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The Nation's Gambit

The Nation's Gambit

★ 6.7/10•2026•15•Action•Thriller

Norway's Prime Minister is kidnapped by a terrorist who makes only one demand – that the politicians in power play a game of chess over the Prime Minister's life. Each chess piece represents people who work for the state or leaders in society. If the politicians win the game, the prime minister will live, but every piece lost on the chess boards means the loss of a human life. The politicians and their appointed rescue team, the Delta Squad, are faced with an impossible dilemma: can they afford to sacrifice human lives in an attempt to save the Prime Minister? With only 24 hours to win the game and save the prime minister, they have no choice but to play the deadly game.

Christopher Grøndahl · Screenplay

Rakel Kraft Biørnstad · Screenplay

John Andreas Andersen · Director

StatusReleased
LanguageNO
Release DateSep 11, 2026

Actors

Pål Sverre Hagen

Pål Sverre Hagen

Anton Block

Penda Faal

Björk Adekoia Block

Maria Bonnevie

Maria Bonnevie

Frøya Lande

Tobias Santelmann

Tobias Santelmann

Are Stranger

Jon Øigarden

Jon Øigarden

Viktor Fløysland

Gina Bernhoft Gørvell

Gina Bernhoft Gørvell

Åse Prahner

Glenn André Kaada

Glenn André Kaada

Kjetil Rykke

Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes

Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes

Ragnhild Fure

Jonas Hoff Oftebro

Jonas Hoff Oftebro

Tom Myhren

Erland Bakker

Erland Bakker

Thorvald Astrup

Emil Olafsson

Sven Øen

Martin Karelius Østensen

Martin Karelius Østensen

Bamse

Dino Keljalic

Sasha

Inga Strümke

Ina Tofte

Line Heie Hallem

Solveig Block Lier

Richard Skog

Store-Tom

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