Beta scores key presales for Nordic thriller ‘Operation Napoleon – Tears Of The Wolf’

Beta Cinema has sealed key presales for Jyri Kähönen’s Nordic thriller Operation Napoleon – Tears Of The Wolf, now shooting in Finland, Iceland, and Germany.

All rights have been sold to Magnolia Pictures for North America, Signature Entertainment for UK and Ireland, Mediawan for France Twelve Oaks for Spain and Hagi Film for Poland. 

Sam Film will release theatrically in Iceland, Splendid Film in Germany and Cinemanse in Finland. Beta Cinema is presenting a first promo reel at AFM.

The film is a sequel to 2023’s Operation Napoleon and reunites the cast of Vivian Ólafsdóttir, Jack Fox, and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson. 

Marteinn Thorisson returns as writer.

The story follows Kristin and her team on a high-stakes hunt for the legendary “Tears of the Wolf”—a cache of Nazi diamonds hidden during WWII. After witnessing a murder, Kristin uncovers clues that lead to encrypted codes and lost musical notes, propelling the trio across Iceland, Finland, and Germany toward a dramatic showdown in Helsinki’s underground bunkers and the Finnish Archipelago.

Operation Napoleon – Tears Of The Wolf is produced by Anita Elsani and Alexander Klein for Germany’s Splendid Entertainment, Kjartan Thor Thordarson of Stockholm and Reykjavík-based Sagafilm, and Eero Hietala and Sara Norberg for Finland’s Take Two Studios, alongside co-producing partner Elsani Film.

Funding comes from MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Business Finland, West Finland Film Commission and the Icelandic Ministry of Industry and Innovation.

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