
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975)
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.


The story of an Icelandic man and his slow descent into madness. Along his journey he meets Dagný, the initial cause of his breakdown. Other people he meets in the asylum have been committed for various reasons, such as signing cheques for Adolf Hitler and, believing themselves to be writing songs for the Beatles and telepathically transmitting to the band.

Ingvar E. Sigurðsson
Páll

Baltasar Kormákur
Óli

Björn Jörundur Friðbjörnsson
Viktor

Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Pétur

Thor Tulinius
Rögnvaldur

Pétur Einarsson
Brynjólfur
Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir
Guðrún/Móðir Páls

Theodór Júlíusson
Ólafur / faðir Páls
Friðrik Steinn Friðriksson
Haraldur
Sara Margrét Nordahl
Svana
Angels of the Universe is a drama film released in 2000 exploring themes of mentally disabled, suicide, schizophrenia, based on novel or book. Directed by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, it stars Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Baltasar Kormákur, Björn Jörundur Friðbjörnsson. The story of an Icelandic man and his slow descent into madness. Along his journey he meets Dagný, the initial cause of his breakdown. Other people he meets in the asylum have been committed for various reasons, such as signing cheques for Adolf Hitler and, believing themselves to be writing songs for the Beatles and telepathically transmitting to the band.
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