Beta Cinema has secured a series of key international presales for Nordic conspiracy thriller Operation Napoleon – Tears of the Wolf, which is currently in production across Finland, Iceland, and Germany.
Magnolia Pictures acquired rights for North America, with additional deals concluded for the UK and Ireland (Signature Entertainment), France (Mediawan), Spain (Twelve Oaks), and Poland (Hagi Film).
The film is a sequel to Operation Napoleon, which sold to more than 40 territories, including to Magnolia for the U.S., and was a major success in Germany in 2023. The English-language sequel reunites Vivian Ólafsdóttir (It Hatched), Jack Fox (Riviera), and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (Severance, True Detective). Jyri Kähönen (Trackers, Bordertown) returns to direct, from a screenplay by original Operation Napoleon scribe Marteinn Thorisson and Tom Weston-Jones (True Things, Warrior, Copper). Laura Birn (Void, The Crow, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Foundation) has joined the cast.
Ólafsdóttir stars as Kristin Jóhannesdóttir, a lawyer sucked into an international conspiracy after being accused of a murder she didn’t commit. The sequel follows Kristin and her team as they pursue the mythical “Tears of the Wolf,” a cache of Nazi diamonds hidden during World War II. After witnessing a murder, Kristin uncovers encrypted codes and musical clues that lead the group across Iceland, Finland, and Germany, culminating in a confrontation set in Helsinki’s wartime bunkers and the Finnish archipelago.
The production is led by Anita Elsani and Alexander Klein of Germany’s Splendid Entertainment, Kjartan Thor Thordarson of Sagafilm (Sweden and Iceland), and Eero Hietala and Sara Norberg of Take Two Studios (Finland), with Elsani Film co-producing.
Sam Film will release the film theatrically in Iceland, Splendid Film in Germany, and Cinemanse in Finland. Beta Cinema is presenting the first promo reel of Operation Napoleon – Tears of the Wolf at the American Film Market this week.
