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Between Mountain and Shore (1949)

Between Mountain and Shore poster
Original title
Milli fjalls og fjöru
Directed by
Loftur Guðmundsson
Genre
drama
Country
Iceland
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is the first feature length and first talking film made in Iceland. It follows everyday people in coastal and mountain settings. The story showcases Icelandic life and culture in the late 1940s.

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What happens

Milli fjalls og fjöru er fyrsta íslenska kvikmyndin í fullri lengd, sem og fyrsta talmyndin. Hún var frumsýnd árið 1949 og er 91 mínúta að lengd. Leikstjóri myndarinnar var Loftur Guðmundsson sem var mikill frumkvöðull í kvikmyndagerð á Íslandi. Myndin var frumsýnd í Gamla bíói 13. janúar 1949 og almennar sýningar hófust daginn eftir. Myndin var páskamynd Gamla bíós árið 1969. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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