Gunnar Eyjólfsson

Acting

Gunnar Eyjólfsson

Born February 14, 1926

Died November 21, 2016 · aged 90

No biography available.

Known For

Beowulf & GrendelBeowulf & Grendel · 2005
Beowulf & Grendel
★ 5.62005
MovieActionAdventure
The blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Heads will roll. Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to rid a village of the marauding monster.
Didda & the dead catDidda & the dead cat · 2003
Didda & the dead cat
★ 4.02003
Movie
Through a series of mishaps Didda loses her need for glasses, and gains the power of superhuman vision. A power that comes to good use when Didda starts trying to find the men who kidnapped her brother and his friend.
The Icelandic DreamThe Icelandic Dream · 2000
The Icelandic Dream
★ 8.22000
MovieComedy
A business man and weekend dad is getting worn down by family trouble, business failure and the continuous loss of his favorite football team. He decides to start importing Bulgarian energy cigarettes in a last ditch attempt at success ... his best friend soon advises that suicide might be his best option.
101 Reykjavik101 Reykjavik · 2000
101 Reykjavik
★ 6.22000
MovieDramaComedy
A 30-year-old slacker who lives with his mother finds his life turned upside down when his mother's flamenco-dancing friend moves in.
MagnúsMagnús · 1989
Magnús
★ 6.81989
MovieComedyDrama
Magnús is a 45-year-old lawyer, whose routine is upset by the personal news that he is suffering from cancer. This causes Magnús to stop and think about himself, his life and his family. If his life is going to end sooner than he expected, he wants to know how much it's been worth to him. Has life been worth living? Is it worth fighting for; is it worth a struggle against death? He takes a look at his family, a group of ordinary people, who are the colourful heroes of everyday life, struggling along in a world far removed from the world of high finance, power politics and international intrigues, but yet to them their lives are lives of high adventure. Those adventures, from the sublime to the ridiculous, form the storyline of the film, told against the background of Magnús' dilemma.
Small MountainSmall Mountain · 2008
Small Mountain
★ 3.32008
MovieDramaComedy
Not expecting his son back today, Emil is brought to face his past, his family, his community, after he finds himself stuck upon the small mountain. This will be a day to remember.
The SeaThe Sea · 2002
The Sea
★ 6.22002
MovieDramaComedy
Wealthy, aging patriarch Thordur assembles his scattered heirs in his remote Icelandic fishing village to discuss the future of the family fishery. But bringing everyone together unleashes a storm of long-repressed dark family secrets.
Time of the WolfTime of the Wolf · 1988
Time of the Wolf
★ 4.31988
MovieDrama
The young nobleman Inge is riding through Sweden, looking for his twin brother, Arild. He meets a group of gypsies who welcome him. They met Arild earlier and believe that the brother is Arild. Inge falls in love with the mysterious girl Isis.

Filmography

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MagnúsMagnús · 1989
Magnús
★ 6.81989
MovieComedyDrama
Magnús is a 45-year-old lawyer, whose routine is upset by the personal news that he is suffering from cancer. This causes Magnús to stop and think about himself, his life and his family. If his life is going to end sooner than he expected, he wants to know how much it's been worth to him. Has life been worth living? Is it worth fighting for; is it worth a struggle against death? He takes a look at his family, a group of ordinary people, who are the colourful heroes of everyday life, struggling along in a world far removed from the world of high finance, power politics and international intrigues, but yet to them their lives are lives of high adventure. Those adventures, from the sublime to the ridiculous, form the storyline of the film, told against the background of Magnús' dilemma.

Poet at art exhibition

Mamma GógóMamma Gógó · 2010
Mamma Gógó
★ 5.62010
MovieComedyDrama
Mamma Gógó is about Gógó, an elderly lady, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer disease and her son’s and family’s reaction to her illness. While Gógó is continuously getting herself into trouble, of the kind only a person with Alzheimer can, the son, the director, is struggling with financial troubles after his film Children of Nature has flopped in the cinema. As Gógó‘s disease progresses her family decides that it is best for her to move to a nursing home. Gógó and her deceased husband, who appears on the scene, are not happy with that decision. The director is dependent on others when it comes to his finances and when Gógó settles into the nursing home he decides to sell his mother’s apartment and valuable artwork but the profits of the sale help him to get by.

Gógó's deceased husband