''Cool Jazz and Coconuts'' () is a 1985 Icelandic
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Jakob FrÃmann Magnússon
Jakob FrÃmann Magnússon (born 4 May 1953) is a Danish-born Icelandic composer, keyboard player, film director and producer. In Iceland he is best known as the keyboardist and one of the founders of the multiartistic band Stuðmenn, with which he ...
. It was entered into the
14th Moscow International Film Festival
The 14th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 28 June to 12 July 1985. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Soviet film '' Come and See'' directed by Elem Klimov, the American film ''A Soldier's Story'' directed by Norman Jewison and ...
.
Cast
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Ragnhildur GÃsladóttir as Svala
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Egill Ólafsson
Egill Ólafsson (born 9 February 1953) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, and actor. He is married to the actress, Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir.
Education
Egill Ólafsson studied playing guitar and piano when he was young and was part of a boys' bra ...
as Oddur
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Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir
Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir (born 18 June 1954) is an Icelandic actress. She has appeared in twelve films since 1981. She starred in ''As in Heaven'', which was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. She is the sister of direc ...
as Helga
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Þórhallur Sigurðsson as Karl
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Rúrik Haraldsson as Björn - sýslumaður
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Tyrone Nicholas Troupe III as General Reeves
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Jón Tryggvason
Jón is an Old Norse common name still widely used in Iceland and the Faroe Islands, Faroes.
According to Icelandic name, Icelandic custom, people named Jón are generally referred to by first and middle names and those without a middle name are r ...
as Dr. W. VÃsindamaður
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JúlÃus Agnarsson as Gunnar - Þórðarson
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Flosi Ólafsson as Bjarki - Tryggvason
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HerdÃs Þorvaldsdóttir as Skólastýra
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Sigurveig Jónsdóttir as LovÃsa SÃmamær
References
External links
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1985 films
1985 drama films
1980s Icelandic-language films
Icelandic drama films
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