Norway's national gold reserve becomes the object of a desperate escape in Gold Run, a wartime thriller built around a man asked to carry far more responsibility than he ever wanted.
What is Gold Run about?
Set during the German invasion of Norway at the outset of the Second World War, the film follows a reluctant central figure handed an enormous task: getting the entire Norwegian gold reserve out of the country before it falls into German hands. He is, by his own account, no natural hero, and the film leans into that mismatch between the man and the mission rather than smoothing it over. What follows is a race against advancing forces, difficult terrain and the sheer physical weight of the responsibility itself, with the reserve's fate standing in for the country's broader fight to keep something of its own out of occupied hands.
About the cast
The Norwegian cast is led by Jon Øigarden, alongside Ida Elise Broch, Sven Nordin, Eivind Sander, Axel Bøyum, Morten Svartveit, Anatole Taubman and Thorbjørn Harr, an ensemble built to carry both the tension of the mission and the quieter human stakes underneath it.
Context & significance
Directed by Hallvard Bræin and released in 2022, Gold Run draws on one of the lesser-known episodes of Norway's early wartime history, using it to tell a story that is as much about improvised courage as it is about the historic event itself. Its setting is treated as history rather than commentary, with the invasion and its dangers forming the backdrop against which one man's task plays out.
Watching Gold Run on Ktime
Gold Run is available on K-Time with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, so it can be watched in whichever format suits the viewer. Streaming it only requires logging into a free K-Time account, and the film's Farsi-language options are part of the platform's focus on serving the Iranian diaspora directly.