THE GIRL GOGO - dir. ERIC BALLING

Synopsis: Ragnar has left his family farm and works as a taxi driver in Reykjavík in the early sixties. He's drawn to the beautiful but unhappy girl Gogo and hopes to build a better life with her. But she's a lost soul and their brief romance results in tragedy.

Original title: 79 af stöðinni
English title: The Girl Gogo
Genre: Drama
Language: Icelandic

Director: Eric Balling
Scriptwriter: Gudlaugur Rósinkranz
Main cast: Gunnar Eyjólfsson, Kristbjörg Keld, Haraldur Björnsson, Nína Sveinsdóttir, Róbert Arnfinnsson
Cinematographer: Jorgen Skov
Sound design: Hans V. Sorensen
Music: Jón Sigurdsson,Sigfús Halldórsson
Producers: Gudlaugur Rósinkranz
Production company: Edda Film, The Nordisk Film Company

Country: Denmark, Iceland
Sound: Mono
Length: 90 minutes
Screening format: 35mm b/w
Film gauge/aspect ratio: 1:1.66
Premier date and year: Ocoteber 1. 1962

Hugely popular and controversial in its day, it was seen by 63.000 people in Iceland which was then around the third of the population. It was restored by The Icelandic Film Archive in 1995 and is based on Indridi G. Thorsteinsson's novel.