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The Far Traveller (2020)
Directed by Anna Dís Ólafsdóttir
Documentary · 52m
When she died around 1050 AD, a littleknown Viking explorer had become the most traveled woman of the Middle Ages. She had sailed across the Atlantic Ocean eight times and her travels extended from Iceland to Greenland, North America, Scandinavia, the British Isles, through Europe, and all the way to the Vatican in Rome. She was rescued by Leif Erikson from the shipwreck that earned him the nickname Leif the Lucky. Her name was Gudrídur Thorbjarnardóttir, aka the Far Traveller.
Cast
Imelda Staunton
Crew
- Director
- Anna Dís Ólafsdóttir
- Screenplay
- Anna Dís Ólafsdóttir
- Director of Photography
- Jóhann Sigfússon
- Producer
- Anna Dís Ólafsdóttir, Jóhann Sigfússon
Details
- Original title
- Guðríður víðförla
- Release date
- 2020-03-18
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- IS
- Spoken languages
- English, Icelandic