The Nordland Railway: Tracks of War

Lønsdal - Røkland

“We were given weapons, Ingvar. We’re in the front line now.”
 
‘The Nordland Railway: Tracks of War’ is written and directed by Øystein Ulsberg Brager. Music and sound design by Øystein Vesaas. An audio drama from Nordland Teater and Bodø2024.
For complete credits, please see the episode “Credits”. For more information see trailway.no and bodo2024.no
 
Content warning: Please note that the series deals with stories from the Second World War, and contains depictions of, as well as references to, violence, murder and war crimes.
Note that the content of the episodes doesn’t always correspond directly with the railway stretch in the episode title. As an example, the stretch of railway from Fauske to Bodø was completed after the war was over. The series gives an artistic impression of the events along the railway. For historical facts we recommend further reading.

Røkland - Rognan

“We’ve driven all this way from the cabin so you can show me how someone’s tagged a rockface?”
 
‘The Nordland Railway: Tracks of War’ is written and directed by Øystein Ulsberg Brager. Music and sound design by Øystein Vesaas. An audio drama from Nordland Teater and Bodø2024.
For complete credits, please see the episode “Credits”. For more information see trailway.no and bodo2024.no
 
Content warning: Please note that the series deals with stories from the Second World War, and contains depictions of, as well as references to, violence, murder and war crimes.
Note that the content of the episodes doesn’t always correspond directly with the railway stretch in the episode title. As an example, the stretch of railway from Fauske to Bodø was completed after the war was over. The series gives an artistic impression of the events along the railway. For historical facts we recommend further reading.

Rognan - Fauske

“Beautiful trees, grass, headstones - why don’t people just trash the whole place?”
 
‘The Nordland Railway: Tracks of War’ is written and directed by Øystein Ulsberg Brager. Music and sound design by Øystein Vesaas. An audio drama from Nordland Teater and Bodø2024.
For complete credits, please see the episode “Credits”. For more information see trailway.no and bodo2024.no
 
Content warning: Please note that the series deals with stories from the Second World War, and contains depictions of, as well as references to, violence, murder and war crimes.
Note that the content of the episodes doesn’t always correspond directly with the railway stretch in the episode title. As an example, the stretch of railway from Fauske to Bodø was completed after the war was over. The series gives an artistic impression of the events along the railway. For historical facts we recommend further reading.

Fauske - Valnesfjord

“I fought for you, Anya. Not for the state, not for Stalin. For you.”
 
‘The Nordland Railway: Tracks of War’ is written and directed by Øystein Ulsberg Brager. Music and sound design by Øystein Vesaas. An audio drama from Nordland Teater and Bodø2024.
For complete credits, please see the episode “Credits”. For more information see trailway.no and bodo2024.no
 
Content warning: Please note that the series deals with stories from the Second World War, and contains depictions of, as well as references to, violence, murder and war crimes.
Note that the content of the episodes doesn’t always correspond directly with the railway stretch in the episode title. As an example, the stretch of railway from Fauske to Bodø was completed after the war was over. The series gives an artistic impression of the events along the railway. For historical facts we recommend further reading.

Valnesfjord - Oteråga

“Sceptical? I saw you when Lalla Carlsen was here. On the front row. You didn’t look very sceptical then!”
 
‘The Nordland Railway: Tracks of War’ is written and directed by Øystein Ulsberg Brager. Music and sound design by Øystein Vesaas. An audio drama from Nordland Teater and Bodø2024.
For complete credits, please see the episode “Credits”. For more information see trailway.no and bodo2024.no
 
Content warning: Please note that the series deals with stories from the Second World War, and contains depictions of, as well as references to, violence, murder and war crimes.
Note that the content of the episodes doesn’t always correspond directly with the railway stretch in the episode title. As an example, the stretch of railway from Fauske to Bodø was completed after the war was over. The series gives an artistic impression of the events along the railway. For historical facts we recommend further reading.

Oteråga - Tverlandet

“They’re covering it over again. Sweeping history under the carpet, again!”
 
‘The Nordland Railway: Tracks of War’ is written and directed by Øystein Ulsberg Brager. Music and sound design by Øystein Vesaas. An audio drama from Nordland Teater and Bodø2024.
For complete credits, please see the episode “Credits”. For more information see trailway.no and bodo2024.no
 
Content warning: Please note that the series deals with stories from the Second World War, and contains depictions of, as well as references to, violence, murder and war crimes.
Note that the content of the episodes doesn’t always correspond directly with the railway stretch in the episode title. As an example, the stretch of railway from Fauske to Bodø was completed after the war was over. The series gives an artistic impression of the events along the railway. For historical facts we recommend further reading.

Tverlandet - Mørkved

“He’s complaining about the Russians. That they’re lazy and don’t want to work and… keep dying.”
 
‘The Nordland Railway: Tracks of War’ is written and directed by Øystein Ulsberg Brager. Music and sound design by Øystein Vesaas. An audio drama from Nordland Teater and Bodø2024.
For complete credits, please see the episode “Credits”. For more information see trailway.no and bodo2024.no
 
Content warning: Please note that the series deals with stories from the Second World War, and contains depictions of, as well as references to, violence, murder and war crimes.
Note that the content of the episodes doesn’t always correspond directly with the railway stretch in the episode title. As an example, the stretch of railway from Fauske to Bodø was completed after the war was over. The series gives an artistic impression of the events along the railway. For historical facts we recommend further reading.

Mørkved - Bodø

“Where’s the train? What if something’s happened!”
 
‘The Nordland Railway: Tracks of War’ is written and directed by Øystein Ulsberg Brager. Music and sound design by Øystein Vesaas. An audio drama from Nordland Teater and Bodø2024.
For complete credits, please see the episode “Credits”. For more information see trailway.no and bodo2024.no
 
Content warning: Please note that the series deals with stories from the Second World War, and contains depictions of, as well as references to, violence, murder and war crimes.
Note that the content of the episodes doesn’t always correspond directly with the railway stretch in the episode title. As an example, the stretch of railway from Fauske to Bodø was completed after the war was over. The series gives an artistic impression of the events along the railway. For historical facts we recommend further reading.
 

Credits

‘The Nordland Railway: Tracks of War’ is written and directed by Øystein Ulsberg Brager. Music and sound design by Øystein Vesaas. An audio drama from Nordland Teater and Bodø2024.
For more information see nordlandteater.no, trailway.no and bodo2024.no
 
Content warning: Please note that the series deals with stories from the Second World War,, and contains depictions of, as well as references to, violence, murder and war crimes.
 
CREDITS
‘The Nordland Railway: Tracks of War’ was written and directed by Øystein Ulsberg Brager.
Bjørn Westlie was the historical consultant.
 
The podcast was edited, sound designed and mastered by Øystein Vesaas, who also composed and arranged the music.
 
The actors are:                                                     
Torgny Aanderaa
Alexander Ballinger
Tom Crowley
Alan Burgon                                                  
Sarah Golding
Danyil Kamenskyi
Layla Katib
Dino Kelly
Karim Kronfli
Laurence Owen
Benjamin Noble
Rebekah McLoughlin
Joshua Manning
Tom Middler                          
Julia Morizawa
Marina Popovic
Harald Thompson Rosenstrøm
Lindsay Sharman
Alexander Terentyev
and Felix Trench
                                              
The podcast was narrated by Samantha Lawson.
 
Thanks to the cast of the Norwegian version of this podcast for additional voices.
                                                          
The musicians were:                                                         
Einar Viken on strings
Torbjørn Holte on percussion
Tonje Gravningsmyhr on flugelhorn 
Susanne Thauland Hedberg on clarinet
Gjermund Kolltveit on Hardanger fiddle and kanklés
Trond Mellum on percussion                                    
and Terje Norum on wood organ
           
In addition to original compositions you will hear the folk tune “Wedding march from Sørfold” and “Dark is the Night”, composed by Nikita Bogoslovsky, with the original text by Vladimir Agatov. “Jeg blir så glad når solen skinner” was created by Herbert Herding, Kai Normann Andersen and Carl Viggo Meincke. «Deutschlandlied» was composed by Joseph Haydn with lyrics by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben. “Panzerlied” was composed by Kurt Wiehle. “Ja vi elsker” is composed by Rikard Nordraak with lyrics by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson.
                                                          
The series was recorded at Nitro Studios with recording engineers Kristian Bjørge and Lucas Fosheim Wienskol.
                                                          
Lines in German translated by Nelly Winterhalder.                                                
Lines in Ukrainian translated by Iryna Sabor.
Lines in Russian translated by Valentina Alexeeva.
Lines in Serbo-Croatian translated by Dino Kelly and Marina Popovic.                 
English version translated by Neil Howard.
Proofreading by Hege Woxen.Transcripts by Maty Parzival.
                                                          
From Nordland Theater, Trine Rimer, Frode Fridtjofsen and Aksel Bakken
contributed to the project. Visual profile by Yngvild Keilen. The project was initiated and made possible by Nordland Theater's Artistic Director Birgitte Strid.
 
The series was sponsored by Samfunnsløftet, Sparebank 1 Nord-Norge.
                       
Thanks to Peter Eide Walseth, Hemi Yeroham, Cecilia Persson and Ole Henrik Kappfjell.
 
‘The Nordland Railway: Tracks of War’ is produced by Nordland Teater in collaboration with Bodø2024.