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The Dance

6.219981h 23mMovieDramaComedy

Águst Guðmundsson directed this Icelandic period drama, adapted from the short story We Must Dance by William Heinesen, and set on an island in 1913. Pétur (Gunnar Helgason) narrates, recalling the days when mainlanders arrived for a…

DirectorÁgúst Guðmundsson
WritersKristín Atladóttir·Ágúst Guðmundsson
ProducerÁgúst Guðmundsson

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Cast · Directed by Ágúst Guðmundsson

GHGunnar Helgason
Gunnar Helgason
Pétur
JJJoi Johannsson
Joi Johannsson
Vítus
BEBenedikt Erlingsson
Benedikt Erlingsson
Hólófernes
BH
Baldur Trausti Hreinsson
Ívar
MÓMagnús Ólafsson
Magnús Ólafsson
Sýslumaður
GH
Gísli Halldórsson
Nikulás
PJ
Pálína Jónsdóttir
Sirsa
DH
Dofri Hermannsson
Haraldur
AJArnar Jónsson
Arnar Jónsson
Djákni
ÞM
Þórunn Magnea Magnúsdóttir
Móðir Haraldar
BJ
Björk Jakobsdóttir
Theodóra
GS
Guðrún Þ. Stephensen
Sjómannsekkja

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