List of Icelandic films
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The following is a list of notable films produced in Iceland by Icelanders. Star marked films are films in coproduction with Iceland. According to Icelandic name tradition, last names of Icelandic names end in -son or -dóttir with few exceptions; Icelandic directors, such as one of Iceland's most famous Baltasar Kormákur and Sólveig Anspach while Arne Mattsson is actually Swedish. However his film is based on a book by the Icelandic Nobel-price winning author Halldór Laxness.
Contents
1900 - 1979
Year | Original title | English title | Director |
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1915 | Breiðafjarðareyjar | Breiðafjarðareyjar documentary |
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1923* | Hadda Padda | Hadda Padda co-production |
Gunnar Robert Hansen Guðmundur Kamban |
1923 | Ævintýri Jóns og Gvendar | Ævintýri Jóns og Gvendar short film |
Loftur Guðmundsson (is) |
1925 | Ísland í lifandi myndum | Ísland í lifandi myndum documentary |
|
1926* | Det Sovende hus | Det Sovende hus co-production |
Guðmundur Kamban |
1944 | Lýðveldisstofnunin 1944 | Lýðveldisstofnunin 1944 documentary |
Óskar Gíslason (is) |
1947 | Reykjavík vorra daga | Reykjavík vorra daga documentary |
|
1949 | Björgunarafrekið við Látrabjarg | Björgunarafrekið við Látrabjarg documentary |
Óskar Gíslason (is) |
1949 | Milli fjalls og fjöru | Milli fjalls og fjöru | Loftur Guðmundsson (is) |
1950 | Síðasti bærinn í dalnum | Síðasti bærinn í dalnum[1] | Óskar Gíslason (is) |
1951 | Niðursetningurinn | Niðursetningurinn | Loftur Guðmundsson (is) |
1951 | Reykjavíkurævintýri Bakkabræðra | Reykjavíkurævintýri Bakkabræðra | Óskar Gíslason (is) |
1954 | Fögur er hlíðin | Fögur er hlíðin | |
1954 | Nýtt hlutverk | Nýtt hlutverk | Óskar Gíslason (is) |
1954* | Salka Valka | Salka Valka co-production |
Arne Mattsson |
1957 | Gilitrutt | Gilitrutt | Ásgeir Long |
1962 | 79 af stöðinni | 79 af stöðinni | Erik Balling |
1962 | Hafnarfjörður fyrr og nú | Hafnarfjörður fyrr og nú documentary |
Gunnar Róbertsson Hansen |
1967 | Hernámsárin 1 | Hernámsárin 1 documentary |
Reynir Oddsson (is) |
1967* | Den Røde kappe | Hagbard and Signe | Gabriel Axel |
1969 | Hernámsárin 2 | Hernámsárin 2 documentary |
Reynir Oddsson (is) |
1972 | Brekkukotsannáll | Brekkukotsannáll | Rolf Hädrich |
1977 | Morðsaga | Morðsaga | Reynir Oddsson (is) |
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Partial list films strongly related to Iceland while not produced in Iceland by Icelanders:
- Iceland (1942)
- Reykjavik (2014)
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Films (partly) taken in Iceland
- Batman Begins - scenes on ice taken in Iceland
- Die Another Day
- The Fifth Element
- Flags of Our Fathers - war scenes on black beach
- Independence Day (1996)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
- Judge Dredd
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
- Saga Borgarættarinnar (1919) - first film taken in Iceland
- A View to a Kill - opening scene
- Oblivion (2013)
- The secret life of Walter Mitty (2013)- also includes Icelandic actors
References
- ↑ http://www.kvikmyndavefurinn.is/films/nr/130
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469754/companycredits?ref_=tt_dt_co The Boss of It All (2006): Company Credits