Icelandic Film Centre
Íslenska

Across the Interior of Iceland

The film is about travelling on horseback across the Icelandic interior on the main route, which once connected the north of Iceland with the shout. This route was the scene of a tragic accident in the 18th century, when young farmers moving a flock of sheep to the North, perished in a snowstorm. For many years following the incident the track was not used, until the 19th century, when Captain Daniel Bruun from Denmark, accompanied by a photographer and a water-colour artist, crossed the difficult terrain, deep rivers, and rocky heights in sun, rain, fog and wind, marking the way with stones laboriously heaped into cairns.

Crew

About the film

  • Type
    Documentary
  • National Premiere Date
    May 22, 1983
  • Length
    24 min.
  • Language
    Icelandic
  • Original Title
    Yfir Kjöl
  • International Title
    Across the Interior of Iceland
  • Production Year
    1982
  • Production Countries
    Iceland
  • Premiere TV Channel
    RÚV
  • Icelandic Film Centre Grant
    No
  • Production Format
    16mm
  • Aspect Ratio
    1:1.33
  • Color
    Yes

Cast

Company Credits