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Jar City
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Jar City

Oct 20, 2006
1h 33m
★ 5.9

Overview

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

Genres

Drama
Thriller
Crime

Production Companies

ARD Degeto
BlueEyes Productions
Bavaria Pictures
Nordisk Film Denmark

Jar City Trailers

Cast

Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

Erlendur

Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir

Eva Lind

Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir

Björn Hlynur Haraldsson

Sigurður Óli

Björn Hlynur Haraldsson

Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir

Elínborg

Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir

Atli Rafn Sigurðsson

Örn

Atli Rafn Sigurðsson

Kristbjörg Kjeld

Katrín

Kristbjörg Kjeld

Þorsteinn Gunnarsson

Holberg Jónsson

Þorsteinn Gunnarsson

Theodór Júlíusson

Elliði

Theodór Júlíusson

Þórunn Magnea Magnúsdóttir

Elín

Þórunn Magnea Magnúsdóttir

Guðmunda Elíasdóttir

Theodóra

Guðmunda Elíasdóttir

Walter Grímsson

Handrukkarar

Walter Grímsson

Magnús Ragnarsson

Lögfræðingur

Magnús Ragnarsson

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