Snapshot from location shooting. Actor Jon Øigarden (left) and director Thomas Cappelen Malling. Photo by Ellen Ugelstad
The making of a true story
Welcome to the official production blog for Kommandør Treholt & Ninjatroppen aka Norwegian Ninja. Your hosts are writer/director Thomas Cappelen Malling and producer Eric Vogel.
Kommandør Treholt & Ninjatroppen is the true story of how Commander Arne Treholt and his Ninja Force saved Norway during the Cold War. The story takes place in the time right before Treholt’s arrest on espionnage charges in 1984, and reveals a spectacularly different version of our recent past than has been previously known.
Produced with support from the Norwegian Film Institute, Euforia Film, Storyline Studios, NRK, Filmfondet Fuzz, the Nordic Film & TV Fund and Drømmesuiten.
Premièred in Norwegian cinemas on August 13, 2010.