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Tears of Stone

5.6 110 mins Drama   1995
Peter Rommel Productions   Tónabíó  
Director(s): Hilmar Oddsson

About Icelandic composer Jon Leifs (1899-1968) who spent much of his life in Germany before WWII. The film begins in the 1930s after he has married the daughter of an industrialist, Annie, who is also a concert pianist. This era was frustrating for Leifs because his works were seldom performed. Iceland's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1995

Casts of Tears of Stone

Heinz Bennent

as Herr Riethof

Ingrid Andree

as Frau Riethof

Ulrich Tukur

as Ernst Züchner

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