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The Fish Can Sing

02/11/1973

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2hrs 47min

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Drama

STORY

Set at the start of the twentieth century, the movie deals with the orphaned boy Álfgrímur, his adoptive grandparents, and the small, tolerant community of misfits and eccentrics they gather around them at Brekkukot, their cottage in Reykjavík. As Álfgrímur begins to encounter the minor politicians, businessmen and social-climbers of the growing town of Reykjavík he starts to question his future as a fisherman's grandson, and is increasingly fascinated by Garðar Hólm, the celebrated Icelandic "world singer" whose sporadic returns to Iceland encourage Álfgrímur to pursue his own personal goals of self-expression. He discovers the true value of his boyhood experiences only as he sets out on a path that will take him away from them forever.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Árni Árnason
  • Þorsteinn Ö. Stephensen
  • Regína Þórðardóttir
  • Þóra Borg Einarsson
  • Sigríður B Bragadóttir

    Director

  • Rolf Hädrich

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • RÚV
  • DR
  • NDR
  • Sveriges Radio

    Production Countries

  • Sweden
  • Germany
  • Iceland
  • Denmark
  • Norway

LANGUAGES

  • Icelandic

Cast

Árni Árnason

Álfgrímur (Age 17)

Þorsteinn Ö. Stephensen

Grandfather

Regína Þórðardóttir

Grandmother

Þóra Borg Einarsson

Aunt Kristín

Sigríður B Bragadóttir

Guðmundsen Girl

Róbert Arnfinnsson

Guðmundsen

Nikulás Þorvarðsson

Álfgrímur (Age 12)

Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir

Guðmundsen Girl (Aged 17)

Margrét Helga Jóhanssdóttir

Cloe

Jon Laxdal

Garðar Hólm