Hildur on the case for Ruutu, Siminn
FIRST LOOK: Ebba Katrín Finnsdóttir heads the cast of upcoming Nordic crime drama Hildur, which is based on the novels by Satu Rämö and due to debut in Iceland and Finland this winter.
Set in the remote but picturesque Westfjords region of Iceland, surrounded by stormy seas and towering mountains, Hildur is the story of a young girl who suffered the heart-wrenching disappearance of her two sisters on their way home from school. Now 25 years later and working as a detective in her hometown, Hildur is drawn into an investigation of a baffling series of crimes.
Accompanied by unlikely allies Jakob, a Finnish trainee officer seeking a fresh start, and Florian, a German recruit mistakenly assigned to the team, she begins to uncover long-standing mysteries while it becomes clear that they are on the trail of a cunning serial killer.
Finnsdóttir (Húsó, Vigdís) stars as Hildur, with Lauri Tilkanen (Deadwind) as Jakob and Rick Okon (Das Boot) as Florian. They are joined by Icelandic star Nína Dögg Filipusardóttir (Prisoners, Valhalla Murders), Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir (Black Sand, Darkness), Oddur Julíusson (The Minister) and Finnish actor Oona Airola (Helsinki Syndrome).
Cineflix Rights is distributing the multi-lingual ‘Nordic blue’ series, which is coproduced by Take Two Studios for Nelonen Media’s Ruutu in Finland and Sagafilm for Siminn in Iceland.
Directed by Tinna Hrafnsdóttir (Reykjavik 112, Vigdis), it is written by head writer Matti Laine (Bordertown, The Paradise) together with Margret Örnolfsdottir (Trapped, Prisoners).
The executive producers are Sara Norberg and Eero Hietala for Take Two Studios, Kjartan Thor Thordarson and Tjörvi Thorsson for Sagafilm and Timo Argillander, James Baker and Andrea Scarso for financiers IPR.VC.
The Hildur trilogy has sold more than a million copies globally, including in the UK where it has the title The Clues in the Fjord, as well as Germany, Italy, the Nordics and Spain.
tagged in: Ebba Katrín Finnsdóttir, Hildur, Nelonen Media, Ruutu, Sagafilm, Satu Rämö, Simínn, Take Two Studios