| Orion's Belt | |
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| Directed by | Ola Solum (Norwegian version) Tristan de Vere Cole (English version) |
| Written by | Richard Harris Jon Michelet (novel) |
| Produced by | Dag Alveberg Petter Borgli |
| Starring | Helge Jordal Sverre Anker Ousdal Hans Ola Sørlie Kjersti Holmen |
| Cinematography | Harald Paalgard |
| Music by | Geir Bøhren Bent Åserud |
Production company | Filmeffekt |
| Distributed by | Kommunenes Filmcentral New World Pictures |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Norway |
| Languages | Norwegian English |
| Budget | 15 million kr |
| Box office | 14.1 million kr |
Orion's Belt (Norwegian: Orions belte) is a 1985 Norwegian dual-language, political action thriller film, directed by Ola Solum and Tristan de Vere Cole. It is based on Jon Michelet's 1977 novel by the same name. The film follows three Svalbard-based shabby seamen, played by Helge Jordal, Sverre Anker Ousdal and Hans Ola Sørlie, who discover a Soviet bearing station. They are subsequently targets of Soviet liquidation and American interrogation in an attempt to quiet them and retain the political status quo. The Cold War topics were a critique of the Norwegian policy of allowing a Soviet presence on Svalbard.
The film was produced by Dag Alveberg and Petter Borgli, and the script was written by Briton Richard Harris. Two versions of the film were recorded, a Norwegian cinematic film and an English-language television film. First Solum shot the Norwegian-language scenes, and then Cole shot the same scene with the actors speaking English. The entire crew and cast lived on board a ship which traveled through Svalbard and Finnmark during production. The theme music, Svalbardtema, was composed by Geir Bøhren and Bent Åserud and has become an anthem for Svalbard.