While the story of the first man to reach the poles is told, someone else keeps standing at the edge of the frame: Leon, the brother who raised the money, organised the expeditions, and appears nowhere in the autobiography.
Cast
Pål Sverre HagenRoald Amundsen
Katherine WaterstonBess Magids
Christian RubeckLeon Amundsen
Trond Espen SeimFridtjof Nansen
Mads Sjøgård PettersenHelmer Hanssen
Ole Christoffer ErtvaagHjalmar Riiser-Larsen
Ida Ursin-HolmKiss Bennett
Fridtjov SåheimHjalmar Johansen
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