Devil's Island

IMDb 6.6 1996 104 min DramaComedy

Director

Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Country

DK

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Baltasar Kormákur
Baltasar Kormákur Baddi
Sigurveig Jónsdóttir
Sigurveig Jónsdóttir Karolina
Gísli Halldórsson
Gísli Halldórsson Thomas
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir Dolly
Sveinn Þórir Geirsson
Sveinn Þórir Geirsson Danni