Djó̈flaeyjan = Devil's island / Icelandic Film Corporation presents a film by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson ; producers, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Peter Rommel, Egil Ödegaard, Peter Aalbaek Jensen ; script, Einar Kárason ; director, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson.

Set in the 1950s in an abandoned Army barracks, two brothers, Baddi and Danni, are raised by their grandparents. Their flirtatious mother marries an American pilot and moves with him to the States. Baddi decides to pay the couple a visit and returns to Devil's Island a true hero, flashing a new Amer...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Fox Lorber Films
Icelandic Film Corporation
Other Authors: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Baltasar Kormákur, 1966-
Gísli Halldórsson
Language:Icelandic
English
Language of the Original:
Icelandic
Language and/or Writing System:
In Icelandic with optional English subtitles.
Published: New York, NY : Fox Lorber Films, [2000], ©2000.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Brothers > Drama.
Iceland > Drama.
Barracks > Drama.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Icelandic.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Icelandic.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Devil's island. [Parallel title]
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Set in the 1950s in an abandoned Army barracks, two brothers, Baddi and Danni, are raised by their grandparents. Their flirtatious mother marries an American pilot and moves with him to the States. Baddi decides to pay the couple a visit and returns to Devil's Island a true hero, flashing a new American accent and a big car. His stardom soon fades however, and his mother divorces the pilot thrusting the quirky family into another adventure.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AF7 D0004231 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
ISBN:1572528346
9781572528345
Credits:Director of photography, Ari Kristinsson ; editors, Steingrimur Karlsson, Skule Eriksen.
System Details:DVD, Letterbox presentation.
Cast:
Baltasar Kormákur, Gisli Halldórsson, Sigurveig Jónsdóttir, Halldóra Geirhardsdóttir, Sveinn Geirsson.