Operation Napoleon

Operation Napoleon is a 2023 Icelandic thriller film directed by Óskar Þór Axelsson, starring Vivian Ólafsdóttir, Jack Fox and Iain Glen. It is based on Arnaldur Indriðason's best selling book of the same name.

Plot

The film tells the story of Kristín, an ambitious lawyer who is drawn into an unexpected sequence of events when her brother stumbles upon a World War II plane wreck on top of Vatnajökull.

Cast

Vivian Ólafsdóttir as Kristín Johannesdottír
Jack Fox as Steve Rush
Iain Glen as William Carr
Wotan Wilke Möhring as Simon
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Einar
Atli Óskar Fjalarsson as Elías
Adesuwa Oni as Julie Ratoff
Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson as Jóhannes
Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir as Rósa
Annette Badland as Sarah Steinkamp
Production

Production for the film started in 2021.

Reception

Audience viewership

The filmed opened the premiered in Iceland on 3 February 2023 and by May 2023, it was the second most viewed domestic made film in Iceland for the year.

Critical response

Salvör Gullbrá Þórarinsdóttir at Heimildin gave the film three stars, calling it a "Professionally braided Hollywood-flick on an Icelandic glacier".