Under the Glacier
1989 · 91 MIN · IMDB 6.1 · 125 VOTES · DIR. Guðný Halldórsdóttir
Overview
Our hero is Umbi (an acronym for emissary of the bishop), sent by him to undertake an important investigation at Snæfell-glacier. In particular he is to look into the conduct and behavior of Jón Prímus, the old pastor at Snæfell. Fantastic rumors are rife: amongst other things it is said that a corpse is lodged in the glacier! Armed with his tape recorder and notebook, Umbi embarks upon his mission. He tries to question the weird locals, a weird lot, but gets evasive answers. Slowly he is dragged into a quagmire of strange happenings and his efforts to understand only make him confused. If at the beginning he is a chipper, a mere device, by the end of the story he is inextricably involved, a committed participant in the bizarre events.
Dialogue Timeline — 736 lines
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00:00:00 UMBI FILMS in co-operation with MAGMA FILM presents
00:03:48 What's to be investigated?
00:07:49 Is it the Bishop?
00:11:20 Suddenly I saw a brown ram with straight horns.
00:16:16 The coffee's almost ready.
00:18:14 But the most fantastic one, he caught here at Glacier.
00:20:34 that they never wash.
00:23:35 Now maybe I'll just ask the Bishop!
00:25:57 I used to look forward to falling asleep with the glacier
00:28:19 But clumsy with Baroque art.
00:30:23 I don't know. Never heard of it.
00:32:44 If you've carried a body to be buried on the glacier
00:35:54 She was your woman.
00:39:21 Launch out deep!
00:42:18 Death is not our department.
00:46:45 Telegram for you.
00:53:24 but it didn't work out.
01:00:10 Though I believe in cosmobiology and all that
01:02:58 I'm just an ordinary working man. Jodinus Elfrock, poet.
01:05:48 Did it go well? - It was all right.
01:07:46 Was your soul conjured into a fish three year ago
01:10:54 And you're a young man. Why don't you have her?
01:14:47 Come with me for a walk.
01:20:35 And your report to the Bishop?