Devil's Island

Devil's Island

1996•1h 44m•6.5/10

DramaComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.5/10(10)

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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Production

Íslenska kvikmyndasamsteypan, Zentropa Entertainments, Peter Rommel Productions, Filmhuset AS, ZDF/Arte

Language

IS

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Baltasar Kormákur

Baltasar Kormákur

Baddi

Sigurveig Jónsdóttir

Karolina

Gísli Halldórsson

Thomas

Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir

Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir

Dolly

Sveinn Þórir Geirsson

Danni

Saga Jónsdóttir

Gógó

Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

Grjóni

Geo von Krogh

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