Quislings siste dager (2024)

	Directed by: Erik Poppe	INTERNATIONAL TITLE Quisling: The Final Days COUNTRY Norway GENRE Historical/Biographical drama RUNNING TIME 146 minutes
	Produced by: Finn Gjerdrum Stein B. Kvae
	Written by: Anna Bache-Wiig Siv Rajendram Eliassen Ravn Lanesskog

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Vidkun Quisling	Gard B. Eidsvold
Peder Olsen	Anders Danielsen Lie	½
Maria Quisling	Lisa Carlehed
Heidi Olsen	Lisa Loven Kongsli	½
Dagfinn Hauge	Nils Jørgen Kaalstad
Arvid	Arthur Hakalahti	½
Vilhelm Ullman	Stein Torleif Bjella
Helge Lindboe Nordtømme	Anderz Eide	-
Eivind Berggrav	Lasse Kolsrud	-
Henrik Bergh	Øyvind Brandtzæg	-
Erik Solem	Vidar Sandem	-
Annæus Schjødt	Hans Rønningen	-
Leo Eitinger	Benjamin Lønne Røsler	-

Review

It probably was about time that Norwegian cinema tackled this elephant in the room and made a biopic on Vidkun Quisling, the man who appointed himself Minister President and collaborated with the Nazis during the German occupation of Norway between 1940 and 1945, and paid the ultimate price for his actions when in October 1945 he became the last person to be executed in Norway. The director is Erik Poppe, who has handled Norwegian national traumas skilfully before, notably with Utøya 22. juli in 2018, and he manages to portray Quisling with a fairly dignified level of balance, even if his dissection becomes lingering at times. The running time most certainly could have been trimmed a little; there are a few too many meetings behind closed doors. And although there is a disruptive dissonance between Eidsvold’s imitative rendition of Quisling’s intonation and demeanour on the one side, and Danielsen Lie’s anachronistic delivery and overly modern approach, their final scene together ultimately does evoke some of the intended emotion and bond between their two characters. With beautiful CGI recreations of 1940s Oslo which elevate the overall impression.