Björn Karlsson

White Whales (1987)

A whale-boat is making its final whaling tour of the season. It pursues and catches a whale, and then proceeds home. The men working on the boat have to find themselves different employment now that the season is over. Among the crew are two friends, Grímur and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
CAST:  Þórarinn Óskar Þórarinsson  •  Eggert Guðmundsson  •  Harald G. Haraldsson  •  Karl Guðmundsson

A whale-boat is making its final whaling tour of the season. It pursues and catches a whale, and then proceeds home. The men working on the boat have to find themselves different employment now that the season is over. Among the crew are two friends, Grímur and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
CAST:  Þórarinn Óskar Þórarinsson  •  Eggert Guðmundsson  •  Harald G. Haraldsson  •  Karl Guðmundsson

Movie Days (1994)

This Icelandic tale, loosely based on the real-life experiences of director Fridrik Fridriksson tells the saga of a boyhood spent in Iceland in the 1960s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
CAST:  Örvar Jens Arnarson  •  Rúrik Haraldsson  •  Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir  •  Orri Helgason

This Icelandic tale, loosely based on the real-life experiences of director Fridrik Fridriksson tells the saga of a boyhood spent in Iceland in the 1960s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
CAST:  Örvar Jens Arnarson  •  Rúrik Haraldsson  •  Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir  •  Orri Helgason

Magnús (1989)

Magnús is a 45-year-old lawyer, whose routine is upset by the personal news that he is suffering from cancer. This causes Magnús to stop and think about himself, his life and his family. If his life is going to end sooner than he expected, he wants to know how much ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Þráinn Bertelsson
CAST:  Egill Ólafsson  •  Þórhallur Sigurðsson  •  Guðrún Gísladóttir  •  Jón Sigurbjörnsson

Magnús is a 45-year-old lawyer, whose routine is upset by the personal news that he is suffering from cancer. This causes Magnús to stop and think about himself, his life and his family. If his life is going to end sooner than he expected, he wants to know how much ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Þráinn Bertelsson
CAST:  Egill Ólafsson  •  Þórhallur Sigurðsson  •  Guðrún Gísladóttir  •  Jón Sigurbjörnsson

Volcano (2011)

Hannes is an old man who has grown apart from his children. Recently retired when his wife gets ill he tries to reconcile with them and to atone for his cold demeanor in the past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rúnar Rúnarsson
CAST:  Theodór Júlíusson  •  Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir  •  Auður Drauma Bachmann  •  Þorsteinn Bachmann

Hannes is an old man who has grown apart from his children. Recently retired when his wife gets ill he tries to reconcile with them and to atone for his cold demeanor in the past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rúnar Rúnarsson
CAST:  Theodór Júlíusson  •  Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir  •  Auður Drauma Bachmann  •  Þorsteinn Bachmann

Children of Nature (1991)

An elderly couple leave their retirement home to make one last journey back to their home in the Western Fjords.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
CAST:  Gísli Halldórsson  •  Sigríður Hagalín  •  Baldvin Halldórsson  •  Björn Karlsson

An elderly couple leave their retirement home to make one last journey back to their home in the Western Fjords.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
CAST:  Gísli Halldórsson  •  Sigríður Hagalín  •  Baldvin Halldórsson  •  Björn Karlsson

Impact (2014)

On Christmas Eve in 1986, an Icelandic cargo ship sank in the North Atlantic Ocean. Of the eleven men on board, five lived. This is the remarkable story of the heroic rescue mission that brought them home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Agústa Einarsdóttir
CAST:  Þorsteinn Gunnar Bjarnason  •  Stefán Björgvinsson  •  Ingólfur Arnar Björnsson  •  Hólmsteinn Brekkan

On Christmas Eve in 1986, an Icelandic cargo ship sank in the North Atlantic Ocean. Of the eleven men on board, five lived. This is the remarkable story of the heroic rescue mission that brought them home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Agústa Einarsdóttir
CAST:  Þorsteinn Gunnar Bjarnason  •  Stefán Björgvinsson  •  Ingólfur Arnar Björnsson  •  Hólmsteinn Brekkan

Foxtrot (1988)

Tommi and his half brother Kiddi travel through Iceland with a money transport. A reunion develops into a nightmare after picking up the hitch-hiker Lísa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jón Tryggvason
CAST:  Valdimar Örn Flygenring  •  Steinar Ólafsson  •  Sigurður Skúlason  •  María Ellingsen

Tommi and his half brother Kiddi travel through Iceland with a money transport. A reunion develops into a nightmare after picking up the hitch-hiker Lísa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jón Tryggvason
CAST:  Valdimar Örn Flygenring  •  Steinar Ólafsson  •  Sigurður Skúlason  •  María Ellingsen

Behind Schedule (1993)

A French man from an international record company is sent to Iceland where he is supposed to find the next big hit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gísli Snær Erlingsson
CAST:  Jean-Philippe Labadie  •  Hjálmar Hjálmarsson  •  Elva Ósk Ólafsdóttir  •  Björn Karlsson

A French man from an international record company is sent to Iceland where he is supposed to find the next big hit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gísli Snær Erlingsson
CAST:  Jean-Philippe Labadie  •  Hjálmar Hjálmarsson  •  Elva Ósk Ólafsdóttir  •  Björn Karlsson

Viktor (2000)

Victor is the story of a conscientious if somewhat withdrawn traffic warden who through a series of mishaps finally finds his place in life. While the setting is unusual the film addresses a wide range of emotions and morality; Love, deceit, frustrated longings and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vilhjálmur Ragnarsson
CAST:  Baldur Trausti Hreinsson  •  Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir  •  Steinn Ármann Magnússon  •  Stefán Jónsson

Victor is the story of a conscientious if somewhat withdrawn traffic warden who through a series of mishaps finally finds his place in life. While the setting is unusual the film addresses a wide range of emotions and morality; Love, deceit, frustrated longings and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vilhjálmur Ragnarsson
CAST:  Baldur Trausti Hreinsson  •  Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir  •  Steinn Ármann Magnússon  •  Stefán Jónsson

The Resourceful Girl (1995)

A story of a ten year old girl, Erla, who finds a flute nobody else can hear and meets a boy nobody else can see. The boy turns out to be an elf who tells her that a spell has been cast on her father. Much to Erla's horror, her father is turned to stone when he's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sigurbjörn Aðalsteinsson
CAST:  Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir  •  Björn Karlsson  •  Jóhann Lárusson  •  Jóhann Sigurðarson

A story of a ten year old girl, Erla, who finds a flute nobody else can hear and meets a boy nobody else can see. The boy turns out to be an elf who tells her that a spell has been cast on her father. Much to Erla's horror, her father is turned to stone when he's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sigurbjörn Aðalsteinsson
CAST:  Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir  •  Björn Karlsson  •  Jóhann Lárusson  •  Jóhann Sigurðarson

Full Name, Simon Peter (1988)

The film is about a little boy, living in the centre of Reykjavík during the first years of Second World War. While poverty is still a fact of life, the business of war slowly begins to affect people's lives. Gradually, the terrors of war filter through into the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brynja Benediktsdóttir
CAST:  Erlingur Gíslason  •  Helga Jónsdóttir  •  Freyr Ólafsson  •  Björn Karlsson

The film is about a little boy, living in the centre of Reykjavík during the first years of Second World War. While poverty is still a fact of life, the business of war slowly begins to affect people's lives. Gradually, the terrors of war filter through into the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brynja Benediktsdóttir
CAST:  Erlingur Gíslason  •  Helga Jónsdóttir  •  Freyr Ólafsson  •  Björn Karlsson