Iskyss is a strong and poetic love story based on Gunvor Galtung Haavik’s double life through 30 years. During the Cold War, she was employed by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and assigned to the Norwegian Embassy in Moscow. With the information she had access to in the capacity of her position as interpreter and secretary, she frequently fed the KGB secret information.
Acting
Petersen's restrained devastation says everything dialogue cannot.
Cinematography
Moscow winter as character—bleak, beautiful, suffocating.
Direction
Jensen trusts silence more than exposition.
Director
Knut Erik Jensen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gunvor Galtung Haavik was Norway's most infamous Cold War spy; this film sparked national debate about whether a traitor deserved romanticized treatment.
Director Jensen insisted on shooting in Moscow during February to capture authentic 'soul-cold'—the crew nearly quit.
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