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Disney+ has slated the premiere of the Swedish Cold War political satire Whiskey on the Rocks<\/em>, its first Nordic original, for January 22.<\/p>\n

Inspired by real events, the series begins when a Soviet nuclear Whiskey class submarine is spotted aground inside a restricted Swedish military area in the early hours of October 28, 1981. With the global superpowers on edge, the world turns to Sweden\u2019s prime minister, Thorbj\u00f6rn F\u00e4lldin, a former sheep farmer, to keep the peace between Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and U.S. President Ronald Reagan.<\/p>\n

Rolf Lassg\u00e5rd stars as F\u00e4lldin, while Lithuanian actor K\u0119stutis Stasys Jak\u0161tas plays Leonid Brezhnev and British actor Mark Noble plays Ronald Reagan. The cast also features Elsa Saisio, Anders Mossling, Niklas Engdahl, Filip Berg and Adam Lundgren.<\/p>\n

The series is based on a story by author Jonas Jonasson (The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared<\/em>) and written by Henrik Jansson-Schweizer (Thicker Than Water<\/em>, Superswede<\/em>). Bj\u00f6rn Stein (Shed No Tears<\/em>, Midnight Sun<\/em>) is the director.<\/p>\n

Whiskey on the Rocks<\/em> is a co-production between SVT and The Walt Disney Company Nordic & Baltic. Jan Marnell is a producer. Executive producers are Patrick Nebout, Henrik Jansson-Schweizer, and Magnus Bimberg for Humanoids; Sonja Hermele and Anna Croneman for SVT; and Nanna Mailand-Mercado for Disney+.<\/p>\n

The series\u2019 six episodes are going to broadcast on SVT1 during the Christmas season. The series will then bow on Disney+ around the world, excluding Sweden, and on Hulu in the U.S. on January 22.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe true story behind Whiskey on the Rocks<\/em> is both dramatic and absurd, and something we felt would work very well as political satire,\u201d director Stein said. \u201cThe ambition was to use a visual and suspenseful language to contrast and enhance the humor, in a way you rarely see in comedies. Then when it shifts into true suspense, we are already in that visual world. And although the events in the series happened more than 40 years ago, looking around the world today, it is frighteningly topical.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vibeke Lia, director of programming and production at The Walt Disney Company Nordic & Baltic, added, \u201cWe are very happy to have partnered up with SVT and Humanoids on Whiskey on the Rocks<\/em>. Bringing the first Nordic production to Disney+ is incredible. The series is a testament to the richness of our stories, the talent of our region and the global appeal of Nordic storytelling. We can\u2019t wait for audiences around the world to experience the alternate version of what happened outside Karlskrona in 1981.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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