Polite People
2011, English. Directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson.
A desperate city slicker engineer cheats his way into a small farming community, pretending to know how to save them by re-financing their slaughterhouse not knowing that he's walking into a local world war of small-town politics and general misbehaving.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Olaf de Fleur JohannessonDirector
- Stefán Karl StefánssonLárus Skjaldarson
- Ágústa Eva ErlendsdóttirMargrét
- Hilmir Snær GuðnasonHrafnkell
- Eggert ÞorleifssonMarkell
- Ragnhildur Steinunn JónsdóttirHanna
- Halldóra GeirharðsdóttirElín
- Benedikt ErlingssonÞorgeir
- Gunnar HanssonJónatan
- Ingvar E. SigurðssonÞorsteinn
- Friðrik FriðrikssonDanish photographer
- Joi JohannssonAskur
- Pétur EinarssonSkjöldur
Details
- Released
- 31 March 2011
- Original title
- Kurteist fólk
- Country
- Iceland
- Written by
- Hrafnkell Stefánsson, Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
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Polite People runs 90 minutes (1h 30m).
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Polite People is streaming on OVID in India. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Polite People?
Polite People (2011) was directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson and stars Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Hilmir Snær Guðnason.