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The King of the River (1978)
Directed by Jón Hermannsson
Documentary · 25m
This documentary shows how Icelanders maintain the salmon stock in their rivers. It includes scenes from salmon fishing in the river Laxá í Kjós, the release of parr in a river called Svartá in the Skagafjördur district and the netting of salmon in the rivers Blanda and Ölfusá.
Crew
- Director
- Jón Hermannsson
- Screenplay
- Indriði G. Þorsteinsson
- Director of Photography
- Þrándur Thorodssen, Jón Hermannsson, Sigurður Sverrir Pálsson
- Editor
- Jón Hermannsson
Details
- Original title
- Konungur breiðunnar
- Release date
- 1978-01-01
- Runtime
- 25m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- IS
- Spoken languages
- Icelandic
- Countries
- Iceland
- Production
- Ísfilm (IS)