Benedikt Erlingsson

Benedikt Erlingsson

Benedikt Erlingsson (born 31 May 1969; Reykjavík) is an Icelandic actor and theater and film director. He graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 1994 and has been with the National Theater of Iceland for most of his career. He has directed two feature-length films, both of which have won the Nordic Council Film Prize.

  • Title: Benedikt Erlingsson
  • Popularity: 7.005
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1969-05-31
  • Place of Birth: Reykjavik, Iceland
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Benedikt Erlingsson Movies

  • 2006
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    The Boss of It All

    The Boss of It All

    6.633 2006 HD

    An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jens Albinus

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  • 2001
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    The Seagull's Laughter

    The Seagull's Laughter

    5.8 2001 HD

    Post-war provincial Iceland: around 1950, Freyja, who'd been a plump teen, returns from America, a widow with a 20-inch waist, seven suitcases of...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir

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  • 2008
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    The Higher Force

    The Higher Force

    5.6 2008 HD

    Ashamed for being a debt-collecting thug, David believes that he is an ugly duckling waiting to become a swan. Through an unlikely mentor he finds...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Michael Imperioli

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  • 2011
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    Volcano

    Volcano

    7 2011 HD

    Hannes is an old man who has grown apart from his children. Recently retired when his wife gets ill he tries to reconcile with them and to atone for...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Theodór Júlíusson

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  • 2002
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    The Lost Little Caterpillar

    The Lost Little Caterpillar

    4 2002 HD

    little grub ugly - lands in a variety of adventures in her garden. A leisurely bell bumps into her, she meets a friendly worm, bullied in a bully of...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Þórhallur Sigurðsson

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  • 2013
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    Polite People

    Polite People

    6.2 2013 HD

    A desperate city slicker engineer cheats his way into a small farming community, pretending to know how to save them by re-financing their...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Stefán Karl Stefánsson

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  • 2011
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    The Viking Sagas

    The Viking Sagas

    5.3 2011 HD

    Part of the BBC’s ‘Free Your Imagination: Books on the BBC’, the ‘Viking Sagas’ is a Century Films Production. This...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Sigurdur Atlason

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  • 1998
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    The Dance

    The Dance

    5.5 1998 HD

    Águst Guðmundsson directed this Icelandic period drama, adapted from the short story We Must Dance by William Heinesen, and set on an...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Gunnar Helgason

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  • 2016
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    Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe

    Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe

    6.7 2016 HD

    Before Dawn charts the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, his inner struggle for the "right attitude" towards...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Josef Hader

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  • 2021
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    Hver drap Friðrik Dór?

    Hver drap Friðrik Dór?

    6 2021 HD

    Villi Neto investigates the potential death of singer Friðrik Dór. On his hunt for truth Villi discovers that the conspiracy is much...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Vilhelm Þór Da Silva Neto

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  • 1998
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    Doomsday

    Doomsday

    1 1998 HD

    Follows the infamous Sólborgarcase where a mother and her brother were accused of killing their newborn.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: María Ellingsen

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  • 2007
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    Parents

    Parents

    5 2007 HD

    The dentist Oscar has been married for five years and lives with his wife and adopted children. On the surface everything seems to be fine but Oscar...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Edda Arnljótsdóttir

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  • 2009
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    Circledrawers

    Circledrawers

    1 2009 HD

    Welcome to world of the Circledrawers - lowly janitors of the Almighty's imperfect system, angels living among us and performing the most mundane of...

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: Sharon Angela

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  • 2024
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    Touch

    Touch

    1 2024 HD

    Soon after the break of the pandemic and realizing that his clock is ticking, Kristofer gets the urge to embark on a journey to try to find out what...

    Genre: Romance

    Cast: Egill Ólafsson

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  • 2008
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    The Nail

    The Nail

    6 2008 HD

    Robert is an important man with big responsibilities. One day he has an accident that blurs the border between the man and the beast within. Robert...

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    Cast: Þorsteinn Gunnarsson

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  • 2007
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    Rattlesnakes

    Rattlesnakes

    1 2007 HD

    Some people have to live their lives on a constant look out for snakes. Some even have to wear boots all the time. But people in Iceland have the...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jóhann Sigurðarson

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  • 2006
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    She Talks Icelandic

    She Talks Icelandic

    1 2006 HD

    The fate of a crosseyed sheep in the highlands of Iceland.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Benedikt Erlingsson

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  • 2002
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    Memphis

    Memphis

    1 2002 HD

    To start with we are led to believe the setting is a country-hotel of some sort. In the end we discover this is a State Rehabilitation Facility and...

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    Cast: Benedikt Erlingsson

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  • 2003
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    Njalssaga

    Njalssaga

    1 2003 HD

    TV movie based on the first chapters of the Icelandic Brennu-Njáls saga

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Hilmir Snær Guðnason

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  • 2013
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    Of Horses and Men

    Of Horses and Men

    6.993 2013 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

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  • 2013
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    Of Horses and Men

    Of Horses and Men

    6.993 2013 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

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  • 2018
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    Woman at War

    Woman at War

    7.2 2018 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir

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  • 2015
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    The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals

    The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals

    7 2015 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2007
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    Thanks

    Thanks

    1 2007 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Hilmar Jónsson

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  • 2007
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    Thanks

    Thanks

    1 2007 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Hilmar Jónsson

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  • 2018
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    Woman at War

    Woman at War

    7.2 2018 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir

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  • 2008
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    The Nail

    The Nail

    6 2008 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Þorsteinn Gunnarsson

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  • 2008
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    The Nail

    The Nail

    6 2008 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Þorsteinn Gunnarsson

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  • 2008
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    The Nail

    The Nail

    6 2008 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Þorsteinn Gunnarsson

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  • 2016
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    Poor Iceland

    Poor Iceland

    1 2016 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2018
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    Woman at War

    Woman at War

    7.2 2018 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir

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  • 2006
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    The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey

    The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey

    6.9 2006 HD

    The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey is a Danish police procedural television series produced by Danmarks Radio, created and written by Peter Thorsboe and Mai...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Ghita Nørby

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  • 2011
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    World's End

    World's End

    9 2011 HD

    Set in 1992, Heimsendir is an isolated mental hospital on the outskirts of Reykjavík. The hospital, referred to as ‘World’s...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon

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  • 2001
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    Mit liv som Bent

    Mit liv som Bent

    4.5 2001 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Christine Pettersen

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  • 2022
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    Blackport

    Blackport

    6.3 2022 HD

    Follows a young married couple who see their livelihoods threatened when the government starts enforcing restrictive fishing quotas after they build...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir

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    Fóstbræður

    Fóstbræður

    9 2001 HD

    Fóstbræður was a comedy sketch show which premiered on the Icelandic Stöð 2 in October 1997.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jón Gnarr

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