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The Herring Made Us All Rich (1989)
Directed by Hjálmtýr Heiðdal
Documentary · 46m
The story of a herring enterprise in Árneshreppur á Ströndum which began in 1934 with the construction of the country's biggest herring plant in the village of Djúpavík. The plant brought great prosperity to the community, in the mids of world depression. The film includes interviews with several people involved in this adventure as well as old films and photographs.
Crew
- Director
- Hjálmtýr Heiðdal
- Screenplay
- Hjálmtýr Heiðdal, Finnbogi Hermannsson
- Director of Photography
- Guðmundur Bjartmarsson, Hjálmtýr Heiðdal
- Editor
- Hjálmtýr Heiðdal
- Producer
- Hjálmtýr Heiðdal
Details
- Original title
- Af síldinni öll erum orðin rík...
- Release date
- 1989-03-22
- Runtime
- 46m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- IS
- Spoken languages
- Icelandic