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Devil's Island (Icelandic: Djöflaeyjan) is a 1996 Icelandic film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. It is a dark comedy filmed in the Grótta area of South west Iceland. The story depicts a group of otherwise homeless families living in barracks abandoned by the US Air Force after the Second World War. The film was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
The film's themes include an ambivalence towards America and Americans, poverty and the accompanying social stigma, superstition and the spirit world, and a destructive family dynamic. The sound-track combines American pop (some of it performed in Icelandic) and a score by Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson.
Original Release
10/03/1996
US Release
03/12/1999
Cast
Name | Character |
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Baltasar Kormákur | Baddi |
Gísli Halldórsson | Thomas |
Sigurveig Jónsdóttir | Karolina |
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir | Dolly |
Sveinn Geirsson | Danni |
Guðmundur Ólafsson | Grettir |
Ingvar Sigurdsson | Grjóni |
Magnús Ólafsson | Hreggviður |
Pálína Jónsdóttir | Hveragerður |
Saga Jónsdóttir | Gógó |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Baltasar Kormákur | Baddi |
Gísli Halldórsson | Thomas |
Sigurveig Jónsdóttir | Karolina |
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir | Dolly |
Sveinn Geirsson | Danni |
Guðmundur Ólafsson | Grettir |
Ingvar Sigurdsson | Grjóni |
Magnús Ólafsson | Hreggviður |
Pálína Jónsdóttir | Hveragerður |
Saga Jónsdóttir | Gógó |
Arnljótur Sigurðsson | Bóbó eldri |
Gylfi Sigurðsson | Bóbó yngri |
Valgerður Sigurðardóttir | Gislina |
Oskar Jonasson | Lúí Lúí |
Ævar Örn Jósefsson | Maggi bjútí |
Helga Braga Jónsdóttir | Gréta |
Margrét Ákadóttir | Fía |
Sigurður Sigurjónsson | Tóti |
Guðrún Gísladóttir | Þórgunnur |
Árni Tryggvason | Afi |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Producer |
Peter Aalbæk Jensen | Producer |
Ari Kristinsson | Producer |
Peter Rommel | Producer |
Egil Ødegård | Producer |