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.
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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
Sofia Helin as Crown Princess Märtha of Norway
Tobias Santelmann as Crown Prince Olav of Norway
Kyle MacLachlan as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United States
Søren Pilmark as King Haakon VII of Norway
Anneke von der Lippe as Ragni Østgaard, Crown Princess Märtha's lady-in-waiting
Recurring
Harriet Sansom Harris as Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States
Daniel Betts as Harry Hopkins, Roosevelt's closest advisor on foreign policy affairs during the war
Lucy Russell as Missy LeHand, Roosevelt's private secretary
Suzanne Bertish as Florence Harriman, U.S. ambassador to Norway
Leonora Eik as Princess Ragnhild of Norway
Amathea Eik as Princess Astrid of Norway
Justýna Brozková as Prince Harald of Norway
Michael Pitthan as King George VI of the United Kingdom
Abigail Rice as Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom
Lasse Kolsrud as Nikolai Ramm-Østgaard, Olav's aide-de-camp
Petr Meissel as Oswald Nordlie, King Haakon's aide-de-camp
Terje Ranes as Johan Nygaardsvoll, Prime Minister of Norway
Stig Ryste Amdam as General Carl Gustav Fleischer, commander of the Norwegian infantry brigade based in Scotland
Trond Teigen as Wilhelm von Munthe af Morgenstierne, Norwegian Ambassador to the United States
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 Såheim as Alfred Isaksen, a double amputee and survivor of the Arctic convoys
Håkon 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