Ragnhildur Gísladóttir
Also Known As: Ragga Gisla
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Reykjavík, Iceland
Birthday: October 07, 1956
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Memphis
Overview: To start with we are led to believe the setting is a country-hotel of some sort. In the end we discover this is a State Rehabilitation Facility and everything that happens is a carefully orchestrated escape plot by some of the inmates. The film was shot on location at an isolated boarding school in Saelingsdalur in the west of Iceland. The school is used as a hotel during the summer months but the film takes place in the wintertime.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2002-01-04
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A Fairy Tale of Our Time
Overview: A story in the form of a fairy tale, that tells of the time the Princess calls upon her hero to slay the modern day dragon. The film is unusual in the way it portrays ecological issues in a highly artistic way.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: is
Release Date: 1992-12-19
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Ahead of Time
Overview: More than twenty years after the premiere of one of the most beloved Icelandic films (On Top/Med allt a hreinu 1982) a sequel appears. A band which folded twenty years ago (they were even considered old-fashioned then) sees fit to stage a comeback. Indications point to a great future until the ghosts of the past catch up with the band in the form of a single mother and a jolly roadie. We follow the band not only through the magnificent Icelandic landscape but also through two continents and a brief spell in the other world.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2004-12-26
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On Top
Overview: Two rock groups, one male, the other female, decide to do a combined effort to hit the road of stardom by doing a show together. As the show is getting on the road, the lead singers of the two groups have a disagreement which brings about a parting of ways, in love as in life. A historic tour of the country begins, which through the music and performances of the two groups as well as the reactions of their audiences, reveals, beneath the comedy, glimpses of today's real competition between the sexes, seen against the background of Icelandic life.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: is
Release Date: 1982-12-18
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Cool Jazz and Coconuts
Overview: The actress is to produce a play with the local amateur group and old romantic flames are rekindled. At the same time an American army unit is making experiments with a new and powerful energy source in the vicinity, promising the community a prosperous future.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: is
Release Date: 1985-03-16
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The Quiet Storm
Overview: A young girl breaks up from her petit bourgeoisie home and her piano lessons to lead an entirely new life, as one of the personnel at an institution for juvenile delinquents in a remote part of Northern Iceland. It is the 1970s and the young people in charge of the place are heavily into flower power, sitar music and solving problems by frank talk sessions with the delinquents. However, the hippies, who themselves despise authority, soon find their own authority under attack by the rebellious youngsters, especially after the arrival of a mysterious young girl. Then a violent incident occurs that will have a decisively detrimental effect on relations at the institution.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2007-09-07
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The Honour of the House
Overview: A hypocritical and selfish older sister holds power over her younger, unselfish and humanitarian sister by hiding the shame of her younger sister's pregnancy, with the purpose of upholding the aristocratic status of their name and household. Or that is what we are told, because underneath the facade, is a story of two sisters, who have had intimacy with the same man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: is
Release Date: 1999-10-08
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Cop Secret
Overview: When Bússi, Iceland's toughest cop, is forced to work with a new partner to solve a series of bank robberies, the pressure to close the case as soon as possible proves too much for him.
Genres: Comedy Action Thriller
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2022-05-23
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The Men's Choir
Overview: A men's choir decides to go to Sweden and Germany. Shortly before their departure the choir director, Max, dies and is mourned by the choir and especially by their accompanist Magga, whom he was in love with. In deference to Max's memory, they embark upon a mission of song and companionship, in order to adjust to their loss.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: is
Release Date: 1992-12-19
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