IN EXILE THINKING OF HOME - dir. HJALMTÝR HEIDDAL

Synopsis
The scholar Sveinn Bergsveinsson, a Communist in the 1930s, was trapped in Berlin by the outbreak of World War II and forced to work for the Nazi propaganda machine. Returning to Iceland, sick with tuberculosis, he found himself branded by both sides of the cold war political divide and barred from academic work. In desperation, he emigrated to Eastern-Germany where he became a respected professor. He always hoped to return home but died in East-Berlin in 1988 ... a year before the wall came down.

Original title: Gríp ég því hatt minn og staf
English title: In Exile Thinking of Home
Genre: Documentary
Language: Icelandic

Director: Hjálmtýr Heiddal
Scriptwriter: Hjálmtýr Heiddal
Editors: Steinthór Birgisson, Elísabet Thoroddsen
Cinematographer: Ingvar Thórisson, Hjálmtýr Heiddal, Birgir Steinthórsson
Sound design: Gunnar Árnason
Music: Gyda Valtýsdóttir
Producer: Hjálmtýr Heiddal
Co-producer: Steinthór Birgisson
Production company: Seylan Film Production
Co-production company: Vídsýn International
Sales & distribution: Seylan Film Production
National sales & distribution: Seylan
Website: www.seylan.is

Country: Iceland
Length: 55 minutes
Screening format: Digibeta, HDV,
Production format: HDV
Film gauge/aspect ratio: 16:9
Premiere date and year: March 2010