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Godland

In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest is sent to Iceland with a mission to set up a parish in a remote part of the country, but his zeal, faith and sense of reality soon start to drift.

In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest is sent to Iceland with a mission to set up a parish in a remote part of the country. Faced with an ambivalent reception by less-than-welcoming locals, he finds that his zeal, faith and sense of reality start to drift as he ventures deeper into the Icelandic landscape.

In Danish and Icelandic with English subtitles.

2 hours, 14 minutes

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Tomorrow 00:15
BBC Two

Credits

Ragnar Ingvar Sigurdsson
Anna Vic Carmen Sonne
Vincent Waage Sando
Lucas Crosset Hove Elliott
Carl Jacob Lohmann
Translator Hilmar Gudjonsson
Director Hlynur Palmason
Writer Hlynur Palmason

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