| Atlantic Crossing | |
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| Genre | Historical drama |
| Created by | Alexander Eik |
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| Theme music composer | Susanne Sundfør |
| Opening theme | "When" |
| Composer | Raymond Enoksen |
| Country of origin | Norway |
| Original languages | Norwegian, English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Producer | Silje Hopland Eik |
| Production location | Norway |
| Cinematography | Carl Sundberg |
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| Camera setup | Multiple camera |
| Running time | 52-55 minutes |
| Production company | Cinenord |
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| Network | NRK |
| Release | 25 October (2020-10-25) – 13 December 2020 (2020-12-13) |
Atlantic Crossing is a historical drama in the form of a television miniseries set in Norway and the United States during World War II. The series is wide-ranging but pays special attention to interactions between Crown Princess Martha of Norway and President Franklin Roosevelt during the period when Martha was a war refugee in the United States after fleeing the 1940 Nazi Invasion of Norway.
Some portions with Norwegian, Danish or Swedish spoken dialogue are subtitled in English. It premiered on 25 October 2020 on NRK in Norway. The series premiered 4 April 2021 on Masterpiece Theatre on PBS.
Production
The eight part series was co-produced by the Norwegian independent production company Cinenord, Norway’s public broadcaster NRK and the US Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Most of the series was filmed in the Czech Republic and Norway.
Main cast
- Sofia Helin as Crown Princess Märtha of Norway
- Tobias Santelmann as Crown Prince Olav of Norway
- Kyle MacLachlan as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United States
- Søren Pilmark as King Haakon VII of Norway
- Anneke von der Lippe as Ragni Østgaard, Crown Princess Märtha's lady-in-waiting
Recurring
- Harriet Sansom Harris as Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States
- Daniel Betts as Harry Hopkins, Roosevelt's closest advisor on foreign policy affairs during the war
- Lucy Russell as Missy LeHand, Roosevelt's private secretary
- Suzanne Bertish as Florence Harriman, U.S. ambassador to Norway
- Leonora Eik as Princess Ragnhild of Norway
- Amathea Eik as Princess Astrid of Norway
- Justýna Brozková as Prince Harald of Norway
- Michael Pitthan as King George VI of the United Kingdom
- Abigail Rice as Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom
- Lasse Kolsrud as Nikolai Ramm-Østgaard, Olav's aide-de-camp
- Petr Meissel as Oswald Nordlie, King Haakon's aide-de-camp
- Terje Ranes as Johan Nygaardsvoll, Prime Minister of Norway
- Stig Ryste Amdam as General Carl Gustav Fleischer, commander of the Norwegian infantry brigade based in Scotland
- Trond Teigen as Wilhelm Morgenstierne, Norwegian Ambassador to the United States
Guest
- Erik Hivju as General Otto Ruge, Commander-in-chief of the Royal Norwegian Armed Forces
- Marianne Høgsbro as Princess Ingeborg, Duchess of Västergötland, Crown Princess Märtha's mother
- Jan Tiselius as Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, Crown Princess Märtha's father
- Carl-Magnus Dellow as King Gustaf V of Sweden, Crown Princess Märtha's uncle
- Oscar Töringe as Prince Carl Bernadotte, Crown Princess Märtha's brother
- Fredrik Dolk as Per-Albin Hansson, Prime Minister of Sweden
- Hartmut Krug as Victor Prinz zu Wied, German Ambassador to Sweden
- Fridtjov Såheim as Alfred Isaksen, a double amputee and survivor of the Arctic convoys
- Dan Cade as Private Joseph L. Lockard, a soldier manning the radar station at a hilltop at Opana Point, Oahu
- Stanislav Callas as Private George R. Elliot Jr., Lockard's colleague and fellow radio operator
References
- Hallemann, Caroline (April 2, 2021). "Missing The Crown? Give Atlantic Crossing a Try". Town & Country.
- Garron, Barry (2021-02-05). "'Atlantic Crossing' brings subtitled Norwegian drama to 'Masterpiece'". Current. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- Amlie, Helene (8 October 2020). "Atlantic Crossing (1:8) - premiere!" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- "Atlantic Crossing: Everything You Need to Know About the WWII Drama". PBS.
- Keslassy, Elsa (2020-10-11). "'Atlantic Crossing,' with Sofia Helin, Kyle MacLachlan, Sells For Beta Film (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- Levine, Irene S. (2021-04-03). "Atlantic Crossing: A Story Of Passion And Politics To Air On PBS MASTERPIECE". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
External links
- Atlantic Crossing at IMDb
- Rabinowitz, Dorothy. 'Atlantic Crossing' Review: Harboring Royals and Passions, wsj, March 31, 2021
- Norwegian Government in Exile
- "Norway’s crown princess fled the Nazis with her children and lived in Maryland" The Washington Post
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- Cultural depictions of Eleanor Roosevelt
- Cultural depictions of Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Cultural depictions of George VI
- Masterpiece Theatre
- Multilingual television series
- NRK original programming
- 2020 Norwegian television series debuts
- 2020 Norwegian television series endings
- 2020s Norwegian drama television series
- Television shows set in Norway
- Television shows set in Washington, D.C.
- World War II television series
- Television shows set in Finland
- Television shows set in London
- Television shows set in Stockholm
- Television shows filmed in the Czech Republic
- Television shows filmed in Norway