Deadline Torp

Deadline Torp, also known as Torp-Dramaet, is a TV miniseries co-written by crime author Jo Nesbø based on the true events of the 1994 Torp hostage crisis.^[3] It was produced for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.^[4]

Deadline Torp
Directed by	Nils Gaup[1][2]
Written by	Jo Nesbø, Dag Erik Pedersen
Produced by	Anne Birte Brunvold Tørstad
Starring	Emil Forselius, Jørgen Langhelle, Gørild Mauseth, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Rut Tellefsen, Ingvar Hirdwall
Cinematography	Rolv Håan
Edited by	Anne Andressen
Release date	13 January 2005 (2005-01-13)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	Norway
Languages	Norwegian, Swedish

It tells the true story of the Torp hostage crisis that took place in Sandefjord, Norway. It began on 28 September 1994 and lasted for two days. Two men from Sweden robbed a bank in a small Norwegian town and a large police hunt was initiated. The robbers eventually took two civilians and two police officers hostages. The following morning at Sandefjord Airport Torp, the hostage drama came to a deadly end when a police chief, for the first time in Norwegian history, gave an order to shoot to kill.^[5]