The Icelandic Herring Industry
1987, Icelandic. Directed by Sigurður Sverrir Pálsson & Erlendur Sveinsson.
This corporate documentary describes one year in the production of herring, starting with marketing speculations and research of the year's possible catch. It shows the herring caught at sea, landed, salted, and tended to until it is exported after passing rigorous quality control. Intertwined with this story is the history of the herring industry in Iceland.
- Runtime
- 0h 59m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Icelandic
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- Released
- 1 February 1987
- Original title
- Silfur hafsins
- Country
- Iceland
- Written by
- Erlendur Sveinsson, Sigurður Sverrir Pálsson
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The Icelandic Herring Industry (1987) was directed by Sigurður Sverrir Pálsson and Erlendur Sveinsson.