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The following is a list of notable films produced in Iceland by Icelanders. Star marked films are films in coproduction with Iceland. Star marked films are films in coproduction with Iceland. Although Arne Mattsson is Swedish, his film is included because it is based on a book by the Icelandic Nobel Prize -winning author Halldór Laxness .
Arnaldur Indriðason at the Helsinki Book Fair, Finland, 2004. Born. ( 1961-01-28) 28 January 1961 (age 63) Reykjavík, Iceland. Genre. crime fiction. Arnaldur Indriðason (pronounced [ˈartnaltʏr ˈɪntrɪðasɔn]; born 28 January 1961 [1]) [2] is an Icelandic writer of crime fiction; his most popular series features the protagonist Detective ...
Arctic. (film) Arctic is a 2018 Icelandic survival drama film directed by Joe Penna and written by Penna and Ryan Morrison. The film is an international co-production between Iceland and the United States, and stars Mads Mikkelsen as a man stranded in the Arctic. The film premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, and was released in theatres ...
Noah is a 2014 American epic biblical drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ari Handel.Inspired by the biblical story of Noah's Ark from the Book of Genesis and the Book of Enoch, [4] it stars Russell Crowe as Noah, along with Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, and Anthony Hopkins.
Modern poets include Einar Benediktsson, a neo-Romantic poet who was an important figure in Iceland's nationalistic literary revival during the 19th century, [ 13] and 20th-century poets such as Tómas Guðmundsson and Davíð Stefánsson . Halldór Laxness is the only Icelander to have been awarded the Nobel Prize. [ 14]
57527467. Preceded by. Silent Kill. Followed by. Silence of the Grave. Jar City, also known as Tainted Blood ( Icelandic: Mýrin, "The Bog") ( listen ⓘ ), is a crime novel by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason, first published in Iceland in 2000. It was the first in the Detective Erlendur series to be translated into English (in 2004).
The Inspector Erlendur Series is a popular murder mystery series featuring Reykjavík detective Erlendur Sveinsson. [1] Written by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason, the series is published in the U.S. by Minotaur Press and consists of more than a dozen novels. [2] Mýrin (Jar City), the third book in the series, was the first to be ...
Woman at War ( Kona fer í stríð, literally Woman goes to battle) is a 2018 Icelandic-Ukrainian comedy-drama film written, produced and directed by Benedikt Erlingsson, and starring Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir . It premiered in the Critics' Week section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.