Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentViaplay’s next Norwegian original series “The Fortress” is currently shooting in Bergen with a cast including Tobias Santelmann (“Kon-Tiki”), Selome Emnetu (“Luka and the Magical Theater”) and British star Russell Tovey (“The Picture of Dorian Gray”).
Directed by Cecilie Mosli (“Mammon,””Grey’s Anatomy”) and Mikkel Brænne Sandemose (“State of Happiness”), the ambitious eight-part dystopian drama is set in 2037 in Norway.
The country has decided to build an enormous wall around its borders to isolate itself and its citizens from the rest of the world.
When a deadly pandemic breaks out, the inhabitants soon realize that the wall intended to protect them is instead holding them prisoner.
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