Devil's Island(Movie, 1996)

Name: Devil's Island
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 1996
Duration: T01:44:00
Rating: 3.2

Original title: "Djöflaeyjan" (Icelandic/IS)

1h 44min | Genres: Drama, Comedy

Rating: 3.2/5 (with 4 votes)

Devil's Island (Icelandic: Djöflaeyjan) is a 1996 Icelandic film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. It is a dark comedy filmed in the Grótta area of South west Iceland. The story depicts a group of otherwise homeless families living in barracks abandoned by the US Air Force after the Second World War. The film was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film's themes include an ambivalence towards America and Americans, poverty and the accompanying social stigma, superstition and the spirit world, and a destructive family dynamic. The sound-track combines American pop (some of it performed in Icelandic) and a score by Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Devil's Island

Amanda Award for Best Nordic Feature Film

About Devil's Island

Devil's Island is a bitter sweet tale of Iceland in the fifties. Life is rough in Reykjavik's post-war slum of Camp Thule, where the abandoned US military barracks have been turned into makeshift homes. Struggling wives and their hard-working husbands try to make ends meet. The younger generation dreams of dollars, Rock'n'Roll and the American way of life. To celebrate or to drown their misery - they're never short of a good reason to booze. Devil's Island vividly depicts the everyday life of a wacky family, their neighbours and friends and shows how some of their dreams come true and others don't.

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Additional Information

Production countries: Germany, Denmark, Iceland, Norway

Plays in: Reykjavík

Made by: Zentropa Entertainments, ZDF/Arte, Icelandic Film, Peter Rommel Productions

Original language: Icelandic (IS)

Spoken languages: Icelandic (IS)

Translated into 4 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Icelandic (IS), Russian (RU)

Status: Released

Release date US: 03/12/1999 (World premiere: 10/03/1996)

Cast: Baltasar Kormákur, Gísli Halldórsson

Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson

Screenwriter: Einar Kárason

Director of Photography: Ari Kristinsson

Composer: Björgvin Halldórsson

Keywords: based on novel or book, social outcast, poverty

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