Featuring an all-star global cast led by Tobias Santelmann (Netflix’s Harry Hole), Russell Tovey (Feud, Being Human), and Eili Harboe (Succession’s final season, The Architect)

Winner of Best Screenplay at Series Mania 

INTERVIEWS with cast and writers available

Series is in English and Norwegian with subtitles

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Winner of Best Screenplay at Series Mania, the timely dystopian drama series, THE FORTRESS, makes its North American debut on Tuesday, July 16 on the Viaplay streaming service with all seven episodes available to binge. Featuring an all-star global cast led by Tobias Santelmann (Netflix’s Harry Hole, Exit), Russell Tovey (Feud, American Horror Story, Being Human, Years and Years), Selome Emnetu (Superhero Academy), and Eili Harboe (Succession’s final season, The Architect) and written and created by John Käre Raake and Linn Jeanethe Kyed, the gripping series puts current debates around migration policies and resource depletion at the heart of the action.

Set in an eerily familiar 2037, the THE FORTRESS is a chic isolationist parable thriller where Norway has chosen to sever all ties with the rest of the world. Surrounded by an enormous wall, the nation has become entirely self-sufficient. The fortunate inhabitants enjoy sheltered lives in a self-sufficient Nordic paradise. However, when a deadly pandemic breaks out, they soon realize the wall supposed to protect them is now holding them prisoner.

Russell Tovey portrays Charlie Oldman a refugee from the UK trying to migrate to Norway with his wife and baby. Tobias Santelmann portrays the Prime Minister of Norway. Eili Harboe portrays Ariel Mowinkel, the Prime Minister’s new speechwriter. Selome Emnetu is Esther Winter who is in charge of the strategic planning for the Norwegian Food Safety Authority.

NEW ON VIAPLAY: 

·        Tues., June 4: Modern Danish comedy CALL ME DAD, based on an idea by and starring best friends Alex Høgh Andersen (Vikings, Darkness Those Who Kill) and Magnus​ Haugaard (Guilt) Trailer

·        Tues., June 11: A follow-up to the hit documentary film Catwalk, LIFE AFTER CATWALK follows the group’s journey as they continue to defy societal expectations and pursue their dreams of fashion modeling. Trailer for Catwalk

·        Tues., June 18: The newest film from three-time Academy Award-nominated director Lasse Hallström (Chocolat, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Cider House Rules), HILMA, offes a sumptuous biopic of celebrated artist Hilma af Klint Trailer

·        Tues., July 2: Based on the bestselling crime novels by Leena Lehtolainen and one of Viaplay’s most popular series, DETECTIVE MARIA KALLIO, Season 2 returns with 10 new episodes

·        Tues., July 23: 1992: THE TOP GAME offers the extraordinary journey of Poland's underdog 1992 Olympic soccer team

·        Tues., July 30: UNDER THE RADAR: Secrets of a Swedish Serial Killer is a riveting true crime docuseries. A cryptic song from a notorious serial killer reveals murder confessions, driving a documentary director on a quest for justice in America.

About Viaplay:

The Viaplay streaming service features thousands of hours of premium Nordic and European series and films. Viaplay’s US content offering focuses on the Nordic region’s high-quality and psychologically penetrating titles: from atmospheric and suspenseful crime dramas and provocative and stylish young adult series to award-winning dramas and riveting documentaries. Now available:

·        Nordic Noir/Crime Dramas: Lars Mikkelsen in Face to Face, an intense interrogation drama; Fenris, featuring mysterious disappearances in a wolf-inhabited forest; Trom, a mystery set in the picturesque Faroe Islands; Detective Maria Kallo, based on the bestselling book series; DNA, a Danish police drama co-starring Oscar-nominated actress Charlotte Rampling; and Black Sands, a dark, popular Icelandic mystery; as well as all three films from the renowned Millennium/The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy

·        Young Adult Series: Provocative dramas Threesome and Delete Me and coming of age LGBTQ+ short form series One of the Boys  

·        Dramas: The Architect, the award-winning dystopian dramedy starring Eili Harboe (Succession) and called “vicious and funny” by The New York Times; International Emmy-nominated The Dreamer – Becoming Karen Blixen starring Connie Nielsen (Gladiator); and Swedish ‘TV Drama of the Year’ nominee Limbo

·        Documentaries: The Most Remote Restaurant in the World, a “can’t miss documentary” (Forbes) following the nearly impossible journey of a chef to set up shop in a remote location; Crime Scene Sweden, a shocking in-depth look at infamous Swedish murders; and Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled, a star-studded, intimate portrait of the legendary actress.