Jar City(Movie, 2006)

Name: Jar City
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: 2006
Duration: T01:33:00
Rating: 3

Original title: "Mýrin" (Icelandic/IS)

1h 33min | Genres: Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: 3.0/5 (with 32 votes)

Jar City (Icelandic: Mýrin – "The Bog") is a 2006 Icelandic film directed by Baltasar Kormákur. It is based on Mýrin, a 2000 novel written by Arnaldur Indriðason and released in English as Jar City. Kormákur is in the midst of producing an English-language remake, also called Jar City, which will be set in Louisiana. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Jar City

Edda Award for Best Film Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)

About Jar City

A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.

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Trailer for Jar City + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Mýrin (Jar City) 2006 Trailer w/subs(Trailer, 2:00)

Additional Information

Production countries: Germany, Denmark, Iceland

Shot in: Iceland

Plays in: Iceland

Based on: "Jar City" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: Nordisk Film, Blueeyes Productions, Degeto Film, Bavaria Pictures

Original language: Icelandic (IS)

Spoken languages: Icelandic (IS)

Translated into 14 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Icelandic (IS), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 10/20/2008 (World premiere: 10/20/2006)

Cast: Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Atli Rafn Sigurðarson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir, Þórunn Magnea Magnúsdóttir, Theódór Júlíusson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Elma Lísa Gunnarsdóttir, Guðmunda Elíasdóttir, Þór Tulinius, Valdimar Örn Flygenring, Jón Sigurbjörnsson, Þórhallur Gunnarsson, Þorsteinn Gunnarsson, Erlendur Eiríksson, Kristinn Ágúst Friðfinnsson

Director: Baltasar Kormákur

Screenwriter: Baltasar Kormákur

Film Editor: Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir

Director of Photography: Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson

Composer: Mugison

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"La cité des jarres"

"Räme"

"Crime Scene"

"Mýrin"

Keywords: murder, nordic noir, based on novel or book

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Jar City(Movie, 2006)

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