Leo Barraclough International Features EditorMunich-based sales agency Beta Cinema has picked up international thriller “Operation Napoleon,” and will kick off presales at the Cannes Film Market.
Shooting wrapped recently at the Langjökull glacier in Iceland, and the production has now moved to MMC Studios in Cologne, Germany.
The Icelandic-German co-production is based on the eponymous best-selling novel by Iceland’s Arnaldur Indriðason, and features a stellar cast, led by Icelandic newcomer Vivian Ólafsdóttir (“It Hatched”), Jack Fox (Sky’s “Riviera,” “Sanditon,” “Cheaters”) and Scottish actor Iain Glen, best known for his role as Dr.
Alexander Isaacs in the “Resident Evil” film series and as Ser Jorah Mormont in “Game of Thrones.” The sweeping story takes the viewer from modern Iceland to America and Nazi Germany at the end of World War II.
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