Between Mountain and Shore (1949)

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

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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