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Deadline Torp

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Deadline Torp
Directed byNils Gaup[1][2]
Written byJo Nesbø, Dag Erik Pedersen
Produced byAnne Birte Brunvold Tørstad
StarringEmil Forselius, Jørgen Langhelle, Gørild Mauseth, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Rut Tellefsen, Ingvar Hirdwall
CinematographyRolv Håan
Edited byAnne Andressen
Release date
  • 13 January 2005 (2005-01-13)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryNorway
Languages Norwegian, Swedish

Deadline Torp, also known as Torp-Dramaet, is a TV miniseries co-written by crime author Jo Nesbø based on the true events of the 1994 Torp hostage crisis.[3] It was produced for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.[4]

It tells the true story of the Torp hostage crisis that took place in Sandefjord, Norway. It began on 28 September 1994 and lasted for two days. Two men from Sweden robbed a bank in a small Norwegian town and a large police hunt was initiated. The robbers eventually took two civilians and two police officers hostages. The following morning at Sandefjord Airport Torp, the hostage drama came to a deadly end when a police chief, for the first time in Norwegian history, gave an order to shoot to kill.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Stenport, Anna Westerstahl (2019). Nordic Film Cultures and Cinemas of Elsewhere. Edinburgh University Press. Page 158. ISBN 9781474438070.
  2. ^ Sundholm, John, Isak Thorsen, and Lars Gustaf Andersson (2012). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. Page 172. ISBN 9780810855243.
  3. ^ Hansen, Kim Toft and Anne Marit Waade (2017). Locating Nordic Noir: From Beck to The Bridge. Springer International Publishing. Page 260. ISBN 9783319598154.
  4. ^ Sundholm, John, Isak Thorsen, and Lars Gustaf Andersson (2012). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. Page 172. ISBN 9780810855243.
  5. ^ Plassen, Pål Hovengen (November 26, 2004). “Deadline Torp med suksess” (in Norwegian Bokmål). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved on August 30, 2021, from https://www.nrk.no/kultur/deadline-torp-med-suksess-1.2896723