The Nation's Gambit

The Nation's Gambit

2026 · ★ 6.7 · Action, Thriller

Norway's Prime Minister is kidnapped by a terrorist who makes only one demand – that the politicians in power play a game of chess over the Prime Minister's life. Each chess piece represents people who work for the state or leaders in society. If the politicians win the game, the prime minister will live, but every piece lost on the chess boards means the loss of a human life. The politicians and their appointed rescue team, the Delta Squad, are faced with an impossible dilemma: can they afford to sacrifice human lives in an attempt to save the Prime Minister? With only 24 hours to win the game and save the prime minister, they have no choice but to play the deadly game.

Directed by John Andreas Andersen · Written by Rakel Kraft Biørnstad

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Pål Sverre Hagen Anton Block
Penda Faal Björk Adekoia Block
Maria Bonnevie Frøya Lande
Tobias Santelmann Are Stranger
Jon Øigarden Viktor Fløysland
Gina Bernhoft Gørvell Åse Prahner
Glenn André Kaada Kjetil Rykke
Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes Ragnhild Fure
Jonas Hoff Oftebro Tom Myhren
Erland Bakker Thorvald Astrup
Emil Olafsson Sven Øen
Martin Karelius Østensen Bamse

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