Atlantic Crossing is a historical drama in the form of a television miniseries set in Norway and the United States during World War II. The series is wide-ranging but pays special attention to interactions between Crown Princess Martha of Norway and President Franklin Roosevelt during the period when Martha was a war refugee in the United States after fleeing the 1940 Nazi Invasion of Norway.
Some portions with Norwegian, Danish or Swedish spoken dialogue are subtitled in English. It premiered on 25 October 2020 on NRK in Norway. The series premiered 4 April 2021 on Masterpiece on PBS.
Production
The eight part series was co-produced by the Norwegian independent production company Cinenord, Norway's public broadcaster NRK and the US Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Most of the series was filmed in the Czech Republic and Norway.
Main cast
Recurring
Guest
- Erik Hivju as General Otto Ruge, Commander-in-chief of the Royal Norwegian Armed Forces
- Marianne Høgsbro as Princess Ingeborg, Duchess of Västergötland, Crown Princess Märtha's mother
- Jan Tiselius as Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, Crown Princess Märtha's father
- Carl-Magnus Dellow as King Gustaf V of Sweden, Crown Princess Märtha's uncle
- Oscar Töringe as Prince Carl Bernadotte, Crown Princess Märtha's brother
- Fredrik Dolk as Per-Albin Hansson, Prime Minister of Sweden
- Hartmut Krug as Victor Prinz zu Wied, German Ambassador to Sweden
- Fridtjov SÃÂ¥heim as Alfred Isaksen, a double amputee and survivor of the Arctic convoys
- HÃÂ¥kon Karoliussen as Captain John Mansfield, Commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Norfolk
- Dan Cade as Private Joseph L. Lockard, a soldier manning the radar station at a hilltop at Opana Point, Oahu
- Stanislav Callas as Private George R. Elliot Jr., Lockard's colleague and fellow radio operator
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