ahead of Göteborg Film Festival ’s official kick-off Jan. 24, Variety spoke to Back-Wiig and Rajendram Eliassen, credited for the hit Norwegian drama “Acquitted” (2015), Poppe’s earlier multi-awarded pics “U-July 22” (2018) and “The Emigrants” (2022).
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