Devil's Island
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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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Cast
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Baltasar Kormákur
Baddi
Known for
The Oath
Reykjavik-Rotterdam
Sigurveig Jónsdóttir
Karolina
Also in
The Seagull's Laughter
Go LazyTown
Gísli Halldórsson
Thomas
Also in
Children of Nature
Cold Fever
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
Dolly
Known for
Woman at War
Metalhead
Sveinn Geirsson
Danni
Known for
King & Conqueror
And Breathe Normally
Saga Jónsdóttir
Gógó
Also in
Deadline
Together and Together
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson
Grjóni
Known for
Katla
Trapped
Geo von Krogh
Known for
Shipwrecked
Guðrún Gísladóttir
Known for
Katla
The Sacrifice
Sigurður Sigurjónsson
Known for
Rams
Under the Tree
Fridrik Thor Fridriksson Director · Einar Kárason Writer Ari Kristinsson Cinematographer
United States release March 12, 1999 · Produced in Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Norway · Production Zentropa Entertainments, Peter Rommel Productions
Production
Íslenska kvikmyndasamsteypan
Production
Zentropa Entertainments
Production
Peter Rommel Productions
Production
Filmhuset AS
Production
ZDF/Arte
Production
Denmark · Germany · Iceland · Norway
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Original title
Djöflaeyjan
Original language
Icelandic
Spoken on screen
Icelandic
Release dates
Iceland · October 3, 1996
Theatrical
United States · March 12, 1999
Theatrical
Czechia
January 8, 1998 · Theatrical
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