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Deadline Torp (2005)

Deadline Torp poster
Directed by
Nils Gaup
Genre
drama television series
Country
Norway
Rated
15+
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A miniseries based on a 1994 bank robbery in Norway that turned into a two day hostage standoff. It follows the police and the criminals as the situation escalates to a deadly outcome.

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What happens

Deadline Torp, also known as Torp-Dramaet, is a TV miniseries co-written by crime author Jo Nesbø based on the true events of the 1994 Torp hostage crisis. It was produced for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. It tells the true story of the Torp hostage crisis that took place in Sandefjord, Norway. It began on 28 September 1994 and lasted for two days. Two men from Sweden robbed a bank in a small Norwegian town and a large police hunt was initiated. The robbers eventually took two civilians and two police officers hostages. The following morning at Sandefjord Airport Torp, the hostage drama came to a deadly end when a police chief, for the first time in Norwegian history, gave an order to shoot to kill. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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