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The Outlaw: The Saga of Gísli Súrsson

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Ágúst Guðmundsson // Iceland, 1981
Fiction Feature // FF2011

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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.

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Útlaginn

Fiction Feature

Icelandic

Island Deluxe//FF2011


Iceland

1981

108 min

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Ágúst Guðmundsson

Ágúst Guðmundsson

Arnar Jónsson, Bjarni Steingrímsson, Helgi Skúlason, Ragnheidur Steindórsdóttir

Jón Hermannsson

Sigurður Sverrir Pálsson

William Diver

Áskell Másson

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