The Burning Sea

Oct 29, 2021

1h 44m

★ 6.6

The biggest disaster lies ahead of us.

Overview

An oil platform dramatically goes down on the Norwegian coast, and researchers try to find out what happened when they realize this is just the start of something even more serious.

Genres

Action

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Fantefilm

Chezville

Nordisk Film Norway

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Cast

Sofia

Kristine Kujath Thorp

Stian

Henrik Bjelland

Arthur

Rolf Kristian Larsen

Ronny

Anders Baasmo Christiansen

William Lie

Bjørn Floberg

Gunn Langlo

Anneke von der Lippe

Berit

Ane Skumsvoll

Jasin

Cengiz Al

Oil Rig Worker

Mathilde Austegard Ypsøy

Odin

Nils Elias Olsen

Chief Geologist

Vidar Sandem

Steinar Skagemo

Christoffer Staib

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