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.
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 , 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 , 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
References
External links
Atlantic Crossing at PBS Atlantic Crossing at Masterpiece Rabinowitz, Dorothy. 'Atlantic Crossing' Review: Harboring Royals and Passions, wsj, March 31, 2021 Norwegian Government in Exile "Norway’s crown princess fled the Nazis with her children and lived in Maryland" The Washington Post