Norsk filminstitutt

Feature film The Arctic Convoy
(Konvoi)

In 1941, Hitler's war machine seems unstoppable. The Germans gain ground in the Soviet Union and the situation looks dire. To prevent further losses civilian merchant ships are gathered from across the world carrying war supplies from Iceland to Murmansk and Archangel under protection of Allied naval vessels to make the treacherous journey.
35 ships set off on what is supposed to be the safest convoy. However due to catastrophic mistakes by British intelligence the journey turns deadly for the men and ships. Caught at sea without defense or war experience, civilian sailors are now forced to fight for their lives against German air and naval forces as well as brutal Arctic temperatures. Only 12 ships made it to destination. 

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2023
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2023-12-25
Production company:
Fantefilm Fiksjon AS
Producer:
Martin Sundland
Catrin Gundersen
Thea Benedikte Karlsen
Sales agent:
TrustNordisk ApS

Director

  • Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken

    Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken (b. 1989) grew up in Hamar, and has studied media science in Norway and the UK. He is a self-taught filmmaker and trained cinema projectionist. Dahlsbakken has made several short films using 8mm, S16mm, 35mm and 65mm film techniques, and cultivates the analog idiom in the creative process. His greatest success thus far has been the short film The Devil’s Ballroom (2012), which won awards at multiple festivals around the world. Dahlsbakken's first feature film, Returning Home (Å vende tilbake), premiered in 2015 at the Rome Film Fest and was shortlisted as the Norwegian Oscar candidate for best foreign language film. Dahlsbakken continues to develop his own personal film projects, shorts as well as feature films.

    Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken

Cast

Tobias Santelmann
Anders Baasmo Christiansen
Heidi Ruud Ellingsen
Preben Hodneland
Adam Lundgren
Jon Ranes
Olav Waastad
Jakob Fort
Fredrik Stenberg Ditlev-Simonsen
Tord Kinge
Kristian Repshus

Festivals

2024:
International Film Festival Rotterdam

Crew

Director:
Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
Screenplay:
Christian Siebenherz
Harald Rosenløw Eeg
Lars Gudmestad
Cinematographer:
Oskar Dahlsbakken
Editor:
Elise Solberg
Kalle Doniselli Gulbrandsen
Christian Siebenherz

Technical information

Genre:
Action Drama
Colour:
Colour
Length in min's:
105'
Language:
Norwegian
Subtitles:
English

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