Directed by:
Þórhildur ÞorleifsdóttirScreenplay:
Gudny HalldorsdottirComposer:
Valgeir GudjonssonCast:
Edda Bjorgvinsdottir, Pálmi Gestsson, Hanna María Karlsdóttir, Eggert Thorleifsson, Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir, Örn Árnason, Kjartan Bjargmundsson (more)Plots(1)
The Icelandic Shock-Station is a thoroughbred Icelandic comedy, where the Icelander's daily life and habits are elevated to the level of farcical confusion and where all the laws of common sense are reversed in travesty of themselves, while at the same time the opportunity is taken to satirize some of the features the scriptwriter feels are blemish on the otherwise smooth facade of the nation's character. A Swede comes to Iceland in order to be cured of alcoholism, but instead of the AA establishment he was aiming for, he ends up by mistake in a summer chalet run by the housewife Stella. There he is subjected to a treatment which is very different from the one he had been expecting, but, nevertheless, quite effective. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Edda Bjorgvinsdottir
Iceland
Best movies:
Hin helgu vé (1993)
Revenge of the Barbarians (1984)
Under the Tree (2017)
Pálmi Gestsson
Iceland
Best movies:
Angels of the Universe (2000)
Driving Mum (2022)
Movie Days (1994)
Hanna María Karlsdóttir
Best movies:
Agnes (1995)
Children (2006)
101 Reykjavik (2000)
Eggert Thorleifsson
Iceland
Best movies:
Remote Control (1992)
White Whales (1987)
Higher Force (2008)
Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir
Best movies:
Angels of the Universe (2000)
Virgin Mountain (2015)
Children (2006)
Örn Árnason
Iceland
Best movies:
Driving Mum (2022)
Mr. Bjarnfreðarson (2009)
The Wild Hunt (2009)
Kjartan Bjargmundsson
Best movies:
Tears of Stone (1995)
Noi the Albino (2003)
Driving Mum (2022)
Sigurður Sigurjónsson
Iceland
Best movies:
Devil's Island (1996)
Rams (2015)
Movie Days (1994)
Sólveig Arnarsdóttir
Iceland
Best movies:
Let Me Fall (2018)
Jargo (2004)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Hilmar Jónsson
Iceland
Best movies:
Cold Light (2004)
Thicker Than Water (2006)
101 Reykjavik (2000)
Thorhallur Sigurdsson
Iceland
Best movies:
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Movie Days (1994)
Our Own Oslo (2011)
Bessi Bjarnason
Iceland
Best movies:
Outlaw: The Saga of Gisli (1981)
No Such Thing (2001)
Stella on Holiday (1986)
Steindor Hjorleifsson
Iceland
Best movies:
Stella on Holiday (1986)
Thrainn Karlsson
Iceland
Best movies:
Revenge of the Barbarians (1984)
Outlaw: The Saga of Gisli (1981)
Stella on Holiday (1986)
Jón Ormar Ormsson
Best movies:
Movie Days (1994)
White Whales (1987)
Stella on Holiday (1986)
Sigurveig Jonsdottir
Iceland
Best movies:
Agnes (1995)
Devil's Island (1996)
The Seagull's Laughter (2001)
Briet Hedinsdottir
Iceland
Best movies:
Cold Fever (1995)
White Whales (1987)
Stella on Holiday (1986)
Karl Gudmundsson
Iceland
Best movies:
White Night Wedding (2008)
Parents (2007)
White Whales (1987)
Asa Hlin Svavarsdottir
Best movies:
Mr. Bjarnfreðarson (2009)
Jar City (2006)
Mamma Gógó (2010)
Karl Jonatansson
Best movies:
Children of Nature (1991)
Stella on Holiday (1986)