Fangavaktin (2009)

Directed by

Ragnar Bragason

Genre

drama, comedy

Country

Iceland

Length

1 season, 7 episodes

Rated

S

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three characters from earlier series end up in a notorious Icelandic prison after a murder. The show follows their daily absurdities and interpersonal conflicts behind bars.

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What happens

Fangavaktin (English: The Prison Shift) is the sequel to the Icelandic television series Dagvaktin and the final series in the trilogy. The three main characters from Næturvaktin, Georg Bjarnfreðarson (Jón Gnarr), Ólafur Ragnar (Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon) and Daníel (Jörundur Ragnarsson), have become imprisoned in the infamous Litla-Hraun prison following the murder of the hotel owner in Dagvaktin. The story is continued, and brought to a conclusion, in the feature film Bjarnfreðarson. The first episode was broadcast on Stöð 2 on Sunday, 27 September 2009, and an episode was broadcast each following Sunday until the final seventh episode aired on 8 November 2009. The series has been released on DVD. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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