Arctic Circle (TV series)

Arctic Circle
	Ivalo
Genre	Crime drama; Nordic noir;
Created by	Olli Haikka; Petja Peltomaa; Joona Tena; Jón Atli Jónasson;
Directed by	Hannu Salonen
Starring	Iina Kuustonen; Maximilian Brückner; Pihla Viitala; Clemens Schick; Joi Johannsson; Susanna Haavisto;
Country of origin	Finland; Germany;
Original language(s)	Finnish; English;
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Production location(s)	Ivalo, Finland; Helsinki, Finland; Murmansk, Russia;
Running time	50 minutes
Production company(s)	Yellow Film & TV; Bavaria Film;
Release
Original network	Elisa Viihde; Yle;
Picture format	2.20:1 (1080i50)
Audio format	5.1
Original release	Christmas 2018

Arctic Circle (Finnish: Ivalo) is a Finnish-German crime drama, which will premiere on a Finnish streaming service Elisa Viihde at Christmas 2018 and later on Yle.[1] The series stars Iina Kuustonen, Maximilian Brückner, Pihla Viitala, Clemens Schick[2] and Susanna Haavisto.

Arctic Circle is the first co-production between Finland’s Yellow Film & TV and Germany’s Bavaria Film, picked up for world distribution by Paris-based Lagardère Studios. The series was created by Yellow Film & TV CEO Olli Haikka and Head of Drama Petja Peltomaa with Joona Tena who shares the writing credit with Iceland’s experienced Jón Atli Jónasson. Arctic Circle is directed by Finnish-born, Germany-based Hannu Salonen.

Plot

Set in an icy Finnish Lapland, Finnish police officer Nina Kautsalo (Iina Kuustonen) finds a nearly dead prostitute in a cabin in the wilderness. The case takes a surprising turn when a deadly virus is found in the prostitute's body. Nina and German virologist Thomas Lorenz (Maximilian Brückner) start investigating the case.

Cast

Iina Kuustonen as Nina Kautsalo
Maximilian Brückner as Thomas Lorenz
Pihla Viitala as Marita Kautsalo
Jari Virman as Raunola
Clemens Schick as Marcus Eiben
Joi Johansson as Jens Mathiesen
Susanna Haavisto as Elina Kautsalo
Inka Kallén as Sari Nikander
Janne Kataja as Niilo Aikio
Kari Ketonen as Jaakko Stenius
Mikko Leppilampi as Esko Kangasniemi
Taneli Mäkelä as Reino Ylikorpi
Maria Ylipää as Gunilla Lorenz
Kari Hietalahti as Hamari
Kristo Salminen as Reidar Hamari
Alina Tomnikov as Lana

Episodes

Season 1 (2018-2019)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Cellar" (Kellari)	TBA	TBA	21 December 2018 (2018-12-21)
2	2	"Tracks In The Snow" (Jäljet lumessa)	TBA	TBA	21 December 2018 (2018-12-21)
3	3	"Storm Rises" (Myrsky nousee)	TBA	TBA	21 December 2018 (2018-12-21)
4	4	"An Eye for an Eye" (Silmä silmästä)	TBA	TBA	29 December 2018 (2018-12-29)
5	5	"God's Peace" (Jumalan terve)	TBA	TBA	29 December 2018 (2018-12-29)
6	6	"First Victim" (Ensimmäinen uhri)	TBA	TBA	29 December 2018 (2018-12-29)
7	7	"Predator" (Saalistaja)	TBA	TBA	29 December 2018 (2018-12-29)
8	8	"Carriers" (Taudinkantajat)	TBA	TBA	4 January 2019 (2019-01-04)
9	9	"Murmansk" (Murmansk)	TBA	TBA	4 January 2019 (2019-01-04)
10	10	"Venla" (Venla)	TBA	TBA	4 January 2019 (2019-01-04)

References

Pham, Annika (3 April 2017). "Yellow Film & TV and Bavaria prepare for Arctic Circle". Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
White, Peter (7 November 2017). "'War Horse' Star Maximilian Brückner & 'Casino Royale's Clemens Schick To Front Euro Drama Series". Deadline. Retrieved 19 January 2019.

External links

Arctic Circle on IMDb
About Arctic Circle on fanpage gesucht wird: Maximilian Brückner

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[1] Pham, Annika (3 April 2017). "Yellow Film & TV and Bavaria prepare for Arctic Circle". Nordisk Film & TV Fond.

[2] White, Peter (7 November 2017). "'War Horse' Star Maximilian Brückner & 'Casino Royale's Clemens Schick To Front Euro Drama Series". Deadline. Retrieved 19 January 2019.