Shadow of the Raven

Name: Í skugga hrafnsins
Genre: Drama
Released: 1988-10-23
Duration: 2 h 4 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Reine Brynolfsson, Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir, Egill Ólafsson

Original title: Í skugga hrafnsins

19881988
2h 4min

6.4/10

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Reine Brynolfsson, Sigurður Sigurjónsson, and Helgi Skúlason in Í skugga hrafnsins (1988)

Drama

Trausti returns to Iceland just in time to be entangled in a family feud over a stranded whale-cadaver. His mother (the family head) is mortally wounded and Grim kills Erikur; the other clan... Read allTrausti returns to Iceland just in time to be entangled in a family feud over a stranded whale-cadaver. His mother (the family head) is mortally wounded and Grim kills Erikur; the other clan leader. Isold, daughter of Erikur now takes his place. Isold and Trausti are attracted to... Read allTrausti returns to Iceland just in time to be entangled in a family feud over a stranded whale-cadaver. His mother (the family head) is mortally wounded and Grim kills Erikur; the other clan leader. Isold, daughter of Erikur now takes his place. Isold and Trausti are attracted to each other, but Isold was promised to Hjoerleifur - the son of the Bishop (of Iceland) an... Read all

6.4/10

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Awards
- 2 nominations

Reine Brynolfsson and Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir in Í skugga hrafnsins (1988)

Kristbjörg Kjeld and Egill Ólafsson in Í skugga hrafnsins (1988)

Reine Brynolfsson in Í skugga hrafnsins (1988)

Trausti returns to Iceland just in time to be entangled in a family feud over a stranded whale-cadaver. His mother (the family head) is mortally wounded and Grim kills Erikur; the other clan leader. Isold, daughter of Erikur now takes his place. Isold and Trausti are attracted to each other, but Isold was promised to Hjoerleifur - the son of the Bishop (of Iceland) and his powerful wife. However, Isold has a plan... —Staale A. Olsen <sao@idt.unit.no>

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Genre
- Drama
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Trivia
Appearing as a extra in this film is what made Noomi Rapace want to be an actress. According to Rapace, some of the actors where getting tired after a long day of shooting the wedding scene and asked director Hrafn Gunnlaugsson to call it a day. When he heard this, he pointed at Rapace who was still dancing after hours of filming, and said: "Look, if that little girl can continue, then so can you!"

Quotes
Sol: Daddy, will you play with me?
Trausti: I will play with you later Sol. Now I will play with Hjoerleiurf

Connections
Followed by Hvíti víkingurinn (1991)

Soundtracks
Suðurnesjamenn
Written by Sigvaldi Kaldalóns

Top review

7/10

Great sequel

I Skugga Hrafnsins--released in English-speaking countries as Shadow of the Raven--is essentially Tristan and Isolde, Icelandic style. During the late 11th century, Iceland is gradually being converted to Christianity, but old ways die hard. Tratusi (Reine Brynolfsson), a young Norseman, returns home to discover that his family is embroiled in a deadly feud...over the beached carcass of a whale. When the rival clan leader is killed, he is replaced by his daughter Isold (Tinna Gunnlaugsdottir) To assure that peace will reign in the region, Isold is promised in marriage to the son of the Bishop of Iceland (Sune Mangs)--who, despite his position as official spokesperson of Christian values, is corrupt and power-hungry. Isold would be willing to swallow her indignation and concede to this marriage of diplomacy, but she has fallen in love with her "enemy" Tratusi. Her plan to follow her heart while seeming to follow her duty inevitably ends in tragedy. Slow going for non-Scandanavian audiences, I Skugga Hrafnsina picks up tremendously in its violent final third.

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