Erik Poppe's film about the traitor Vidkun Quisling has been invited to Toronto

Prestigious premiere

The Toronto International Film Festival ranks among the most prestigious international film festivals in the world and is an important door opener for Norwegian films to the North American market. Quisling - The Final Days will be screened in the Special Presentation section which is for high-profile feature films.
 
-This is a thrilling and significant milestone for us! It marks the first occasion that director Erik Poppe and our production company, Paradox, are in Toronto with a film featured in the Special Presentation program. It's also a wonderful reunion with this fabulous city and its audience, following our visit with Erik Poppe’s The King’s Choice at a special screening attended by Their Royal Highnesses, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Norway, in November 2016, say the film's producers, Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae.

From Haugesund to International Premiere in Toronto

Quisling - The Final Days will have its world premiere as the opening film of the 52nd Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund on Sunday 18 August and national theatrical premiere on September 13.
 
The Toronto Film Festival takes place this year from 5 to 15 September and Quisling - The Final Days will be accompanied by the film’s director, producers and cast for the Toronto premiere.

A psychological and claustrophobic battle about truth and lies, faith and doubt

Five years of occupation ends on 8 May 1945. The rebuilding of the nation can begin, but first the last chapter must be written. In a dark cell at Akershus fortress sits he who had committed the biggest betrayal of all; Vidkun Quisling. Now he must be held accountable for his actions and the atrocities that his ideology led to. But first, he has to meet spiritual leader and priest Peder Olsen. Can the priest, who is himself marked by the brutality of war, manage to help the man who was on first-name terms with Hitler himself, to peace of mind? Is the country traitor with grandiose thoughts about himself and his mission, able to repent?
 
Paradox and director Erik Poppe have received NOK 18,000,000 in production grants from the Norwegian Film Institute for Quisling – The Final Days out of a total budget of approximately NOK 85 million.

About the movie

Actors: Gard B. Eidsvold, Anders Danielsen Lie, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Lisa Carlehed
Director: Erik Poppe
Screenplay: Siv Rajendram Eliassen and Anna Bache-Wiig, based on a story by Ravn Lanesskog, based on an idea by Stig Svendsen and Finn Gjerdrum
Producers: Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae for Paradox Rettigheter AS
Distributor: SF Norway
International Sales: Reinvent

About director Erik Poppe

Erik Poppe is known for films like The King’s Choice, U - July 22, Per Fugelli – I Die, A Thousand Times Good Night, Troubled Water, Hawaii – Oslo, and Schpaaa while Paradox is one of the most productive production companies in Norway, with Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae as producers. Paradox has produced all of Poppe's latest films.

Read more on the webpage of Toronto International Film Festival