The Fortress

Synopsis

2037, the inhabitants of Norway enjoy sheltered lives in a self-sufficient Nordic paradise. But when a deadly pandemic breaks out, they soon realize the wall supposed to protect them is now holding them prisoner.

First Air Date: 2024-04-12

Last Air Date: 2024-04-14

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 7

Created By: Linn-Jeanethe Kyed, John Kåre Raake

Networks: Prime Video

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Top Cast

Tobias Santelmann as Grieg Amund Heyerdahl
Selome Emnetu as Esther Winter
Russell Tovey as Charlie Oldman
Dominic Allburn as Leo
Rebekka Nystabakk as Ingvild Kamfjord
Nina Yndis as Uma Scholl
Hallvard Holmen as Major
Elvinas Juodkazis as Elvis
Kingsford Siayor as Kaptein Aksel
Sveinung Augestad as N/A

Seasons

Season 1 (2024)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: A New Start (2024-04-12)

When a contagious salmon disease breaks out in Norway, Esther Vinter must look after the food supply in the country; Uma, Charlie and their daughter Hope are on the run for a chance at a better life in Norway.
Ep. 2: Infected from Outside (2024-04-13)

Charlie manages to enter Norway as a migrant worker with Hope; Ester is busy securing the food supply but Pantogena, the salmon producer, turns out to be uncooperative; Ariel is questioned by Zara, the PM's closest employee.
Ep. 3: Yersina Pestis (2024-04-13)

Esther is busy identifying the source of the disease when the bacteria appear in an unlikely place; Charlie runs the risk of being deported; Ariel is assigned her first big job: to write a speech preventing panic from spreading in Bergen.
Ep. 4: Secrets (2024-04-13)

Esther approaches a politician for help to reveal the source of the disease; Leo pleads with Esther to leave Bergen before she catches it; Charlie, believed to be infected with the disease, is to be sent away from the farm where he works.
Ep. 5: Black Level (2024-04-14)

Esther is pressured to develop a vaccine against the resiliently mutating bacterium; PM Heyerdahl employs stringent measures to prevent the disease from spreading; Charlie gets progressively sick; Ariel's brother wants her to join him.
Ep. 6: A New Way (2024-04-14)

Esther works on developing a vaccine but is shocked to learn the bacterium is turning more aggressive; on the verge of death, Charlie is saved at the last minute; PM Heyerdahl's drastic decision forces Ariel to reconsider her loyalty.
Ep. 7: The Savior (2024-04-14)

Some help from an unlikely source leads Esther to discover the bacterium's natural combatants; Heyerdahl and Zara bump heads over his plan to save Norway.