Devil's Island

Name: Devil's Island
Director: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
Released: 1996
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Baltasar Kormákur, Gísli Halldórsson, Sigurveig Jónsdóttir, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Sveinn Geirsson

1996 · 104 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 1,112 VOTES · DIR. Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Overview

Devil's Island is a bitter sweet tale of Iceland in the fifties. Life is rough in Reykjavik's post-war slum of Camp Thule, where the abandoned US military barracks have been turned into makeshift homes. Struggling wives and their hard-working husbands try to make ends meet. The younger generation dreams of dollars, Rock'n'Roll and the American way of life. To celebrate or to drown their misery - they're never short of a good reason to booze. Devil's Island vividly depicts the everyday life of a wacky family, their neighbours and friends and shows how some of their dreams come true and others don't.

Dialogue Timeline — 643 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:08 Icelandic Vikings found America in the ninth century.

00:06:57 I'm not complaining. They're buying our land up.

00:09:40 Then you go off and leave the party with some Yank.

00:13:21 I got beaten up because I stink of the barracks.

00:16:32 I got a very good deal on it.

00:20:57 They're first-rate workmen, American plumbers.

00:25:24 Don't they need beds?

00:29:23 We just came to get the car.

00:32:06 I've got a TV at Mom's place in America.

00:34:03 Guys with glasses getting into fights.

00:36:25 What got broken?

00:40:55 All he thinks about is himself. You ought to be ashamed

00:44:05 That was Gógó, your mother.

00:48:43 Change to diamonds. -Out!

00:53:04 I've only got one granddad, Tommi from Karolína's place!

00:56:31 We tried to get Höddi Júll but couldn't find him anywhere.

01:02:54 May your hopes come true, dear friend, and bring you joy.

01:06:50 Let's go, let's go!

01:09:43 and concentration.

01:15:13 What a load of bullshit!

01:18:51 I'm never coming back!

01:25:43 We've called the ambulance. The baby's on its way.

01:29:36 I guess I'll go to the flats with the old folks.

01:34:58 Well bye now.

Cast & Characters

Baltasar Kormákur Baddi Gísli Halldórsson Thomas Sigurveig Jónsdóttir Karolina Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir Dolly Sveinn Geirsson Danni Guðmundur Ólafsson Grettir Ingvar Sigurdsson Grjóni Magnús Ólafsson Hreggviður Pálína Jónsdóttir Hveragerður Saga Jónsdóttir Gógó

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed643

Dialogue density6.2 lines / min

First line00:00:08

Final line01:34:58

Production Record

DirectorFridrik Thor Fridriksson

LanguageIS

IMDb votes1,112