The dead man from Nordermoor
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The dead man from Nordermoor |
| Original title | Mýrin |
| Country of production | Iceland , Denmark , Germany |
| original language | Icelandic |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Baltasar Kormákur |
| script | Baltasar Kormákur |
| production |
Agnes Johansen , Lilja Pálmadóttir , Baltasar Kormákur |
| music | Mugison |
| camera | Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson |
| cut | Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir |
| occupation | |
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Der Tote aus Nordermoor (Original: Mýrin ) is an Icelandic - Danish - German crime film by director Baltasar Kormákur from 2006. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Arnaldur Indriðason , which was published in Germany under the title Nordermoor .
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Reykjavík Police are examining the bloodied corpse of unmarried truck driver Holberg, whose skull was smashed with an ashtray. The curmudgeonly detective Erlendur and his assistant Sigurður Oli come across tons of pornographic material in the dead man's apartment . You will also find the faded photograph of a child's grave hidden under a desk drawer . This image leads to traces of the murdered man's past. Further research reveals that the four-year-old girl lying in the grave - her name was Auður - was buried in 1974.
The police can obtain the identity of the child's mother through the register of residents. This was once raped by Holberg , whom she subsequently tried in vain to report; disparaged as a whore by the world, she committed suicide . Her rape lawsuit was thrown out by the seedy police officer Rúnar, who saved Holberg from conviction with a "courtesy" and later extorted him.
Erlendur, whose drug-addicted daughter Eva is pregnant and increasingly finding herself, has the four-year-old's body exhumed . The coroner notes that the little girl's brain was removed prior to the burial. The organ, damaged by a rare hereditary disease , was dissected for research purposes in a central laboratory that collects genetic data on the entire Icelandic population. Erlendur finally learns from Örn, an employee of the institute, that Auður died as a result of neurofibromatosis , which is believed to have been the last Icelandic hereditary carrier, Holberg. The genetic defect would have died out in Iceland with Holberg's death if he had not spread it through rape.
Inspector Erlendur finally found out from photos on the body of Holberg's companion that Örn's mother Katrín had an affair with Holberg while her husband was going to sea. She became pregnant by Holberg and gave birth to Örn. Örn, himself the carrier of the genetic defect, intensified his research after his own daughter Karla also succumbed to neurofibromatosis. While working, he comes across the story of Auður, his half-sister. When he confronts Holberg because he believes he passed the hereditary disease on because he raped his mother, fights ensue, in the course of which Örn kills him. When he tries to bury the remains of his half-sister, Inspector Erlendur finds him, but can no longer prevent him from suicide.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films wrote that the “exciting crime film” was a “gloomy thriller spiced with bizarre humor with a convincing leading actor and an atmospheric photographed landscape that created a mythically inflated atmosphere” .
Awards (selection)
- Five Eddas (best film, best director, best leading actor, best supporting actor, best music)
- Crystal Globe for direction at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
- Grand Prize and Awards for Best Director and Best Actor at the International Festival of Action and Adventure Films in Valenciennes .
literature
- Arnaldur Indriðason: Nordermoor , translated by Coletta Bürling. Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2003, ISBN 3-404-14857-6
Web links
- Jar City in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The dead man from Nordermoor on kvikmyndir.is (Icelandic)