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When the Raven Flies

Original title: Hrafninn flýgur
  • 19841984
  • RR
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
2.5K
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When the Raven Flies (1984)
ActionAdventureDrama
An Irish man seeks vengeance against the vikings who killed his parents.An Irish man seeks vengeance against the vikings who killed his parents.An Irish man seeks vengeance against the vikings who killed his parents.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
2.5K
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    • Hrafn Gunnlaugsson
  • Writers
    • Edda Andrésdóttir(additional)
    • Hrafn Gunnlaugsson
    • Dashiell Hammett(novels "Red Harvest" and "Glass Key")
  • Stars
    • Jakob Þór Einarsson
    • Edda Björgvinsdóttir
    • Helgi Skúlason
    • Hrafn Gunnlaugsson
  • Writers
    • Edda Andrésdóttir(additional)
    • Hrafn Gunnlaugsson
    • Dashiell Hammett(novels "Red Harvest" and "Glass Key")
  • Stars
    • Jakob Þór Einarsson
    • Edda Björgvinsdóttir
    • Helgi Skúlason
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    • 24User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Helgi Skúlason, Egill Ólafsson, and Júlíus Hjörleifsson in When the Raven Flies (1984)
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    Jakob Þór Einarsson
    Jakob Þór Einarsson
    • Gest
    Edda Björgvinsdóttir
    Edda Björgvinsdóttir
    • Gest's Sister
    Helgi Skúlason
    Helgi Skúlason
    • Thord
    Gotti Sigurdarson
    Gotti Sigurdarson
    • Einar
    • (as Gottskálk D. Sigurdarson)
    Flosi Ólafsson
    Flosi Ólafsson
    • Erik
    Egill Ólafsson
    Egill Ólafsson
    • Thord's Brother
    Sveinn M. Eiðsson
    Sveinn M. Eiðsson
    • Guard
    Gunnar Jónsson
    Gunnar Jónsson
    • Erik's Retainer
    Þráinn Karlsson
    Þráinn Karlsson
    • Olaf the Childlover
    Anna S. Karlsdóttir
      Abba M. Jóhannsdóttir
      Anna Reynisdóttir
      Arnaldur Friðgeirsson
      Ármann Ingason
      Birgir Guðjónsson
      Birgir Mikaelsson
      • Thord's Retainer
      Bjarni Guðmarsson
      Börkur Arnviðarson
      • Merchant
        • Hrafn Gunnlaugsson
      • Writers
        • Edda Andrésdóttir(additional)
        • Hrafn Gunnlaugsson
        • Dashiell Hammett(novels "Red Harvest" and "Glass Key") (uncredited)
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      • Trivia
        The line "thungur hnifur" (heavy knifer) became a popular buzzword in Sweden during the 80's after the film's premiere.
      • Quotes

        Gest: Heavy knife.

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        Featured in Partiledaren som klev ut ur kylan (2021)
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        Á Sprengisandi
        Written by Sigvaldi Kaldalóns

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      8/10
      Stark, brutal and gloomy tale of unrelenting vengeance.
      "When the Raven Flies" death is coming....in this stark, brutal and gloomy tale of unrelenting vengeance. A Celtic Christian boy's family in Ireland is wiped out in a Viking raid, with his older sister carried off into sexual bondage. When he becomes a man, he tracks down the band of exiles all the way to Iceland where they await the death of their enemy, King Harald of Norway. One by one he patiently stalks each member of the band and cunningly turns their barbaric superstitions and brutish natures against them. The authenticity of the Icelandic setting and the grubbiness of the actors lend veracity to this depiction of this dark period in Scandinavian history in which the blood feuds lasted for generations. This film has a strangely compelling beauty threaded through its dominant theme of violence begetting violence in a self-perpetuating cycle.
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      • Nov 19, 2004

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        • April 25, 1985 (United States)
        • Iceland
        • Sweden
        • Icelandic
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        • Kleifarvatn, Iceland
      • Production companies
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        • Viking Film
        • Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI)
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      • 1 hour 49 minutes
        • Dolby Stereo

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