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Under the Glacier (1989)
Directed by Guðný Halldórsdóttir
Comedy, Fantasy · 1h 31m
Our hero is Umbi (an acronym for emissary of the bishop), sent by him to undertake an important investigation at Snæfell-glacier. In particular he is to look into the conduct and behavior of Jón Prímus, the old pastor at Snæfell. Fantastic rumors are rife: amongst other things it is said that a corpse is lodged in the glacier! Armed with his tape recorder and notebook, Umbi embarks upon his mission. He tries to question the weird locals, a weird lot, but gets evasive answers. Slowly he is dragged into a quagmire of strange happenings and his efforts to understand only make him confused. If at the beginning he is a chipper, a mere device, by the end of the story he is inextricably involved, a committed participant in the bizarre events.
Cast
Sigurður Sigurjónsson
Umbi
Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir
Úa
Kristbjörg Kjeld
Hnallþóra
Helgi Skúlason
Dr. Godman Sýngmann
Þórhallur Sigurðsson
Jódínus Álfberg
Rúrik Haraldsson
Tumi Jónsen
Gestur Einar Jónasson
Helgi Lángvetníngur
Egill Ólafsson
Saknússemm II
Crew
- Director
- Guðný Halldórsdóttir
- Screenplay
- Gerald Wilson
- Novel
- Halldór Laxness
- Director of Photography
- Guðný Halldórsdóttir, W. P. Hassenstein
- Original Music Composer
- Gunnar Reynir Sveinsson
- Editor
- Kristín Pálsdóttir
- Producer
- Halldór Þorgeirsson, Ralph Christians
Details
- Original title
- Kristnihald undir Jökli
- Release date
- 1989-02-25
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Comedy, Fantasy
- Original language
- IS
- Spoken languages
- Icelandic
- Countries
- Germany, Iceland
- Production
- Umbi s.f., Magma Films Ltd., Süddeutscher Rundfunk