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THE RIOT

SULIS

By Nils GAUP

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Action/Adventure - Completed 2022

THE RIOT is a Norwegian historical action drama
about the origins of the labour movement and
workers’ rights in the mining city Sulis in the early
20th century. It is an important part of history that
has never been told on screen before. The epic film
is directed by Nils Gaup (The Last King, 2016).

- Year of production
- 2022
- Genres
- Action/Adventure, Drama
- Countries
- NORWAY
- Languages
- NORWEGIAN
- Duration
- 106 mn
- Director(s)
- Nils GAUP
- Cast
- Simon Jönsson BERGER, Otto FAHLGREN, Alexandra GJERPEN, Rune TEMTE
- Producer(s)
- Tom Vidar KARLSEN (Storyline Nor), Trond ELIASSEN (Storyline Nor)
- Synopsis
- THE RIOT tells the story of the struggle against
  oppression in the mining town of Sulitjelma, called
  Sulis, at the beginning of the 20th century. Konrad and
  the suppressed workers stand together in the revolt
  against the mining company and its ruthless leader
  Wennstrøm. The film deals with actual incidents at
  Norway’s second largest workplace, where the mining
  company had all the power and where the workers
  struggled under inhuman conditions in the dangerous
  and dark mines. This was the Wild West of the Nordic
  countries. Oppression, slave labor and the brutality
  of capitalism ended with a revolt that created the
  Nordic model and the modern society we see today in
  Scandinavia.