Arctic Circle (Finnish: Ivalo) is a Finnish-German crime drama television series that premiered on Finnish streaming service Elisa Viihde at Christmas 2018 and later on Yle.[1] The series stars Iina Kuustonen, Maximilian Brückner, Pihla Viitala, Clemens Schick[2] and Susanna Haavisto.
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Directed by | Hannu Salonen |
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Composer | Vladislav Delay |
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No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 16 |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
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Picture format | 2.20:1 (1080i50) |
Audio format | 5.1 |
Original release | 2018 (2018) |
Arctic Circle is the first co-production between Finland's Yellow Film & TV and Germany's Bavaria Film, picked up for world distribution by Paris-based Lagardère Studios. The series was created by Yellow Film & TV CEO Olli Haikka and Head of Drama Petja Peltomaa with Joona Tena who shares the writing credit with Iceland's experienced Jón Atli Jónasson.[3] Arctic Circle is directed by Finnish-born, Germany-based Hannu Salonen.
Set in an icy Finnish Lapland, Finnish police officer Nina Kautsalo (Iina Kuustonen) finds a nearly dead prostitute in a cabin in the wilderness. The case takes a surprising turn when a deadly virus is found in the prostitute's body. Nina and German virologist Thomas Lorenz (Maximilian Brückner) start investigating the case.
Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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1 | 10 | 21 December 2018 (2018-12-21) | 4 January 2019 (2019-01-04) | |
2 | TBA | 19 December 2021 (2021-12-19) | TBA |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "Cellar" (Kellari) | TBA | TBA | 21 December 2018 (2018-12-21) |
2 | 2 | "Tracks In The Snow" (Jäljet lumessa) | TBA | TBA | 21 December 2018 (2018-12-21) |
3 | 3 | "Storm Rises" (Myrsky nousee) | TBA | TBA | 21 December 2018 (2018-12-21) |
4 | 4 | "An Eye for an Eye" (Silmä silmästä) | TBA | TBA | 29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) |
5 | 5 | "God's Peace" (Jumalan terve) | TBA | TBA | 29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) |
6 | 6 | "First Victim" (Ensimmäinen uhri) | TBA | TBA | 29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) |
7 | 7 | "Predator" (Saalistaja) | TBA | TBA | 29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) |
8 | 8 | "Carriers" (Taudinkantajat) | TBA | TBA | 4 January 2019 (2019-01-04) |
9 | 9 | "Murmansk" (Murmansk) | TBA | TBA | 4 January 2019 (2019-01-04) |
10 | 10 | "Venla" (Venla) | TBA | TBA | 4 January 2019 (2019-01-04) |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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11 | 1 | "Newest Police" (Uusin poliisi) | Jussi Hiltunen | Iiro Küttner | 19 December 2021 (2021-12-19) |
12 | 2 | "Nothing in the Middle" (Keskellä ei mitään) | Jussi Hiltunen | Iiro Küttner | 19 December 2021 (2021-12-19) |
13 | 3 | "Catch" (Saalis) | Jussi Hiltunen | Reeta Ruotsalainen | 26 December 2021 (2021-12-26) |
14 | 4 | "Justice and Fairness" (Oikeus ja kohtuus) | Jussi Hiltunen | Reeta Ruotsalainen | 2 January 2022 (2022-01-02) |
15 | 5 | "Guilty" (Syyllinen) | Jussi Hiltunen | Aleksi Delikouras | 2 January 2022 (2022-01-02) |
16 | 6 | "Parents" (Vanhemmat) | Jussi Hiltunen | Aleksi Delikouras | 2 January 2022 (2022-01-02) |
In November 2017, it was announced that the main cast would consist of Iina Kuustonen, Maximilian Brückner, Clemens Schick and Pihla Viitala.[4] It was also announced that filming of season one would begin in Finland later that month, on the 27th of November 2017.[5] Filming of season 2 took place in Finnish Lapland during the autumn of 2020 and later winter/early spring of 2021.[6]
The series aired on ZDF in Germany in 2020.[7] In North America the rights to the series were acquired by Topic. As part of its ongoing distribution deal Lagardère Studios Distribution also sold the rights to Polar+ (France), RTS (Switzerland), BeTV (Belgium), Videotron (Canada), NPO (The Netherlands), IVI (Russia), Canal Plus (Poland), RTP (Portugal), Cosmopolitan TV (Spain), Elisa (China) and FTV Outre-mer 1e (France overseas).[8]