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Benedikt Erlingsson

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Benedikt Erlingsson

Born May 31, 1969 in Reykjavik, Iceland5 films

Benedikt Erlingsson (born 31 May 1969; Reykjavík) is an Icelandic actor and theater and film director. He graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 1994 and has been with the National Theater of Iceland for most of his career. He has directed two feature-length films, both of which have won the Nordic Council Film Prize.

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Woman at War posterFirst watchWoman at War20187.2Halla declares a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry. She is prepared to risk everything to protect the pristine Icelandic Highlands she loves… Until an orphan unexpectedly…View film

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Filmography

5 films as director
  1. 2018Woman at WarDirector
  2. 2015The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and CarnivalsDirector
  3. 2013Of Horses and MenDirector
  4. 2008The NailDirector
  5. 2007ThanksDirector