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Jar City

Jar City

2006•1h 33m•5.9/10
DramaThrillerCrime

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5.9/10(75)

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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Production

ARD Degeto, BlueEyes Productions, Bavaria Pictures, Nordisk Film Denmark

Language

IS

Status

Released

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Cast

Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

Erlendur

Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir

Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir

Eva Lind

Björn Hlynur Haraldsson

Björn Hlynur Haraldsson

Sigurður Óli

Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir

Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir

Elínborg

Atli Rafn Sigurðsson

Atli Rafn Sigurðsson

Örn

Kristbjörg Kjeld

Kristbjörg Kjeld

Katrín

Þorsteinn Gunnarsson

Holberg Jónsson

Theodór Júlíusson

Theodór Júlíusson

Elliði

Þórunn Magnea Magnúsdóttir

Elín

Guðmunda Elíasdóttir

Theodóra

Walter Grímsson

Handrukkarar

Magnús Ragnarsson

Lögfræðingur

Rafnhildur Rósa Atladótir

Kola

Jón Sigurbjörnsson

Albert

Valdimar Örn Flygenring

Valdimar Örn Flygenring

Pilot

Thor Tulinius

Thor Tulinius

Pathologe

Ása Hlín Svavarsdóttir

Starfskona á Hagstofu

Eyvindur Erlendsson

Rúnar Gislason

Elma Lísa Gunnarsdóttir

Elma Lísa Gunnarsdóttir

Gunnur

Erlendur Eiríksson

Öryggisvörður

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