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Guð blessi Ísland (2008)

Guð blessi Ísland poster
Directed by
Helgi Felixson
Genre
documentary film
Country
Iceland
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
L
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary by Helgi Felixson looks at Iceland's financial crisis in 2008. It focuses on the words used by Prime Minister Geir Haarde in a broadcast as the banking system collapsed.

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What happens

Guð blessi Ísland er íslensk heimildakvikmynd eftir Helga Felixson, kvikmyndagerðarmann. Heiti myndarinnar vísar til fleygra lokaorða Geirs Haardes í sjónvarpsávarpi til þjóðarinnar 6. október 2008 við upphafi Bankahrunsins. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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