1996
- Comedy
- Drama
Devil's Island
Djöflaeyjan
Runtime
1h 44m
Countries
- DK
- Denmark
- DE
- Germany
- IS
- Iceland
- NO
- Norway
Languages
- is
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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StatusReleased
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Release dateOct. 3, 1996
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Original LanguageIcelandic
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Production Companies
- Filmhuset AS
- Peter Rommel Productions
- ZDF/Arte
- Zentropa Entertainments
- Íslenska kvikmyndasamsteypan