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Baltasar Kormákur | ... | Baddi | |
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Gísli Halldórsson | ... | Thomas |
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Sigurveig Jónsdóttir | ... | Karolina |
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir | ... | Dolly | |
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Sveinn Geirsson | ... | Danni |
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Guðmundur Ólafsson | ... | Grettir |
Ingvar Sigurdsson | ... | Grjóni (as Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson) | |
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Magnús Ólafsson | ... | Hreggviður |
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Pálína Jónsdóttir | ... | Hveragerður |
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Saga Jónsdóttir | ... | Gógó |
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Arnljótur Sigurðsson | ... | Bóbó eldri |
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Gylfi Sigurðsson | ... | Bóbó yngri |
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Valgerður Sigurðardóttir | ... | Gislina |
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Óskar Jónasson | ... | Lúí Lúí |
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Ævar Örn Jósefsson | ... | Maggi bjútí |
Djoflaeyjan takes place in Reykjavik in the years following World War II. The British and American occupation army has left their bunkers behind. They became homes to hundreds of lower-class people who were pouring into the capital during those years. Djoflaeyjan tells the story of the struggle and often humorous life of people in the bunkers in those difficult times. Written by Frimann Stefansson <frimann@rhi.hi.is>
This movie is a good, 'gritty' film, about a lower class family going through major cultural shock. Chances are you don't speak icelandic (I don't) but subtitled it flowed very well. It's not hollywood like, it goes a bit slower than your average film, but they use that time to develop the characters and to get you emotionally involved.