Fiasco

Karl, an old age pensioner, is busy chasing after an amnesic old screen legend. Julia, Karl´s granddaughter, is torn between a mediocre bank manager and a wild sailor, and tells them both she is pregnant, but is she really? Steingerdur, Julia´s mother, has a wild crush on a preacher who has a serious drinking problem, and ends up with a dead stripper in his jacuzzi. The characters cross each other as the film progresses, until the three interwoven strands of the story finally come together in an explosive and hilarious crescendo full of surprises.

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Crew

Directed by

Ragnar Bragason
Screenplay

Ragnar Bragason
Director of Photography

Ágúst Jakobsson
Editor

Sigvaldi J. Kárason
Music Composer

Barði Jóhannsson
Producer

Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Skúli Fr. Malmquist, Þórir S. Sigurjónsson
Co-Producer

Uwe Boll, Helmut G. Weber, Thomas Springer, Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Assistant Director

Fahad Falur Jabali, Gagga Jónsdóttir
Camera Assistant

Árni Páll Hansson, Tómas Örn Tómasson
Casting by

Andrea Brabin
Color Grader

Ina-Maria Rudloff
Costume Design

Helga Rún Pálsdóttir, Helga Rós V. Hannam, Anna Rut Steinsson
Foley

Lionel Selwyn, Bjarki Kaikumo, Steingrímur Eyfjörð Guðmundsson
Gaffer

Örn Marinó Arnarson, Hálfdán Theodórsson, Ingvar Stefánsson, Ólafur Jónasson
Key Grip

Hinrik Jónsson, Bjarni Pétursson
Line Producer

Hrönn Kristinsdóttir
Loader

G. Magni Ágústsson, Guðmundur Tjörvi Guðmundsson, Júlía Embla Katrínardóttir, Sigmar Örn Arnarson
Make-Up

Margrét Skúladóttir, Sigríður Rósa Bjarnadóttir, Kristín Thors
Production Designer

Jón Steinar Ragnarsson, Þórir Marrow Theodórsson
Props

Kári E. Einarsson
Re-recording Mixer

Kjartan Kjartansson
Script Supervisor

Rúnar Rúnarsson
Sound Design

Kjartan Kjartansson
Sound Editor

Þórólfur Eiríksson, Birgir Mogensen, Guðrún Ragna Sigurjónsdóttir, Ingvar Lundberg
Sound Engineer

Robin Todd, Sigurður Hr. Sigurðsson, Bjarki Kaikumo, Ingi R. Ingason, Úlfur Hróbjartsson
Stills Photography

Friðrik Örn Hjaltested
Titles

Björn Jónsson
Translation

Bernard Scudder, Brian Patrick Fitzgibbon

About the film

Type

Feature Film
National Premiere Date

March 10, 2000
Genre

Comedy, Drama
Length

92 min.
Language

Icelandic
Original Title

Fíaskó
International Title

Fiasco
Production Year

2000
Production Countries

Iceland, Denmark, Germany
IMDB

Fiasco
Icelandic Film Centre Grant

Yes
Production Format

35mm
Aspect Ratio

1.85:1
Color

Yes
Sound

Dolby Stereo SR
Screening format and subtitles

35mm film with English sub. - 35mm film with Portugeues sub. -