Directed by:
Friðrik Þór FriðrikssonScreenplay:
Einar KarasonCinematography:
Harald Gunnar PaalgardComposer:
Hilmar Örn HilmarssonCast:
Keith Carradine, Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir, Ingvar Sigurðsson, Axel Prahl, Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir, Hark Bohm, Theódór Júlíusson, Volker Michalowski (more)Plots(1)
Simon, who has taken too many punches from this world and has done too much time in U.S. prisons, returns to his ancestral homeland, Iceland, resigned to do himself in. Before he can complete the task, he meets Dúa, a free spirit he believes may well be his daughter. Simon rescues Dúa from a close scrape with the law and together they escape to Hamburg, smuggling an Icelandic falcon - once the most prized export of the Vikings. Their plan is to sell it to a wealthy Arab. A great idea - until they try it. Fridrik Thor Fridriksson delivers a subtle and poetic film in the league of his own classics ´Movie Days´, ´Cold Fever´ and ´Devil´s Island´. Seemingly as remote as the Icelandic setting, charismatic connoisseur actor Keith Carradine is in command of every scene and lends his character a calm but powerful presence. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Keith Carradine
USA
Best movies:
Madonna: Celebration: The Video Collection (2009) (video compilation)
Into the West (2005) (series)
The Moderns (1988)
Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir
Best movies:
The Seagull's Laughter (2001)
Thicker Than Water (2006)
White Night Wedding (2008)
Ingvar Sigurðsson
Iceland
Best movies:
Angels of the Universe (2000)
Devil's Island (1996)
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
Axel Prahl
West Germany
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
Nachtgestalten (1999)
Lessons of a Dream (2011)
Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir
Best movies:
Angels of the Universe (2000)
Virgin Mountain (2015)
Children (2006)
Hark Bohm
German Empire
Best movies:
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Underground (1995)
Theódór Júlíusson
Best movies:
Angels of the Universe (2000)
The Seagull's Laughter (2001)
Rams (2015)
Volker Michalowski
East Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Ómar Ragnarsson
Best movies:
Falcons (2002)
Ramin Yazdani
Iran
Best movies:
Time You Change (2010)
Stations of the Cross (2014)
Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush (2022)
Bernd Gajkowski
Best movies:
Soul Kitchen (2009)
Falcons (2002)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Frank Wieczorek
Best movies:
Falcons (2002)
Rafi Guessous
Best movies:
Falcons (2002)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Magnus Olafsson
Iceland
Best movies:
Agnes (1995)
Children of Nature (1991)
Devil's Island (1996)
Ragnheidur Steindorsdottir
Iceland
Best movies:
Falcons (2002)
Outlaw: The Saga of Gisli (1981)
Randver Thorlaksson
Iceland
Best movies:
Falcons (2002)
Darren Foreman
Best movies:
The Good Heart (2009)
Falcons (2002)
Digital Man (1995)
Margret Olafsdottir
Iceland
Best movies:
Children of Nature (1991)
Falcons (2002)
The Viking Sagas (1995)
Friðrik Friðriksson
Best movies:
Virgin Mountain (2015)
Reverse (2015)
Falcons (2002)
Geo von Krogh
Norway
Best movies:
Edvard Munch (1974) (TV movie)
Angels of the Universe (2000)
Devil's Island (1996)