Acquitted

ACQUITTED

FRIKJENT

Acquitted follows the story of Aksel Borgen, a Norwegian business man who has worked his way to the top during his 20 years in Asia having left his native town after being acquitted of the murder of his high school sweetheart.

When his home town’s cornerstone business is threatened by bankruptcy, Aksel returns to save the place that once turned its back on him. The past has not been forgotten. His arrival tears old wounds apart and new conflicts arise as the past meets the present. Acquitted shadows a battle of guilt, revenge and hope of reconciliation, the man who pleaded not guilty is still judged by society.

Fact Sheet

FORMAT
Norwegian TV-series (10×45 min.)

GENRE
Drama/Crime/Mystery

RELEASE
March 2 2015

PRODUCED BY
Miso Film Norge

CO-PRODUCERS
TV 2 Norge
SVT
Miso Film

IN COOPERATION WITH
TV 2 Danmark
Fuzz
Nordisk Film
Lumiére
RUV
Norwegian Film Institute
Nordic Film & TV Fund

INTERNATIONAL SALES
FremantleMedia International

Main Cast

AKSEL BORGEN
Nicolai Cleve Broch

EVA HANSTEEN
Lena Endre

TONJE SANDVIK
Synnøve Macody Lund

ERIK NILSEN
Tobias Santelmann

LARS HANSTEEN
Henrik Rafaelsen

WILLIAM HANSTEEN
Ingar Helge Gimle

INGER MOEN HANSTEEN
Ellen Dorrit Petersen

MAI-BRIT NILSEN
Anne Marit Jacobsen

SVEIN ERIKSEN
Fridtjov Såheim

ANGELINE BORGEN
Elaine Tan

Main Crew

MAIN WRITERS
Siv Rajendram Eliassen
Anna Bache-Wiig

CONCEPTUAL DIRECTOR
Geir Henning Hopland

DIRECTORS
Geir Henning Hopland
Rune Destad Langlo

PRODUCERS
Brede Hovland
Jonas Allen
Peter Bose

DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Gaute Gunnari
Jakob Ingimundarson

PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Are Sjaastad

COSTUME DESIGNER
Ellen Dæhli Ystehede

EDITORS
Anders Bergland
Silje Nordseth
Zaklina Stojcevska
Erk Thv. Aster
Christopher Gibb
Jon Endre Mørk
Eli Nilsen

SOUND DESIGNERS
Peter Clausen
Erling Rein

COMPOSERS
Kåre Chr. Vestrheim
Mike Hartung
Kristoffer Bonsaksen

THE COMPANY

Miso Film was founded in 2004 by the producer team Jonas Allen and Peter Bose, who started their collaboration on the Swedish thriller and crime series BECK and WALLANDER. The company is behind and most known for the Danish TV-series THOSE WHO KILL, three seasons of TV 2’s DICTE, Ole Bornedal’s war epic 1864 and latest Christoffer Boe’s highly acclaimed WARRIOR and the popular Viaplay original DARKNESS – THOSE WHO KILL, a reboot of the successful series. Miso Film is also located in Norway, where they have produced the film series VARG VEUM as well as the TV-series AQUITTED, and two seasons of MODUS in Sweden, a TV-series based on Anne Holts crime novels.

On the big screen Miso Film has featured with the thriller success THE CANDIDATE as well as co-produced the Norwegian World War II resistance drama MAX MANUS. Furthermore, the company is behind the Danish comedies LONG STORY SHORT and HEAVY LOAD, the family film franchise IQBAL FAROOQ based on Manu Sareen’s childrens books and latest Ole Bornedal’s box-office hits SMALL TOWN KILLERS and THE WAY TO MANDALAY. The company is behind Scandinavia’s first original Netflix series THE RAIN and is currently producing the second season of the popular young adult series. Additionally, the company is finishing Christoffer Boe’s highly anticipated crime series FACE TO FACE, which is set to premiere on Viaplay in the fall of 2019.