Devil's Island (1996)
October 3, 1996Release Date
Devil's Island (1996)
October 3, 1996Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Baltasar Kormákur
Baddi
Sigurveig Jónsdóttir
Karolina
Gísli Halldórsson
Thomas
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
Dolly
Sveinn Þórir Geirsson
Danni
Saga Jónsdóttir
Gógó
Sveinn Geirsson
Danni
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson
Grjóni
Guðmundur Ólafsson
Grettir
Ari Kristinsson
Director of Photography
Steingrímur Karlsson
Editor
Magnús Ólafsson
Hreggviður
Skule Eriksen
Editor
Pálína Jónsdóttir
Hveragerður
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Music
Björgvin Halldórsson
Music
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Release DateOctober 3, 1996
Original NameDjöflaeyjan
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 44m
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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.