Gunnar Eyjólfsson
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 14, 1926
Deathday: November 21, 2016
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Gender: Male
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Beowulf & Grendel
Overview: The blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Heads will roll. Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to rid a village of the marauding monster.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-14
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Swan
Overview: Swan is an old man from the country. He comes alone to the city to get medical treatment. But the city is not welcoming. Nobody wants to have anything to do with him. Then he discovers that it might have to do with his clothes - if he just had clothes like those gentlemen he sees in the streets.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: is
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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The Sea
Overview: Wealthy, aging patriarch Thordur assembles his scattered heirs in his remote Icelandic fishing village to discuss the future of the family fishery. But bringing everyone together unleashes a storm of long-repressed dark family secrets.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2002-09-13
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Magnús
Overview: Magnús is a 45-year-old lawyer, whose routine is upset by the personal news that he is suffering from cancer. This causes Magnús to stop and think about himself, his life and his family. If his life is going to end sooner than he expected, he wants to know how much it's been worth to him. Has life been worth living? Is it worth fighting for; is it worth a struggle against death? He takes a look at his family, a group of ordinary people, who are the colourful heroes of everyday life, struggling along in a world far removed from the world of high finance, power politics and international intrigues, but yet to them their lives are lives of high adventure. Those adventures, from the sublime to the ridiculous, form the storyline of the film, told against the background of Magnús' dilemma.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: is
Release Date: 1989-08-11
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Time of the Wolf
Overview: The young nobleman Inge is riding through Sweden, looking for his twin brother, Arild. He meets a group of gypsies who welcome him. They met Arild earlier and believe that the brother is Arild. Inge falls in love with the mysterious girl Isis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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The Girl Gogo
Overview: Ragnar has left his family farm and works as a taxi driver in Reykjavík in the early sixties. He's drawn to the beautiful but unhappy girl Gogo and hopes to build a better life with her. But she's a lost soul and their brief romance results in tragedy.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: is
Release Date: 1962-10-12
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The Messanger
Overview: Páll thinks he is just like everyone else, that is until he begins to have vivid visions about life after death. At first he has a open mind about them, but discovers through them an evil plot. The visions show him a spree of killing of important people within society. A panic ensues, and Páll gets tangled in a plot with powerful people and a cult that could destroy society.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2010-07-07
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The Icelandic Dream
Overview: A business man and weekend dad is getting worn down by family trouble, business failure and the continuous loss of his favorite football team. He decides to start importing Bulgarian energy cigarettes in a last ditch attempt at success ... his best friend soon advises that suicide might be his best option.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2000-09-07
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Small Mountain
Overview: Not expecting his son back today, Emil is brought to face his past, his family, his community, after he finds himself stuck upon the small mountain. This will be a day to remember.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2008-03-14
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101 Reykjavik
Overview: Thirty-year-old Hlynur still lives with his mother and spends his days drinking, watching porn and surfing the net while living off unemployment checks. A girl is interested in him, but he stands back from commitment. His mother's Spanish flamenco teacher, Lola, moves in with them for Christmas. On New Year's Eve, while his mother is away, Hlynur finds out Lola is a lesbian, but also ends up having sex with her. He soon finds out he and his mother are sharing more than a house. Eventually he must find out where he fits into the puzzle, and how to live life less selfishly.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2000-05-31
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Between Mountain and Shore
Overview: 19th century Iceland: Ingolfur, the son of an impoverished farmer, is courting a wealthy merchant’s daughter. Things are complicated when he’s wrongly accused of stealing sheep. Based on a true incident.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: is
Release Date: 1949-01-14
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The Atomic Station
Overview: The film tells the story of a young farmgirl moving to Reykjavík after the second world war, and her attempts to adapt to the city life.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: is
Release Date: 1984-03-18
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Sjómaðurinn, spákonan, blómasalinn, skóarinn, málarinn og Sveinn
Overview: No plot synopsis found anywhere online.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: is
Release Date: 1991-12-01
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Love in a Supermarket
Overview: Albert works in the meat section of a convenience store who falls in love with a woman who frequents the store.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: is
Release Date: 1986-06-17
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Didda & the dead cat
Overview: Through a series of mishaps Didda loses her need for glasses, and gains the power of superhuman vision. A power that comes to good use when Didda starts trying to find the men who kidnapped her brother and his friend.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2003-02-07
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Mamma Gógó
Overview: Mamma Gógó is about Gógó, an elderly lady, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer disease and her son’s and family’s reaction to her illness. While Gógó is continuously getting herself into trouble, of the kind only a person with Alzheimer can, the son, the director, is struggling with financial troubles after his film Children of Nature has flopped in the cinema. As Gógó‘s disease progresses her family decides that it is best for her to move to a nursing home. Gógó and her deceased husband, who appears on the scene, are not happy with that decision. The director is dependent on others when it comes to his finances and when Gógó settles into the nursing home he decides to sell his mother’s apartment and valuable artwork but the profits of the sale help him to get by.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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