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Sigurveig Jónsdóttir
Sigurveig Jónsdóttir (10 January 1931 - 3 February 2008) was an Icelandic actress. She appeared in more than fifteen films from 1980 to 2001. Selected filmography Death Sigurveig Jónsdóttir died of natural causes on 3 February 2008. References External links * 1931 births 2008 deaths Sigurveig Jónsdóttir {{Iceland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cool Jazz And Coconuts
''Cool Jazz and Coconuts'' ( is, Kókóstré og Hvítir Mávar) is a 1985 Icelandic drama film directed by Jakob Frímann Magnússon. It was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Ragnhildur Gísladóttir as Svala * Egill Ólafsson as Oddur * Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir as Helga * Þórhallur Sigurðsson Laddi (born Þórhallur Sigurðsson, 20 January 1947, in Hafnarfjörður) is an Icelandic comedian, actor, voice actor and entertainer known for comedy music and comedy acting. ''Laddi'' has dubbed many characters into Icelandic, in films and TV sh ... as Karl * Rúrik Haraldsson as Björn - sýslumaður * Tyrone Nicholas Troupe III as General Reeves * Jón Tryggvason as Dr. W. Vísindamaður * Júlíus Agnarsson as Gunnar - Þórðarson * Flosi Ólafsson as Bjarki - Tryggvason * Herdís Þorvaldsdóttir as Skólastýra * Sigurveig Jónsdóttir as Lovísa Símamær References External links * 1985 films 1985 drama films 1980s Icelandic-langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil's Island (1996 Film)
''Devil's Island'' ( is, Djöflaeyjan) is a 1996 Icelandic film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. It is a dark comedy filmed in the Grótta area of South west Iceland. The story depicts a group of otherwise homeless families living in barracks abandoned by the US Air Force after the Second World War. The film was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The film's themes include an ambivalence towards America and Americans, poverty and the accompanying social stigma, superstition and the spirit world, and a destructive family dynamic. The sound-track combines American pop (some of it performed in Icelandic) and a score by Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson. Cast *Baltasar Kormákur as Baddi *Gísli Halldórsson as Thomas * Sigurveig Jónsdóttir as Karolina * Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir as Dolly * Guðmundur Ólafsson as Gret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Áfram Latibær!
''Áfram Latibær!'' (English: Go LazyTown!) is an Icelandic children's stage play by Magnús Scheving, based on his Icelandic book of the same name. The play premiered in 1997 in Loftkastalinn and was very popular. Baltasar Kormákur was the director, and the cast included Magnús Scheving, Selma Björnsdóttir, Steinn Ármann Magnússon, Ingrid Jónsdóttir, Jón Stefán Kristjánsson, Ólafur Guðmundsson, Magnús Ólafsson, Sigurveig Jónsdóttir, Sigurjón Kjartansson, Ari Matthíasson, Pálína Jónsdóttir, Þórhallur Ágústsson and Guðmundur Andrés Erlingsson. It was later adapted into the hit TV series '' LazyTown''. Plot The play is about the residents of LazyTown who are always lazy and lead unhealthy lifestyles. The mayor receives a letter from the President telling about a sports competition in LazyTown that the residents have to compete in. After the mayor is unsuccessful at convincing the residents to compete in the competition, Sportacus Sportacus ( is, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seagull's Laughter
''The Seagull's Laughter'' ( is, Mávahlátur) is a 2001 Icelandic film directed by Ágúst Guðmundsson. It stars Ugla Egilsdóttir as Agga, an orphaned preteen distrusting of her cousin Freyja, played by Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir, who turns heads on her return from America, no longer the chubby teen that the Icelandic townspeople remember. Set around 1950, the story portrays a pivotal moment in Iceland’s recent history: newly independent, with the legacy of the Second World War still prominent, Iceland is modernising and internationalising. The film is set in Hafnarfjörður, now effectively a suburb of Reykjavík, then a fishing town outside it. It is a close adaptation of the novel ''Mávahlátur'' by Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir, published in 1995 by Mál og menning. It was Iceland's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. Plot The story is set around the 1950s, not very long after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Births
Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. * January 25 – Mohandas Gandhi is again released from imprisonment in India. * January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. February * February 4 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gives a speech calling for rapid industrialization, arguing that only strong industrialized countries will win wars, while "weak" nations are "beaten". Stalin states: "We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us." The first five-year plan in the Soviet Union is intensified, for the industrialization and collectivization of agriculture. * February 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
