Cast: Egill Ólafsson

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Egill Ólafsson. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Touch

2024 · Movie · 120 min. · Iceland

Direction Baltasar Kormákur

Cast Egill Ólafsson · Kôki · Palmi Kormákur · Masahiro Motoki

Synopsis Over several decades and on different continents, a man embarks on an emotional journey to find his first love who disappeared 50 years ago, before his time runs out.

6.7

338 votes

6.7

338 votes

Children of Nature

1991 · Movie · 82 min. · Iceland

Direction Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Cast Gísli Halldórsson · Sigríður Hagalín · Baldvin Halldórsson · Björn Karlsson

Synopsis Old Thorgeir must leave his home far off in the icelandic 'countryside' and move into a home for senior citizens in Reykjavik. There he meets an old friend from his childhood, Stella. Thorgeir soon becomes unhappy living there and together...

6.7

103 votes

6.7

103 votes

Angels of the Universe

2000 · Movie · 100 min. · Iceland

Direction Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Cast Ingvar Eggert Sigurdsson · Baltasar Kormákur · Björn Jörundur Friðbjörnsson · Hilmir Snær Guðnason

Synopsis Páll is an artistic and sensitive young man. Getting dumped by his girlfriend, Dagny, triggers his descent into madness. We follow him on his way to inevitable doom; at home with his parents who finally can't cope, and in the...

6.5

91 votes

6.5

91 votes

Shadow of the Raven

1988 · Movie · 124 min. · Iceland

Direction Hrafn Gunnlaugsson

Cast Reine Brynolfsson · Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir · Egill Ólafsson · Sune Mangs

Synopsis Trausti returns to Iceland just in time to be entangled in a family feud over a stranded whale-cadaver. His mother (the family head) is mortally wounded and Grim kills Erikur; the other clan leader. Isold, daughter of Erikur now takes...

6.5

120 votes

6.5

120 votes

Wildside

1998 · Movie · 95 min. · Denmark

6.3

41 votes

6.3

41 votes

The White Viking

1991 · Movie · 131 min. · Sweden

Direction Hrafn Gunnlaugsson

Cast Gotti Sigurdarson · Maria Bonnevie · Sveinn M. Eiðsson · Þorsteinn Hannesson

Synopsis Norway in the 10th century. Askur, son of the powerful Thorgeir marries Embla, daughter of one of the few remaining landowners in Norway, in a pagan ceremony. King Olav, a ruthless christian, wants to eredicate all traces of non-christian beliefs...

6.2

34 votes

6.2

34 votes

Entrapped (TV Series)

2022 · Series · 45 min. · Iceland

Direction Baltasar Kormákur

Cast Ólafur Darri Ólafsson · Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir · Björn Hlynur Haraldsson · Thomas Bo Larsen

Synopsis TV Series (2022-). Police investigate the disappearance of a cult member.

6.2

403 votes

6.2

403 votes

Revenge of the Barbarians

1984 · Movie · 109 min. · Iceland

Direction Hrafn Gunnlaugsson

Cast Edda Björgvinsdóttir · Egill Ólafsson · Flosi Ólafsson · Gotti Sigurdarson

Synopsis Ireland: Vikings pillage the land, seeking silver and slaves, slaying men and women in the process. A young boy is spared when a Viking takes pity on him instead of killing him. Iceland 20 years later: The boy returns to...

5.7

213 votes

5.7

213 votes

Wallpaper: An Erotic Love Story

1992 · Movie · 85 min. · Iceland

Direction Júlíus Kemp

Cast Ari Matthíasson · Baltasar Kormákur · Flosi Ólafsson · Ingibjörg Stefánsdóttir

Synopsis Two young friends, Lass and Sveppi, run a nightclub in downtown Reykjavik. They hire a beautiful young singer, Sól, who has just moved from the countryside to the city in order to take singing lessons. The boys make a bet...

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The Men's Choir

1992 · Movie · 93 min. · Iceland

Direction Guðný Halldórsdóttir

Cast Ragnhildur Gísladóttir · Egill Ólafsson · Arnar Jónsson · Árni Ásgeirsson

Synopsis A men's choir decides to go to Sweden and Germany. Shortly before their departure the choir director, Max, dies and is mourned by the choir and especially by their accompanist Magga, whom he was in love with. In deference to...

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Magnús

1989 · Movie · 90 min. · Iceland

Direction Þráinn Bertelsson

Cast Egill Ólafsson · Þórhallur Sigurðsson · Gudrun Gildottir · Jón Sigurbjörnsson

Synopsis Magnus is a 45-year-old lawyer, whose routine is upset by the personal news that he is suffering from cancer. This causes Magnus to stop and think about himself, his life and his family. If his life is going to end...

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My Funeral (TV Series)

2020 · Series · 30 min. · Iceland

Direction Kristófer Dignus

Cast Þórhallur Sigurðsson · Birta Hall · Harpa Arnardóttir · Ævar Þór Benediktsson

Synopsis A man who, on the day he retires, learns that he is suffering from an incurable brain tumour. With only two weeks to go until the risky operation, he decides to make up for lost time by hosting and attending...

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In Tune with the Time

2004 · Movie · 95 min. · Iceland

Direction Ágúst Guðmundsson

Cast Burkni Birgisson · Helga Braga Jónsdóttir · Andrea Gylfadóttir · Ragnhildur Gísladóttir

Synopsis More than twenty years after the premiere of one of the most beloved Icelandic films (On Top/Med allt a hreinu 1982) a sequel appears. A band which folded twenty years ago (they were even considered old-fashioned then) sees fit to...

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Under the Glacier

1989 · Movie · 89 min. · Iceland

Direction Guðný Halldórsdóttir

Cast Sigurður Sigurjónsson · Baldvin Halldórsson · Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir · Kristbjörg Kjeld

Synopsis A hapless guy from the city visits an isolated Icelandic seaside settlement. He gradually realizes that the seals are not what they seem, and that two of the inhabitants are magicians, vieing for the favour of a mysterious woman. Liberated...

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The Viking Sagas

1995 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Michael Chapman

Cast Ralf Moeller · Ingibjörg Stefánsdóttir · Sven-Ole Thorsen · Þórir Waagfjörð

Synopsis The film chronicles a long-ago time when men relied not on their intellect to make points, but on their swords. A mythical warrior ('Ralf Moeller (I)') wanders the snow-capped landscapes of the North territories on an arduous quest for vengeance....

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