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The Burning Sea

The Burning Sea

The biggest disaster lies ahead of us.

20216.61h 44m

Overview

An oil platform dramatically goes down on the Norwegian coast, and researchers try to find out what happened when they realize this is just the start of something even more serious.

Directed by John Andreas Andersen
Written by Lars Gudmestad, Harald Rosenløw-Eeg
Produced by Martin Sundland, Catrin Gundersen, Therese Bøhn
Box OfficeBudget: $8.3MRevenue: $2.8M

Top Cast

Kristine Kujath Thorp

Kristine Kujath Thorp

Sofia

Henrik Bjelland

Henrik Bjelland

Stian

Rolf Kristian Larsen

Rolf Kristian Larsen

Arthur

Anders Baasmo Christiansen

Anders Baasmo Christiansen

Ronny

Bjørn Floberg

Bjørn Floberg

William Lie

Anneke von der Lippe

Anneke von der Lippe

Gunn Langlo

Ane Skumsvoll

Ane Skumsvoll

Berit

Cengiz Al

Cengiz Al

Jasin

Mathilde Austegard Ypsøy

Mathilde Austegard Ypsøy

Oil Rig Worker

N

Nils Elias Olsen

Odin

Themes & Keywords

north seaoil industryoil platformcatastrophe

About The Burning Sea

The Burning Sea is a action, thriller, drama film released in 2021 exploring themes of north sea, oil industry, oil platform, catastrophe. Directed by John Andreas Andersen, it stars Kristine Kujath Thorp, Henrik Bjelland, Rolf Kristian Larsen. An oil platform dramatically goes down on the Norwegian coast, and researchers try to find out what happened when they realize this is just the start of something even more serious.

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