Synopse
Agnes, a servant in the house of the county sheriff, is constantly sexually harrassed by him and treated with contempt by his wife, who believes Agnes is seducing him. Agnes falls in love with Natan, a young homeopathic doctor, hated by the sheriff and banned by law from practising medicine. Agnes moves in with Natan. From that moment she is entangled in a fatal web of events, which ultimately lead to her becoming the murderess of the man with whom she had hoped to find happiness.
Regie
Egill Eðvardsson, (*1947) is a versatile artist who directed and produced for the stage as well as film and TV, composed music, wrote lyrics and exhibited his paintings in Iceland and abroad
Info
Original Title: Agnes
International Title: Agnes
Category: Feature
Section: Island Deluxe
Version & Subtitles: Icelandic OV
Director: Egill Eðvarðsson
Screenplay: Jón Áseir Sveinsson, Snorri Þórisson
Cast/Protagonists: María Ellingsen, Baltasar Kormákur, Egill Ólafsson, Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Production country: Iceland, Germany, Denmark
Year of Production: 1995
Length: 104 min
Producer: Snorri Þórisson, Klaus Volkenborn, Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Production company: Pegasus Pictures Ltd., Journal Film, Zentropa Entertainments
Cinematography: Snorri Þórisson
Editor: Steingrímur Karlsson
Music: Gunnar Thórdarson
Production Design: Thór Vigfússon
World Sales: Pinnacle Pictures LTD
