Movie: Polite People

Top 10 Billed Cast

Stefán Karl Stefánsson
Stefán Karl Stefánsson

Lárus Skjaldarson

Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir
Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir

Margrét

Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Hilmir Snær Guðnason

Hrafnkell

Eggert Þorleifsson
Eggert Þorleifsson

Markell

Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir

Hanna

Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir

Elín

Benedikt Erlingsson
Benedikt Erlingsson

Þorgeir

Gunnar Hansson
Gunnar Hansson

Jónatan

Ingvar E. Sigurðsson
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

Þorsteinn

Friðrik Friðriksson
Friðrik Friðriksson

Danish photographer

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    A desperate city slicker engineer cheats his way into a small farming community, pretending to know how to save them by re-financing their slaughterhouse not knowing that he's walking into a local world war of small-town politics and general misbehaving.

  • Release Date

    2013-03-31

  • Average

    6.2

  • Rating:

    3.1 starts
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    Íslenska
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