Mihkel (film)

Mihkel
Directed by	Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
Written by	Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon, Attila Veres
Produced by	Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Kristinn Þórðarson and Leifur Dagfinsson
Starring	Tómas Lemarquis, Atli Rafn Sigurðsson, Pääru Oja
Cinematography	Tómas Örn Tómasson
Edited by	Davíð Alexander Corno
Music by	Gyða Valtýsdóttir
Release date	12 October 2018 (2018-10-12)
Running time	105 min
Countries	Iceland, Estonia
Languages	Icelandic, English, Estonian

Mihkel (Icelandic: Undir Halastjörnu) is a 2018 Icelandic-Estonian film directed by Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon.^[1] It is based on true events from a 2004 criminal case in Iceland where a body was discovered by a chance by a diver in the Neskaupstaður harbor.^[2]

The film stars Icelanders Tómas Lemarquis and Atli Rafn Sigurðsson, and Estonians Pääru Oja as Mihkel and Kaspar Velberg as Igor. It premiered in Iceland on 12 October 2018.^[3][4]

Cast

• Tómas Lemarquis – Bóbó
• Pääru Oja – Mihkel
• Atli Rafn Sigurðsson – Jóhann
• Kaspar Velberg– Igor
• Maiken Schmidt - Veera
• Greete-Elena Priisalu – Väike Veera
• Marko Matvere – Mihkel's father
• Maarja Jakobson – Mihkel's mother
• Ivo Uukkivi – Igor's father
• Atli Rafn Sigurðsson – Johann
• Rein Oja – Pastor
• Kristjan Sarv – Assistant pastor
• Þrúður Vilhjálmsdóttir – Doctor
• Heiddis Chadwick Hlynsdottir – Barbara Girl

References

1. "Líkfundarmálið verður að kvikmynd". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
2. Haraldur Guðmundsson (20 October 2014). "Byggir söguþráðinn á líkfundarmálinu". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 August 2018.
3. Stefán Árni Pálsson (28 August 2018). "Óhugnaleg stikla úr kvikmyndinni um líkfundarmálið" (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 August 2018.
4. Ragna Gestsdóttir (28 August 2018). "Kvikmyndin Undir Halastjörnu frumsýnd 12. október – Byggð á Líkfundarmálinu". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 August 2018.

External links

• Mihkel at IMDb
• Mihkel at Icelandic Film Centre