Helgi Björnsson

Helgi Björnsson

Born: July 10, 1958

Movies for Helgi Björnsson...

Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord
Title: Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord
Character: Villi
Released: October 27, 2016
Type: Movie
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Paris of the North
Title: Paris of the North
Released: July 8, 2014
Type: Movie
Seeking shelter from the trials and tribulations of city life, Hugi has built a quiet existence for himself in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere. Here, he passes his days jogging, attending AA meetings and taking Portuguese lessons online. But when Hugi’s estranged, boozy father shows up out of the blue, the precarious balance he has worked so hard to achieve is tested to the limit.
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Of Horses and Men
Title: Of Horses and Men
Character: Egill
Released: August 30, 2013
Type: Movie
A country romance about the human streak in the horse and the horse in the human. Love and death become interlaced and with terrible consequences. The fortunes of the people in the country through the horses' perception.
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XL
Title: XL
Character: Eiríkur
Released: January 18, 2013
Type: Movie
Ex-family man, avid womanizer, heavy-drinking, parliamentarian, Leifur, is forced to go into rehab by his political rival, following a well publicized art exhibition brawl. Full of denial, Leifur throws a party before checking in, but when it´s time to leave – very few do, turning the night into an adventure exclusively for those old enough to vote.
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Frost
Title: Frost
Character: Yfirmaður Björgunarm
Released: September 7, 2012
Type: Movie
A young couple, physiologist Agla and filmmaker Gunnar, wake up at a glacier drilling camp only to find the camp mysteriously abandoned and their co-workers gone. When searching for the lost team they realize they’re up against an unknown deadly force.
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Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre
Title: Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre
Character: Tryggvi
Released: September 4, 2009
Type: Movie
An epic tale about a group of whale watchers, whose ship breaks down and they get picked up by a whale fisher vessel. The Fishbillies on the vessel has just gone bust, and everything goes out of control.
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The Quiet Storm
Title: The Quiet Storm
Released: September 7, 2007
Type: Movie
A young girl breaks up from her petit bourgeoisie home and her piano lessons to lead an entirely new life, as one of the personnel at an institution for juvenile delinquents in a remote part of Northern Iceland. It is the 1970s and the young people in charge of the place are heavily into flower power, sitar music and solving problems by frank talk sessions with the delinquents. However, the hippies, who themselves despise authority, soon find their own authority under attack by the rebellious youngsters, especially after the arrival of a mysterious young girl. Then a violent incident occurs that will have a decisively detrimental effect on relations at the institution.
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Cold Trail
Title: Cold Trail
Character: Karl
Released: December 29, 2006
Type: Movie
After the death of his father, a private investigator in Iceland leads his own search to discover what really happened.
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Eleven Men Out
Title: Eleven Men Out
Character: Pétur
Released: September 2, 2005
Type: Movie
The star player of Icelands top football team causes a stir when he admits to being gay to his team mates and then goes on a journey to discover himself (with the help of the local press). He soon finds himself on the bench for most of his teams matches and decides to call it quits and join a small amateur team made up of men like himself - gay guys trying to play football in a straight world of Icelandic fishing culture machoism
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Njalssaga
Title: Njalssaga
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
TV movie based on the first chapters of the Icelandic Brennu-Njáls saga
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Memphis
Title: Memphis
Released: January 4, 2002
Type: Movie
To start with we are led to believe the setting is a country-hotel of some sort. In the end we discover this is a State Rehabilitation Facility and everything that happens is a carefully orchestrated escape plot by some of the inmates. The film was shot on location at an isolated boarding school in Saelingsdalur in the west of Iceland. The school is used as a hotel during the summer months but the film takes place in the wintertime.
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No Such Thing
Title: No Such Thing
Character: Leó
Released: May 12, 2001
Type: Movie
A young journalist journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancé only to encounter a mythical creature who longs to die.
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Dramarama
Title: Dramarama
Character: Vikki
Released: January 19, 2001
Type: Movie
Five stories interwine into one. A blind man hovers above the city. Everything looks set for a perfectly normal evening in Reykjavík, until the the power goes off?
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Plan B
Title: Plan B
Released: November 24, 2000
Type: Movie
Two men in their late twenties, Jim and Frank, old friends from childhood, both emaciated and very grunge guys, meet again after many years. Jim, trying hard to get his life back on track, is pulled in to his old habits of drugs and crimes by Frank and his friends from their old neighbourhood. They set out to help Frank's father to brake out of jail who in return finances their "shopping trip" to Amsterdam.
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The Beatle
Title: The Beatle
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Gunnar owns a car sale where he works everyday, and even lives there along with his two sons, and his ex-girlfriend.
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The Honour of the House
Title: The Honour of the House
Character: Andrés
Released: October 8, 1999
Type: Movie
A hypocritical and selfish older sister holds power over her younger, unselfish and humanitarian sister by hiding the shame of her younger sister's pregnancy, with the purpose of upholding the aristocratic status of their name and household. Or that is what we are told, because underneath the facade, is a story of two sisters, who have had intimacy with the same man.
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Laggó
Title: Laggó
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
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Behind Schedule
Title: Behind Schedule
Character: Himself
Released: April 6, 1993
Type: Movie
A French man from an international record company is sent to Iceland where he is supposed to find the next big hit.
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Remote Control
Title: Remote Control
Character: Moli
Released: September 9, 1992
Type: Movie
Since his mother wants to watch TV, Axel, a young auto-mechanic, must recover her remote control, accidentally taken by his punk sister Maja. During his quest, he becomes involved in the conflict between Moli, the liquor smuggler, and Aggi, a night club owner who wants to be Iceland's first mafia boss.
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the Colours of the earth
Title: the Colours of the earth
Released: March 29, 1991
Type: Movie
Mummi, a sixteen year old farmers son falls in love with Sigrún, but when it comes to love, Mummi has no experience and thus must figure it out for himself.
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Foxtrot
Title: Foxtrot
Character: Car Mechanic
Released: August 25, 1988
Type: Movie
Tommi and his half brother Kiddi travel through Iceland with a money transport. A reunion develops into a nightmare after picking up the hitch-hiker Lísa.
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The Atomic Station
Title: The Atomic Station
Character: Arngrímur Árland
Released: March 18, 1984
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of a young farmgirl moving to Reykjavík after the second world war, and her attempts to adapt to the city life.