The Outlaw: The Saga of Gísli Súrsson
OT: Útlaginn
Ágúst Guðmundsson // Iceland, 1981
Fiction Feature // FF2011
Story
The medieval Icelandic Saga of Gísli is still popular today for its gripping story and swift action. Gísli Súrsson’s sworn brother, is murdered and Gísli believes the murderer to have been Thorgrím the Chieftain, who is married to Gísli’s sister. So he kills his brother-in-law; and in the wake of these deaths follows a complicated chess match of killings and countermoves.
Director
Info
Útlaginn
Fiction Feature
Icelandic
Island Deluxe//FF2011
Iceland
1981
108 min
OV
Ágúst Guðmundsson
Ágúst Guðmundsson
Arnar Jónsson, Bjarni Steingrímsson, Helgi Skúlason, Ragnheidur Steindórsdóttir
Jón Hermannsson
Sigurður Sverrir Pálsson
William Diver
Áskell Másson
Ísfilm