Summaries

An old Icelandic Saga which takes place in our time.

Hannes is an employee at the Institute for State Supervision. He has such complete faith in the bureaucratic system that he is secretly developing the SuperCode Databank - a mega-databank of personal ID numbers through which everyone's behaviour can be monitored. One day, Hannes's computer is stolen - and the SuperCode with it. Afraid to tell the police about his illegal work, he goes after the thief himself and ends up a victim of the very system he worked so hard to strengthen - but then Hannes has a revelation...—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • based on short story
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Release date Nov 29, 2003
Countries of origin Iceland
Language Icelandic
Filming locations Iceland
Production companies Film

Box office

Budget $60000000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 24m
Color Color
Aspect ratio

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