Premietanie filmu Sons of the Soil s Thordurom Magnussonom

Pozývame vás na premietanie SONS OF THE SOIL (Saga Borgarættarinnar, 1920) prvého filmu nakrúteného na Islande. Film uvedie islandský skladateľ Thordur Magnusson, ktorý preň na 100. výročie vzniku zložil hudbu. 

Vstup voľný. Film premietame s anglickými titulkami.

We invite you to a screening of SONS OF THE SOIL (Saga Borgarættinnarin, 1920), the first film shot in Iceland. The film will be introduced by Icelandic composer Thordur Magnusson, who composed the score on the 100th anniversary of its creation.

Free admission.

In Iceland, the pride and honour of one’s family mean everything. Ørlygur á Borg is the most powerful man in the parish, and his son Ormarr is a man of action with a firm sense of justice, predestined to follow in his father’s footsteps. However, Ormarr has other plans for his life, and when one day he sets out for Copenhagen to study, his tyrannical brother takes advantage of the situation, seizing the farm and the role of ruler in the parish.

The ambitious adaption of the renowned Danish novel by the icelandic novelist Gunnar Gunnarsson was filmed in Iceland and published in two parts. Part two, 'Sons of the Soil II', premiered on September 7th 1920, only ten days after 'Sons of the Soil'.

The restoration is made by the National Film Archive of Iceland with a new music score by composer Thordur Magnusson in 2020.