The Dance (1998)
1h 23m
Running Time
September 25, 1998Release Date
Plot.
Águst Guðmundsson directed this Icelandic period drama, adapted from the short story We Must Dance by William Heinesen, and set on an island in 1913.
Pétur (Gunnar Helgason) narrates, recalling the days when mainlanders arrived for a wedding. Flirtatious Sirsa (Pálína Jónsdottir) marries Harald (Dofri Hermannsson), son of a wealthy landowner on the island.
Offshore, a ship is sinking, so the men form a rescue party, returning with the captain, the engineer, and several sailors. With a storm gathering, the engineer dies. The clergyman requests an end to the festivities as a mark of respect. Sirsa protests, but her new husband brings the celebration to a halt. The group then fragments into different activities, drunken or otherwise, and the sensual Sirsa directs her attention toward the handsome Ívar (Baldur Trausti Hreinsson).
The film's score features traditional folk music.
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Cast & Crew.
Joi Johannsson
Vítus
Gunnar Helgason
Pétur
Benedikt Erlingsson
Hólófernes
Baldur Trausti Hreinsson
Ívar
Pálína Jónsdóttir
Sirsa
Magnús Ólafsson
Sýslumaður
Dofri Hermannsson
Haraldur
Dofri Hermannsson
Haraldur
Ágúst Guðmundsson
Director
Ágúst Guðmundsson
Director
Gísli Halldórsson
Nikulás
Kristín Atladóttir
Writer
William Heinesen
Writer
Kai Dorenkamp
Composer
Arnar Jónsson
Djákni
Þórunn Magnea Magnúsdóttir
Móðir Haraldar
Rainer Grünebaum
Composer
Jürgen Peukert
Composer
Björk Jakobsdóttir
Theodóra
Guðrún Þ. Stephensen
Sjómannsekkja
Lilja Guðrún Þorvaldsdóttir
Sýslumannsfrú
Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Editor
Andy Paterson
Co-Producer
Dschingis Bowakow
Co-Producer
Details.
Wiki.
The Dance (Icelandic: Dansinn ()) is a 1998 Icelandic drama film produced and directed by Ágúst Guðmundsson. It is set in the Faroe Islands and revolves around a wedding which is
interrupted when a British fishing trawler is wrecked nearby. The screenplay is based on the short story Her skal danses by William Heinesen from Faroe Islands. It was filmed in the Faroe Islands with an Icelandic cast. It was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival where Guðmundsson won the Silver St. George for Best Director.