Norway’s prime minister is kidnapped by terrorists and disappears without a trace. The terrorists make only one demand. That the politicians in power play a game of chess over the prime minister’s life. The chess pieces represent people who work for the state or as leaders in society. If the politicians win the game, the prime minister will live, but every time the terrorists take a piece, a human must pay with their life. The politicians and their appointed rescue team, the Delta Squad, are faced with an impossible dilemma: Can they afford to sacrifice other human lives in an attempt to save the prime minister? With only 24 hours to win the game and save the prime minister, they have no choice but to play, but with every move they make, death comes closer. And with no leads to go on, could sacrificing a first chess piece give them a clue to find the terrorists? Based on the bestselling and critically acclaimed debut crime novel by Johan Høst and directed by award-winning director Jens Lien (Beforeigners, 2022) THE NATION’S GAMBIT is bound to take you on an unforgettable, fast-paced thrill ride. The film uses chess as an ambitious instrument to drive the story ahead, as it follows Delta Squad’s operational leader Anton Block and his right hand Björk Jónsdottir in a race-against-the-clock game of chess against a group of terrorists who have kidnapped the prime minister. Norway’s prime minister is kidnapped by terrorists and disappears without a trace. The terrorists make only one demand. That the politicians in power play a game of chess over the prime minister’s life. The chess pieces represent people who work for the state or as leaders in society. If the politicians win the game, the prime minister will live, but every time the terrorists take a piece, a human must pay with their life. The politicians and their appointed rescue team, the Delta Squad, are faced with an impossible dilemma: Can they afford to sacrifice other human lives in an attempt to save the prime minister? With only 24 hours to win the game and save the prime minister, they have no choice but to play, but with every move they make, death comes closer. And with no leads to go on, could sacrificing a first chess piece give them a clue to find the terrorists? Based on the bestselling and critically acclaimed debut crime novel by Johan Høst and directed by award-winning director Jens Lien (Beforeigners, 2022) THE NATION’S GAMBIT is bound to take you on an unforgettable, fast-paced thrill ride. The film uses chess as an ambitious instrument to drive the story ahead, as it follows Delta Squad’s operational leader Anton Block and his right hand Björk Jónsdottir in a race-against-the-clock game of chess against a group of terrorists who have kidnapped the prime minister.