Devil's Island

10/03/1996

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1hr 44min

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Drama

,Comedy

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Baltasar Kormákur
  • Sigurveig Jónsdóttir
  • Gísli Halldórsson
  • Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
  • Sveinn Þórir Geirsson

    Directors

  • Ari Kristinsson
  • Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Íslenska kvikmyndasamsteypan
  • Zentropa Entertainments
  • Peter Rommel Productions
  • Filmhuset AS
  • ZDF/Arte

    Production Countries

  • Denmark
  • Germany
  • Iceland
  • Norway

LANGUAGES

  • Icelandic