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The Fish Can Sing

0.0 167 mins Drama   1973
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Director(s): Rolf Hädrich

Release Date: 11 Sun, Feb 1973

Set at the start of the twentieth century, the movie deals with the orphaned boy Álfgrímur, his adoptive grandparents, and the small, tolerant community of misfits and eccentrics they gather around them at Brekkukot, their cottage in Reykjavík. As Álfgrímur begins to encounter the minor politicians, businessmen and social-climbers of the growing town of Reykjavík he starts to question his future as a fisherman's grandson, and is increasingly fascinated by Garðar Hólm, the celebrated Icelandic "world singer" whose sporadic returns to Iceland encourage Álfgrímur to pursue his own personal goals of self-expression. He discovers the true value of his boyhood experiences only as he sets out on a path that will take him away from them forever.

Casts of The Fish Can Sing

Árni Árnason

as Álfgrímur (Age 17)

Þorsteinn Ö. Stephensen

as Grandfather

Regína Þórðardóttir

as Grandmother

Þóra Borg Einarsson

as Aunt Kristín

Sigríður B Bragadóttir

as Guðmundsen Girl

Róbert Arnfinnsson

as Guðmundsen

Nikulás Þorvarðsson

as Álfgrímur (Age 12)

Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir

as Guðmundsen Girl (Aged 17)

Jon Laxdal

as Garðar Hólm

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