Englar alheimsins (2000)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Friðrik Þór Friðriksson

Writer:

Einar Guðmundsson (novel)

Release Date:

1 January 2000 (Iceland)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Plot:

Páll is an artistic and sensitive young man. Getting dumped by his girlfriend, Dagny, triggers his descent into madness...

Plot Keywords:

Mental Institution | Schizophrenia | Suicide | Mental Illness | Based On Novel

Awards:

14 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson	...	Páll (as Ingvar E. Sigurðsson)
Baltasar Kormákur	...	Óli
Hilmir Snær Guðnason	...	Pétur
Björn Jörundur Friðbjörnsson	...	Viktor
Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir	...	Móðir Páls
Theódór Júlíusson	...	Faðir Páls
Friðrik Steinn Friðriksson	...	Haraldur
Sara Margrét Mikaelsdóttir	...	Svana
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir	...	Dagný
Þór Tulinius	...	Rögnvaldur
Hrönn Steingrímsdóttir	...	Móðir Dagnýjar
Pétur Einarsson	...	Brynjólfur
Egill Ólafsson	...	Lúðvík
Pálmi Gestsson	...	Vilhjálmur
Jón Karl Helgason	...	Eysteinn

Also Known As:

Angels of the Universe
Engel des Universums (Germany)
Universets engler (Norway)
Universums änglar (Sweden)

Runtime:

100 min | Germany:102 min

Country:

Iceland | Norway | Germany | Sweden | Denmark

Language:

Icelandic

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Czech Republic:15 | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 (bw) | Iceland:L | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Reykjavík, Iceland

Company:

Icelandic Film

Trivia:

The dream scene with the horses is not as clear as it should be. In the book, Páll had three siblings, not two as is shown. Four horses = four siblings.

Movie Connections:

References Crocodile Dundee (1986)

Soundtrack:

Dánarfregnir og jarðarfarir (Death Announcements and Funerals)

Beautiful, sad, funny and relevant

As far as I know this was my first experience with Icelandic movies. It's such a relief to see something else than your regular Hollywood motion picture. Too bad that movies like this one have a small chance of succeeding in the big world. I can only hope that people watch this by accident, by recommendation or other...

Because it's really worth while. I left the cinema feeling really sad. I couldn't get the tragic destiny's of the characters out of my head. And it impressed me even more when I thought of the complexity of the film. Not only was it a tragic story, it had excellent comic reliefs and a very good soundtrack.

If you have the opportunity, watch it! It's really thought provoking and made me ponder a lot.