Operation Napoleon

For the Vietnam War operation, see Operation Napoleon/Saline.

Operation Napoleon (sometimes with subtitle Frozen Conspiracy,^[2] Icelandic: Napóleonsskjölin) is an Icelandic thriller film directed by Óskar Þór Axelsson,^[3] starring Vivian Ólafsdóttir, Jack Fox and Iain Glen.^[4] It is based on Arnaldur Indriðason's best selling book of the same name.^[5][6]

Operation Napoleon
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Icelandic	Napóleonsskjölin
Directed by	Óskar Þór Axelsson
Screenplay by	Marteinn Þórisson
Based on	Operation Napoleon by Arnaldur Indriðason
Produced by	Tinna Proppé Hilmar Sigurðsson Dirk Schweitser Anita Elsani
Starring	Vivian Ólafsdóttir Jack Fox Iain Glen Ólafur Darri Ólafsson Atli Óskar Fjalarsson Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir Adesuwa Oni
Cinematography	Árni Filippusson
Edited by	Gunnar B. Guðbjörnsson
Music by	Frank Hall
Production company	Saga Film
Release date	3 February 2023 (2023-02-03) (South by Southwest)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Iceland
Languages	Icelandic English
Budget	900.000.000 ISK[1]

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.^[7][8]

Cast

• Vivian Ólafsdóttir as Kristín Johannesdottír^[9]
• 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.^[10]

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.^[11]

Critical response

Salvör Gullbrá Þórarinsdóttir at Heimildin gave the film three stars, calling it a "Professionally braided Hollywood-flick on an Icelandic glacier".^[12]