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In Exile Thinking of Home (2010) [N/A]

Release Date:
January 1, 2010

Original Title:
Gríp ég því hatt minn og staf

Genres:
Documentary

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 55

Overview from TheMovieDB

The scholar Sveinn Bergsveinsson, a Communist in the 1930s, was trapped in Berlin by the outbreak of World War II and forced to work for the Nazi propaganda machine. Returning to Iceland, sick with tuberculosis, he found himself branded by both sides of the cold war political divide and barred from academic work. In desperation, he emigrated to East-Germany where he became a respected professor. He always hoped to return home but died in East-Berlin in 1988, a year before the wall came down. He left behind a wealth of documents, photographs, film and voice recordings which form the basis of this narrative.

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Production

Camera Operator:
Guðmundur Bjartmarsson
Friðrik Guðmundsson
Jón Hjörtur Finnbjarnarson

Co-Producer:
Steinþór Birgisson

Color Grading:
Elísabet Thoroddsen
Steinþór Birgisson

Director:
Hjálmtýr Heiðdal

Director of Photography:
Ingvar Þórisson
Steinþór Birgisson
Hjálmtýr Heiðdal

Editor:
Elísabet Thoroddsen
Steinþór Birgisson

Music:
Gyða Valtýsdóttir

Producer:
Hjálmtýr Heiðdal

Production Assistant:
Birna Gunnarsdóttir

Screenplay:
Hjálmtýr Heiðdal
Anna K. Kristjánsdóttir
María Kristjánsdóttir

Sound Designer:
Gunnar Árnason

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