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Out of Thin Air
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Out of Thin Air

2017-06-11 · 85 min · ★ 5.9

Documentary · Crime

Set within the stark Icelandic landscape, OUT OF THIN AIR examines the 1976 police investigation into the disappearance of two men in the early 1970s.

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Directors
Dylan Howitt
Production companies
Sagafilm, Mosiac Films
Countries
Iceland, United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Erla BolladóttirSelf
Sævar CiesiekskiSelf (archive footage)
Tryggvi LeifssonSelf (archive footage)
Albert SkaftasonSelf (archive footage)
Guðjón SkarphéðinssonSelf
Kristjan VídarssonSelf (archive footage)
Geirfinnur EinarssonSelf (archive footage)
Guðmundur EinarssonSelf (archive footage)
Helga ArnardóttirSelf - Journalist
Ragnar AðalsteinssonSelf - Sævar's Lawyer
Thor B. EggertssonSelf - Search and Rescue Team
Haukur GuðmundssonSelf - Police Detective, Keflavík Police
Sigurbjörn HaraldssonSelf - Guðmundur's Friend
Hörður JóhannessonSelf - Reykjavik Police, 1981 - Present
Ögmundur JónassonSelf - Minister of Internal Affairs 2011-13
Hlynur Þór MagnússonSelf - Prison Guard
Páll Arnór PálssonSelf - Kristjan's Lawyer
Halldór ReynissonSelf - Journalist
Arndís SigurðardóttirSelf - Chair, Investigation Committee
Valtýr SigurðssonSelf - Chief Investigator, 1974-75

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