Angels of the Universe Iceland / Germany / Norway / Sweden / Denmark
2000, 97min.
Producers: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Alexander Bohr, Anna María Karlsdóttir, Director: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Script: Einar Már Guðmundsson, Director of Photography: Harald Paalgard, Composer: Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Prod.Design: Jon Steinar Ragnarsson, Sound: Kjartan Kjartansson, Editors: Skule Erikson, Sigvaldi J. Kárason
Cast: Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Baltasar Kormákur, Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Angels of the Universe portrays the life of Paul, who suffers from schizophrenia, and how people react to his illness. At first we see him with his family, childhood friends and the girl that he loves, and then we follow him into the psychiatric hospital. There we meet his colourful companions Óli Beatle, who believes he has written all the Beatles’ songs and sent them to the group as telepathic messages; the sophisticated and erudite Viktor, who sometimes suddenly turns into Hitler; and Peter, Paul’s room-mate, who thinks he wrote a doctorate about Schiller at a Chinese university.
Awards
Best Film, Best Director of the Year, Best Actor of the Year, Best Supporting Actor of the Year, Best Supporting Actress of the Year Professional Category: Music, Professional Category: Sound, (Edda Awards, Iceland, 2000); Audience Award Best Actor (European Film Awards, 2000); Film and Literature Award (Film by the Sea IFF, 2000); Special Mention, FIPRESCI Prize (Karlovy Vary IFF, 2000); World Prism Award (Santa Barbara IFF, 2001); Silver Dolphin, Best Actorm OCIC Award - Special Mention (Festróia - Tróia IFF, 2001)
Production Companies
Icelandic Film
Hverfisgata 46, 101 Reykjavík
Iceland
Tel.: (354 551 2260)
Fax: (354 552 5154)
Email: amk@icecorp.is
Filmhuset Norway
Peter Rommel Film Production Germany
ZDF/ARTE
ORB Germany
SVT Sweden
Zentropa Productions Denmark
| Fridriksson, Fridrik Thor  Fridrik Thor Fridriksson (born 1953, Reykjavik)
Film director/producer Fridriksson started his filmmaking career with experimental films and documentaries in the early 1980s. He founded The Icelandic Film Corporation in 1990. It has since become Iceland's most important production company. The company produces his films and works with other Icelandic directors and producers. His international reputation led the company to build a network of internationally well-established co-production partner companies, including Lars von Trier's Zentropa and most recently, Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope. He has worked with two of Iceland's most acclaimed novelists and script-writers: Einar Már Guðmundsson (Children of Nature, Angels of the Universe, Movie Days) and Einar Kárason (White Whales, Devils Island, Falcons).
Filmography
Nomina Sunt Odiosa (1975); The Saga of Burnt Njal (1980); The Blacksmith (1981)’ Rock in Rejkjavik (1982); Icelandic Cowboys (1984); The Ring Road (1985); White Whales (1987); Sky Without Limit (1989) (TV); Pretty Angels (1990); Children of Nature (1991); Movie Days (1994); Cold Fever (1995); Devil’s Island (1996); Angels of the Universe (2000); On Top Down under (2000, TV); Falcons (2002); Niceland (Population. 1.000.002) (2004); The Sunshine Boy (2009, doc.); Mamma Gógó (2010)
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