Film
In Exile Thinking of Home
2010 · 55m · Documentary
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Overview
The scholar Sveinn Bergsveinsson, a Communist in the 1930s, was trapped in Berlin by the outbreak of World War II and forced to work for the Nazi propaganda machine. Returning to Iceland, sick with tuberculosis, he found himself branded by both sides of the cold war political divide and barred from academic work. In desperation, he emigrated to East-Germany where he became a respected professor. He always hoped to return home but died in East-Berlin in 1988, a year before the wall came down. He left behind a wealth of documents, photographs, film and voice recordings which form the basis of this narrative.
Cast
Crew
- Hjálmtýr HeiðdalDirector · Screenplay · Director of Photography · Producer
- María KristjánsdóttirScreenplay
- Anna K. KristjánsdóttirScreenplay
- Ingvar ÞórissonDirector of Photography
- Steinþór BirgissonDirector of Photography · Editor
- Elísabet ThoroddsenEditor
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 2010
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Icelandic
- Runtime
- 55m
- Genres
- Documentary
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