Devil's Island

Name: Devil's Island
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 1996-10-03
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Cast: Baltasar Kormákur, Sigurveig Jónsdóttir, Gísli Halldórsson, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Sveinn Geirsson

1996, Icelandic. Directed by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson.

Devil's Island is a bitter sweet tale of Iceland in the fifties. Life is rough in Reykjavik's post-war slum of Camp Thule, where the abandoned US military barracks have been turned into makeshift homes. Struggling wives and their hard-working husbands try to make ends meet. The younger generation dreams of dollars, Rock'n'Roll and the American way of life. To celebrate or to drown their misery - they're never short of a good reason to booze. Devil's Island vividly depicts the everyday life of a wacky family, their neighbours and friends and shows how some of their dreams come true and others don't.

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Runtime: 1h 44m
Post-credits: None listed
Language: Icelandic
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Released: 3 October 1996
Original title: Djöflaeyjan
Country: Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Norway
Written by: Einar Kárason

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Devil's Island (1996) was directed by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson and stars Baltasar Kormákur, Sigurveig Jónsdóttir, Gísli Halldórsson.

What is Devil's Island based on?

Devil's Island is adapted from a novel.