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Devil's Island (1996)
Directed by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
Drama, Comedy · 1h 44m
Devil's Island is a bitter sweet tale of Iceland in the fifties. Life is rough in Reykjavik's post-war slum of Camp Thule, where the abandoned US military barracks have been turned into makeshift homes. Struggling wives and their hard-working husbands try to make ends meet. The younger generation dreams of dollars, Rock'n'Roll and the American way of life. To celebrate or to drown their misery - they're never short of a good reason to booze. Devil's Island vividly depicts the everyday life of a wacky family, their neighbours and friends and shows how some of their dreams come true and others don't.
Cast
Baltasar Kormákur
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson
Guðrún Gísladóttir
Sigurður Sigurjónsson
Crew
- Director
- Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
- Writer
- Einar Kárason
- Director of Photography
- Ari Kristinsson
- Editor
- Steingrímur Karlsson, Skule Eriksen
- Producer
- Peter Rommel, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Egil Ødegård
Details
- Original title
- Djöflaeyjan
- Release date
- 1996-10-03
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Original language
- IS
- Spoken languages
- Icelandic
- Countries
- Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Norway
- Production
- Íslenska kvikmyndasamsteypan, Zentropa Entertainments, Peter Rommel Productions, Filmhuset AS, ZDF/Arte