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Jar City

2006-10-20 · 93 min · ★ 5.9

Drama · Thriller · Crime

A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.

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Directors
Baltasar Kormákur
Production companies
ARD Degeto, BlueEyes Productions, Bavaria Pictures, Nordisk Film Denmark
Countries
Iceland, Denmark, Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ingvar E. SigurðssonIngvar E. SigurðssonErlendur
Ágústa Eva ErlendsdóttirÁgústa Eva ErlendsdóttirEva Lind
Björn Hlynur HaraldssonBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonSigurður Óli
Ólafía Hrönn JónsdóttirÓlafía Hrönn JónsdóttirElínborg
Atli Rafn SigurðssonAtli Rafn SigurðssonÖrn
Kristbjörg KjeldKristbjörg KjeldKatrín
Þorsteinn GunnarssonÞorsteinn GunnarssonHolberg Jónsson
Theodór JúlíussonTheodór JúlíussonElliði
Þórunn Magnea MagnúsdóttirElín
Guðmunda ElíasdóttirTheodóra
Walter GrímssonHandrukkarar
Magnús RagnarssonLögfræðingur
Rafnhildur Rósa AtladótirKola
Jón SigurbjörnssonAlbert
Valdimar Örn FlygenringValdimar Örn FlygenringPilot
Thor TuliniusThor TuliniusPathologe
Ása Hlín SvavarsdóttirStarfskona á Hagstofu
Eyvindur ErlendssonRúnar Gislason
Elma Lísa GunnarsdóttirElma Lísa GunnarsdóttirGunnur
Erlendur EiríkssonÖryggisvörður

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