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Englar alheimsins

Englar alheimsins

2000Movie⏱️ 1h 40m
BiographyDrama
7.5
IMDB Rating
3,124 votes

Páll is an artistic and sensitive young man. Getting dumped by his girlfriend, Dagny, triggers his descent into madness. We follow him on his way to what seems like inevitable doom; at home with his parents who finally can't cope,...

Director
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Writers
N/A
Stars
Ingvar Sigurdsson, Baltasar Kormákur, Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Release Date
January 1, 2000
Language
Icelandic
Country
Iceland, Norway, Germany, Sweden, Denmark
🏆 14
Wins
🎯 4
Nominations
💬 22
Reviews
📋 4.4K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Ingvar Sigurdsson
Ingvar Sigurdsson
as Páll
Baltasar Kormákur
Baltasar Kormákur
as Óli
Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Hilmir Snær Guðnason
as Pétur
👤
Björn Jörundur Friðbjörnsson
as Viktor
👤
Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir
as Guðrún Pálsdóttir
👤
Theodór Júlíusson
as Ólafur
👤
Friðrik Steinn Friðriksson
as Haraldur
👤
Sara Margrét Nordahl
as Svana
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
as Dagný
Þór Tulinius
Þór Tulinius
as Rögnvaldur

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Dolby Digital
Color
Color
Filming Location
Reykjavík, Iceland
Production
Icelandic Film, Peter Rommel Productions, Filmhuset Produksjoner

🏷️ Keywords

downward spiralpsychiatric hospitalwitschizophreniasuicide

🎯 Categories

BiographyDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Englar Alheimsins
by boggajons2004-01-01

"Upon first viewing I liked this movie but I didn´t think it was all that great and very overhyped. The acting was good no doubt about that but it seemed to lack in something and some things were missing. I read the book few months later which this movie is based on and I fell in love with it. The book is a bit different from the movie and we get to know the character from he is born until he´s dead as opposed to this movie we only get to see few years in his life. What I didn´t like about it was it tried to be so depressing when it didn´t have to be. The music by Hilmar and Sigurros tried to ..."

💡 Did You Know?

Einar Már Guðmundsson wrote the novel "Englar Alheimsins" about his brother and his madness.

📖 Synopsis

Páll is an artistic and sensitive young man. Getting dumped by his girlfriend, Dagny, triggers his descent into madness. We follow him on his way to what seems like inevitable doom; at home with his parents who finally can't cope,...