‘The Emigrants’ Helmer Erik Poppe’s Series ‘Quisling,’ About One of History’s Most Notorious Traitors,’ Broken Down By Its Writers

Hailed by Variety as “a superb historical drama about the Far-Right’s threatto democracy, the movie “Quisling: The Final Days” helmed by Norway’s top filmmaker Erik Poppe, impressed audiences at the last Toronto Film Festival where it bowed as a Special Presentation. 

At home the story of Norway’s infamous Nazi collaborator Vidkun Quisling, whose name has become a byword for traitor, stirred intense public debate and ended up as the third biggest Norwegian film of 2024. Now its long-form TV version, developed concurrently to the feature film by co-writers Anna Bach-Wiig and Siv Rajendram Eliassen, has a chance to nab the hefty $17,000 Nordic Series Script Award at Göteborg’s TV Drama Vision series showcase. 

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