Hrafninn flýgur = The raven flies / FILM ; Viking Film ; Svenska Filminstitutet ; handrit of telketjórn, Hrafn Gunnlaugsson.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, screenwriter, director.

Jakob Thór Einarsson, actor.

Egill Ólafsson, actor.

Edda Björgvinsdottir, 1952- actor.

Philip, Hans-Erik, 1943- composer.

Kaldalóns, Sigvaldi, composer.

Federazione italiana dei lavoratori del mare, producer.

Viking Film (Firm), producer.

Svenska filminstitutet, producer, distributor.

Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

Language:

English

Icelandic

Subjects (All):

Revenge--Drama.

Revenge.

Vikings.

Vikings--Drama.

Civilization, Viking.

Icelandic drama.

Scandinavia--Civilization.

Scandinavia.

Civilization.

Motion pictures, Icelandic.

Genre:

Drama.

Feature films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (105 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

Raven flies

When the raven flies

Title on accompanying pamphlet: When the raven flies

Place of Publication:

Stockholm, Sweden : Svenska Filminstitutet, [between 2000 and 2009?]

Language Note:

In Icelandic with English subtitles.

System Details:

VHS ; NTSC.

analog

magnetic

VHS

NTSC

Summary:

"Hrafn Gunnlaughsson's first Viking film, where he presents a new concept of the Viking era, destroying the stereotype Hollywood image. Set in the Middle Ages, the film tells the story of the revenge of Gestur, an Irishman, who as a child witnessed the murder of his parents by two Norwegian vikings, the foster-brothers Thór and Erik, and the taking of his sister as a slave. Gest follows their trail to Iceland and incites their mutual distrust and hatred. His sister stands between two men: the one who once ravished her, the father of her beloved son, and her brother, whom she has also learned to love, and who now wants to rescue her and to avenge their parents' death."--Accompanying pamphlet.

Participant:

Jakob Thór Einarsson, Egill Ólafsson, Edda Björgvinsdóttir, Helgi Skúlason.

Credits:

Cinematography, Tony Forsberg ; editor, Hrafn Gunnlaugsson ; music, Hans Erik Philip and Sigvaldi Kaldalóns.

Notes:

VHS release of the 1984 motion picture.

"The Gold Bug - Gulbaggen 1984 for best direction, in Sweden; DV Cultural Award 1985. First Icelandic film to be presented on the main programme of the Berlin Festival in 1985. Selected as one of the best 30 films of the decade at the Tokyo Film Festival. The Icelandic entry for the Oscar 1984"--Accompanying pamphlet.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

OCLC:

63666993