
In Exile Thinking of Home
2010 • Directed by
Hjálmtýr Heiðdal
Documentary
The scholar Sveinn Bergsveinsson, a Communist in the 1930s, was trapped in Berlin by the outbreak of World War II and forced to work for the Nazi propaganda machine. Returning to Iceland, sick with tuberculosis, he found himself branded by both sides of the cold war political divide and barred from academic work. In desperation, he emigrated to East-Germany where he became a respected professor. He always hoped to return home but died in East-Berlin in 1988, a year before the wall came down. He left behind a wealth of documents, photographs, film and voice recordings which form the basis of this narrative.
Release Date
1/1/2010
Rating
0.0/10
Cast
Crew
Hjálmtýr Heiðdal
Director
Hjálmtýr Heiðdal
Screenplay
María Kristjánsdóttir
Screenplay
Anna K. Kristjánsdóttir
Screenplay
Ingvar Þórisson
Director of Photography
Hjálmtýr Heiðdal
Director of Photography
Steinþór Birgisson
Director of Photography
Steinþór Birgisson
Editor
Elísabet Thoroddsen
Editor
Gyða Valtýsdóttir
Music