Devil's Island

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Devil's Island

7.2 | 1h44m | en | Drama

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.

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7.2 | 1h44m | en | Drama , Comedy | More Info

Released: March. 12,1999 | Released Producted By: Zentropa Entertainments , Peter Rommel Productions Country: Norway Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Baltasar Kormákur , Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir , Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

Director

Árni Páll Jóhannsson

Producted By

Zentropa Entertainments , Peter Rommel Productions

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Cast

Baltasar Kormákur

as Baddi

Reykjavik-Rotterdam No Such Thing Regína 101 Reykjavik Devil's Island

Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir

as Dolly

The Very Last Fishing Trip Margrete: Queen of the North Aska Thirst Woman at War Spooks and Spirits Polite People Of Horses and Men Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre

Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

as Grjóni

Godland The Northman Blackport Lamb Katla To Plant a Flag Thirst A White, White Day Killing Eve

Reviews

þorsteinn þráinsson This movie is really good. At least it's better than the book although many people would disagree with me there. To enjoy this film more than some have been doing you'll have to know what situation the people are in. The movie is based on the Icelandic lives at that time. I think it's a great movie but not the best Icelandic movie i've seen.If I would see some film that is identical to this one from another country with another culture I would not enjoy it as much. For example if there were a movie about someone in Britain and I would not know the situation the people would be in I wouldn't understand the story in the film.I recommend to everybody who can read the book to read it before or after you see this film. In the book you can see the storyline much better and you'll know why this is a really good movie.

yokolino Poor families In the barrack district in Reykjavik in 50's. Mother who gets married and moves to America leaving her children. Grown-up boy sticking around with his gang and violence. His younger brother with bad self-confidence and the tragedy, which wakes up his wild brother to consider of his own life. The film is full of tragedies, miserable and disparate people. But, so amazing, the film ends peacefully with "Charles Chaplin" and the opera singing boy. This ending doesn't however let the audiences forget what happened with the family before, and even though, you get hope of bright future of the family. Very unique film with any possible elements of life. The Icelandic language spies the film too with its beautiful sounds.

Thaaddios This movie is a good, 'gritty' film, about a lower class family going through major cultural shock. Chances are you don't speak icelandic (I don't) but subtitled it flowed very well. It's not hollywood like, it goes a bit slower than your average film, but they use that time to develop the characters and to get you emotionally involved.

monkey-51 Alright so I may be biased since I played "Dick" in the movie (2 lines, Woo Hoo!!) but I definitely liked it. Although the characters sometimes seemed like caricatures you have to remember that they were trying to distill an entire nation's attitudes down into a few people. The movie is not exactly uplifting but it is well done. The acting is quality and Fridrik Thor's directing is on par with his Oscar nominated "Children of Nature."