Overview
An Icelandic farmer's son decides to leave his farm, fiance, friends, dog and horse, during the depression before World War II, to start a new life somewhere else.
Director and cast
- Sigurður Sigurjónsson as Einar
- Jón Sigurbjörnsson as Tómas
- Jónas Tryggvason as Ólafur
- Guðný Ragnarsdóttir as Margrét
- Sigríður Hafsteð as Margrét's mother
- Þorvarður Helgason as Örlygur
- Haukur Þorsteinsson as Milk truck driver
- Kristján Skarphéðinsson as County chairman
- Magnús Ólafsson as County Co-op chairman
- Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir as Nurse
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