| DIRECTOR: |
Fridrik Thor Fridriksson |
| SCREENPLAY: |
Einar Kárason |
| CINEMATOGRAPHER: |
Ari Kristinsson |
| EDITION: |
Steingrimur Karlsson e Skule Eriksen |
| CAST: |
Baltasar Hormakúr, Gisli
Halldórsson, Sigurveig Jóndsdottir, Halidora Geirhardtsdóttir, Sveinn Geirsson,
Guômundur Ólafsson |
| PRODUCER: |
Fridrik Thor Fridiksson, Peter Rommel e
Egil Ödegaard |
| FESTIVALS: |
Berlim, Sundance |
| PRODUCTION: |
Icelandic Film Corporation, Peter Rommel
Filmproduction, Filmhuset e Zentropa Entertainments |
| WORLD SALES: |
Christa Saredi World Sales
Staffelstrasse 8, CH-8045 - Zurique
Tel.: 00 41 1 201 1151
Fax: 00 41 1 201 11 52 |
| ORIGINAL TITLE: |
Devil’s Island |
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Col., 103 min., 1996 |
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Fridrik Thor Fridriksson was born in Iceland in 1954. He learned filmmaking on his
own and made 16mm films when he was studying in the university. He founded the first
Icelandic magazine on cinema and helped to establish the Reykjavik Film Festival. He
directed the documentaries Rock in Reykjavik (1982) and Icelandic Cowboys
(1984). In 1987, he made his first feature: White Whales. Subsequently he directed
various films for Icelandic Television and, in 1992, he made Children of Nature,
selected for the 18th Săo Paulo International Film Festival, and indicated for the
Oscar for Best Foreign Film, in addition to receiving over 20 prizes all over the world.
He also directed Movie Days (1994) and Cold Fever (1995).
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In Reykjavik in post World War II, life is hard for the islanders that
survived the conflict and who live in a camp where tents used by American soldiers were
transformed into houses improvised for those with nowhere to live.