The Beast (1986 film)

1986 film

The Beast

Directed by| Hilmar Oddsson
Written by| Hilmar Oddsson
Starring| Edda Heiðrún Backman

Release date

* 22 March 1986 (1986-03-22)

Running time

| 97 minutes
Country| Iceland
Language| Icelandic

The Beast (Icelandic: Eins og skepnan deyr) is a 1986 Icelandic drama film directed by Hilmar Oddsson.[1] The film was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]

## Cast

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* Edda Heiðrún Backman
* Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson
* Jóhann Sigurðarson

## See also

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* List of submissions to the 59th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Icelandic submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

## References

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1. ^ "The Beast". Icelandic Film Centre. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
2. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

## External links

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* The Beast at IMDb

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Icelandic submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

* Land and Sons (1980)
* Outlaw: The Saga of Gisli (1981)
* Inter Nos (1982)
* The House (1983)
* When the Raven Flies (1984)
* Deep Winter (1985)
* The Beast (1986)
* In the Shadow of the Raven (1987)
* White Whales (film) (1988)
* Under the Glacier (1989)
* The Adventures of Paper Peter (1990)
* Children of Nature (1991)
* As in Heaven (1992)
* The Sacred Mound (1993)
* Movie Days (1994)
* Tears of Stone (1995)
* Devil's Island (1996)
* Blossi/810551 (1997)
* Count Me Out (1998)
* The Honour of the House (1999)
* Angels of the Universe (2000)
* The Seagull's Laughter (2001)
* The Sea (2002)
* Noi the Albino (2003)
* Cold Light (2004)
* Ahead of Time (2005)
* Children (2006)
* Jar City (2007)
* White Night Wedding (2008)
* Reykjavík-Rotterdam (2009)
* Mamma Gógó (2010)
* Volcano (2011)
* The Deep (2012)
* Of Horses and Men (2013)
* Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
* Rams (2015)
* Sparrows (2016)
* Under the Tree (2017)
* Woman at War (2018)
* A White, White Day (2019)
* Agnes Joy (2020)
* Lamb (2021)
* Beautiful Beings (2022)
* Godland (2023)
* Touch (2024)

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Films directed by Hilmar Oddsson

* The Beast (1986)
* Tears of Stone (1995)
* Cold Light (2004)
* Driving Mum (2022)

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