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Of Horses and Men ()

Hross í oss (original title)
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A country romance about the human streak in the horse and the horse in the human. Love and death become interlaced and with immense consequences. The fortunes of the people in the country through the horses' perception.

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Kolbeinn (as Ingvar E. Sigurðsson)
Charlotte Bøving ...
Solveig
Johann Pall Oddson ...
Jon
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Hildur
Steinn Ármann Magnússon ...
Vernhardur
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Ása
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Egill
Vilborg Halldórsdóttir ...
Thorgardur
Kash Erden Baater ...
Gengis
Juris Zablockis ...
Russian #1
Ikor Lezhenko ...
Russian #2
Atli Rafn Sigurðsson ...
Óli
Kjartan Ragnarsson ...
Grimur
Sigríður María Egilsdóttir ...
Jóhanna s&ælig;nska
Juan Camilo Román Estrada ...
Juan Camillo (as Juan Camillo Roman Estrada)
Ólafur Flosason ...
Bjossi
Erlingur Gíslason ...
Prestur
Hallmar Sigurðsson ...
Leifur á Læk
Kjartan Bjargmundsson ...
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Dýralæknir
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Signie
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Birta Rán Björgvinsdóttir ...
Extra (uncredited)

Directed by

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Benedikt Erlingsson

Written by

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Benedikt Erlingsson ... ()

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Friðrik Þór Friðriksson ... producer
Sindri Páll Kjartansson ... line producer
Christoph Thoke ... co-producer
Gudrun Edda Thorhanesdottir ... co-producer
Egil Ødegård ... co-producer

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Davíð Þór Jónsson ... (as David Thor Jonsson)

Cinematography by

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Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson

Editing by

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David Alexander Corno

Production Design by

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Sigurður Óli Pálmarsson

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Þórunn María Jónsdóttir

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Sigríður Rósa Bjarnardóttir ... special makeup effects artist
Gunnhildur Erlingsdóttir ... hair stylist / key makeup artist

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Ari Birgir Ágústsson ... property master

Sound Department

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Páll Sveinn Guðmundsson ... sound designer (as Pall S. Gudmundsson)
Fridrik Sturluson ... sound designer

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Jörundur Rafn Arnarson ... visual effects supervisor
Eggert Baldvinsson ... colorist
Jonmundur Gislason ... visual effects artist
Kjartan Hardarson ... visual effects artist
Gunnhildur Thorkelsdottir ... visual effects artist

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Gunnhildur Erlingsdóttir ... wardrobe

Music Department

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Davíð Þór Jónsson ... composer: theme music

Script and Continuity Department

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Bergþóra Ólöf Björnsdóttir ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Guðni Líndal Benediktsson ... horse wrangler
Thessa Mooij ... publicist
Karen Rudolph ... publicist: Germany

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Kolbeinn loves Solveig and Solveig loves Kolbeinn but Kolbeinn is in love with his prized possession and darling, the mare Grána and Grána is obsessed with the stallion Brúnn. Spring is coming and the whole community is following the story. This cannot end well. Vernhardur is in love with vodka and the horse Jarpur loves Vernhardur, his master. Aboard a Russian trawler is a mate by the name of Gengis who doesn't have vodka but loves horses like Jarpur. This not going to end well. Grimur has a passion for ancient horse roads but Egill admires barbed wire fences. Grimur owns a horse and a pair of pincers and Egill owns a tractor. This cannot end well. Johanna loves Raudka, her mare, but Raudka is in love with freedom. On the heath by an old summer cottage lies an injured old man. This could have a happy ending. Juan Camillo loves life and nature and is seeking God in the Icelandic highlands but the horse Old Piebald is tired and longs for rest. How will this end? Well, it all ends in the autumn when the horses are herded and men and horses become one great strand of excitement. The autumn round-up of the horses unifies theme, place, objects, time and characters into an ensemble film. Written by FSF

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Also Known As
  • Von Pferden und Menschen (Germany, German title)
  • Von Menschen und Pferden (Germany, German title)
  • Om hester og menn (Norway)
  • Om hester og menn (Norway, Norwegian title)
  • Of Horses and Men (Ireland, English title)
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  • 81 min
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Budget $10,000,000 (estimated)

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Trivia Although most of the cast are professional actors with good horse handling skills, the Swedish girl is actually a professional horse handler. See more »

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