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The Minister

Episode 2

Season 1, Episode 2 • Thriller, Drama, TV-MA, 12-Nov-2020

Iceland has spoken, but Benedikt is torn. He decides to give the people what they want and then gives them unprecedented democratic power with the help of Twitter. But his revolutionary new government is threatened by a dark secret about his past.

Tags
Drama, Iceland, Icelandic
Cast
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson cast
Aníta Briem cast
Þuríður Blær Jóhannsdóttir cast
Thor Kristjansson cast
Elva Ósk Ólafsdóttir cast
Oddur Júlíusson cast
Crew
Birkir Blær Ingólfsson writer
Björg Magnúsdóttir writer
Jónas Margeir Ingólfsson writer
Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir director
Anna Vigdís Gísladóttir producer
Hilmar Sigurðsson executive producer
Kjartan Þór Þórðarson executive producer
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson executive producer
Þórhallur Gunnarsson executive producer

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