Godland = Volaða Land = Vanskabte Land / Snowglobe presents in collaboration with Join Motion Pictures ; in co-production with Maneki Films, Garagefilm International, Film i Väst ; a film by H. Pálmason ; producers, Katrin Pors, Anton Máni Svansson, Eva Jakobsen & Mikkel Jersin ; writer & director, Hlynur Pálmason.

9798886070859

[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2023]

1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (4 unnumbered pages (folded) : color illustrations ; 19 cm).

4 3/4 in.

The struggle between the strictures of religion and humankind's brute animal nature plays out amid the beautifully forbidding landscapes of remote Iceland in this stunning psychological epic from director Hlynur Pálmason. In the late nineteenth century, Danish priest Lucas made the perilous trek to Iceland's southeastern coast to establish a church. There, the arrogant man of God finds his resolve tested as he confronts the harsh terrain, temptations of the flesh, and the reality of being an intruder in an unforgiving land. What unfolds is a transfixing journey into the heart of colonial darkness one that's attuned to both the majesty and the terrifying power of the natural world.

Images / Video & Film

Icelandic; Danish

December 05, 2023

Cinematographer, Maria von Hausswolff ; editor, Julius Krebs Damsbo ; composer, Alex Zhang Hungtai.

Elliott Crosset Hove, Ingvar Sigurðsson, Vic Carmen Sonne, Jacob Hauberg Lohmann, Hilmar Guðjónsson, Waage Sandø, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; Aspect ratio 1.33:1; Dolby audio 5.1.

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