Operation Napoleon

Operation Napoleon

Operation Napoleon (sometimes with subtitle Frozen Conspiracy, Icelandic: Napóleonsskjölin) 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

Operation Napoleon

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

Operation Napoleon

• 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

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".