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Quisling: The Final Days

Quisling: The Final Days is a 2024 Norwegian biographical historical drama film directed by Erik Poppe. Starring Gard B. Eidsvold, it follows the final days of Vidkun Quisling before his execution in October 1945. It premiered at the Norwegian International Film Festival on 18 August 2024.

Premise
As a result of the legal purge, Vidkun Quisling is sentenced to death for his collaboration with Nazi Germany during their occupation of Norway. He is held in Akershus Prison as he awaits execution. ==Cast==
Cast
• as Vidkun Quisling, former head of a pro-Nazi puppet government who is put on trial for treason • Anders Danielsen Lie as Peder Olsen, a hospital chaplain tasked with providing pastoral care for Quisling • as Maria Quisling, Vidkun Quisling's Ukrainian-born wife • Lisa Loven Kongsli as Heidi Olsen, Peder's wife • Nils Jørgen Kaalstad as Dagfinn Hauge, a priest at Akershus Prison • as Arvid, one of Quisling's jailers • Stein Torleif Bjella as Vilhelm Ullman, a childhood friend of Quisling called to testify on his behalf • as Henrik Bergh, Vidkun Quisling's defense lawyer • Lasse Kolsrud as Eivind Berggrav, Primate of the Church of NorwayVidar Sandem as Erik Solem, the judge presiding over the trial • as Annæus Schjødt, the prosecutor in the trial • Benjamin Lønne Røsler as Leo Eitinger, a Czech-Norwegian psychiatrist and an Auschwitz survivor called to testify against Quisling • as Helge Lindboe Nordtømme, the police inspector leading the investigation of the mass graves at Trandumskogen • Brede Fristad as , one of Quisling's bodyguards during the trial • as Georg Monrad Krohn, head of the Department of Neurology at Rikshospitalet • as Rolf Jørgen Fuglesang, former Minister of Culture in Quisling's regime • Per Vermeli as Johan Andreas Lippestad, former Minister of Social Affairs in Quisling's regime who vainly tries to negotiate an honorable surrender for his peers ==Production==
Production
The film was announced in 2021. That year, the film received 18 million kroner ($1.7 million) in production subsidies from the Norwegian Film Institute. Gard B. Eidsvold and Anders Danielsen Lie joined the cast in September 2022. The actors spent 10 weeks in rehearsals for the film. ==Release==
Release
Promotional stills from the film were released in December 2023. The film premiered at the Norwegian International Film Festival on 18 August 2024. It had its international premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2024. ==Reception==
Reception
Alissa Simon of Variety called the film a "superb historical drama about the far-right's threat to democracy" and "perhaps the strongest work yet from veteran Norwegian helmer Erik Poppe". ==See also==
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