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Á KÖLDUM KLAKA (Original title)Cold Fever (Alternative title)
Date: 1994 (Copyright)

Countries: Iceland, Germany, Denmark, USA

Directed by: Fridrik Thór Fridriksson

Production company billing: ©1994. Icicle Films Inc. Jim Stark presents in association with George Gund III, Icelandic Film Corporation, Film Fonds Hamburg, Sunrise A.G., Pandora Film, Zentropa Entertainments, Alta Films a film by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson [end] International sales: World Sales Christa Saredi Dolby Stereo SR In Colour [1.66:1] (Tokyo footage) [2.35:1] (rest of the film)
Synopsis: A Japanese businessman goes to Iceland to bury his parents who have died from salmonella poisoning after eating too much fish.

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: 10 February 1995Country: IcelandRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Stereo SRRuntime: 85 mins Language: Icelandic / English / Japanese
Date: 29 September 1995Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Stereo SRRuntime: 85 mins Length: 7684 FeetDialogue (original): Language: English / Icelandic / Japanese

Credits (60)
©: Icicle Films Inc., Presents: Jim Stark, [Presented] In association with: George Gund III, [Presented] In association with: Icelandic Film Corporation, [Presented] In association with: Film Fonds Hamburg, [Presented] In association with: Sunrise A.G., [Presented] In association with: Pandora Film, [Presented] In association with: Zentropa Entertainments, Alta Films, International Sales: World Sales Christa Saredi, Executive Producer: Fridrik Thór Fridriksson, Executive Producer: Christa Saredi, Executive Producer: Reinhard Brundig, Executive Producer: Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Produced by: Jim Stark, Co-producer: George Gund Iii, Line Producer: Ari Kristinsson, Unit Producer: Toshimori Iwaki, Production Manager: Inga Björk Sólnes, Makiko Tomoda, Zürich Production Co-ordinator: Reinder Kooyman, Production Co-ordinator: Mark Higashino, Production Accountant: Helga Eysteinsdóttir, Location Manager: Bjarni Felix Bjarnason, Assistant Director: María Sigurðardóttir, 1st Assistant Director: Masahiko Nagasawa, 2nd Assistant Director: Shinji Aoyama, 3rd Assistant Director: Norio Kida, Script/Continuity: Inga Lisa Middleton, LA Casting: Judy Courtney, Written by: Jim Stark, Fridrik Thór Fridriksson, Director of Photography: Ari Kristinsson, 2nd Unit Photography: Halldór Gunnarsson, 1st Assistant Cameraman: Halldór Gunnarsson, 2nd Assistant Cameraman: Ægir Guðmundsson, Clapper/Loader: Kristófer Pétursson, Gaffer: Andreas Burkhard, Key Grip: Hálfdán Théodórsson, Still Photo: Inga Lisa Middleton, Still Photographer: Mark Higashino, Special Effects: Ari Sigurðsson, Editor: Steingrímur Karlsson, Set Design: Árni Páll Jóhannsson, Props Master: Sigriður Sigurjónsdóttir, Hideaki Gunji, Costume Design: María Ólafsdóttir, Wardrobe Stylist: Atsushi Okubo, Make-up & Hair: Helga Bjartmars, Midori Onuma, Laboratory: Atlantik Filmkopierwerk Hamburg, Colour Grading: Petra Schütt, Negative Cutter: Hilke Schulz, Music: Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Music Production & Arrangement: Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Sound Engineer: Masakatsu Shiobara, Sound: Kjartan Kjartansson, Sound Editing: Kjartan Kjartansson, Horse Wrangler: Ólafur Einarsson
Cast (45)
Masatoshi Nagase (Hirata), Lili Taylor (Jill), Fisher Stevens (Jack), Gísli Halldórsson (Siggi), Laura Hughes (Laura), Seijun Suzuki (Hirata's grandfather), Hiromasa Shimada (Suzuki), Masayuki Sasaki (Higashino), Taizou Mizumura (Hirata's father), Ichiko Takashi (Hirata's mother), Taeko Kato (girl in TV show), Toshimori Iwaki (TV show commentator), Ari Matthiasson (bus guide), Magnús Ólafsson (taxi driver), Rúrik Haraldsson (grave digger), Flosi Ólafsson (hotel owner), Briet Heðinsdóttir (woman at farm), Katrin Ólafsdóttir (psychic woman), Hallbjörn Hjartarson (cowboy of the north), Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir (screaming girl), Jóhannes B. Guðmundsson (Frikki), Hrafnhildur Helgadóttir (Icelandic passenger), Guðrún Sigurjónsdóttir (girl in shop), Friðrik Steinn Friðriksson, Guðrún Sigurjónsdóttir, Kári Steinn Karlsson, Örvar Jens Arnarsson (elf), Björgvin Ásgeirsson, Elisabeth Zitterbart, Senior Citizens from Reykjavik, Senior Citizens from Vogum, Félagar úr kór Bústaðakirkju, Guðny Kristjánsdóttir, Hálfdán Théodórsson, Hjálmar Sverrisson, Ingthór Óli Harðarson, Jón Birgir Valsson, Kór Öldutúnsskóla, Kristinn Harðarson, Players from Hveragerðis, Players from Keflavikur, Players from Selfoss, Loftur Ásgeirsson, Lothar Kraftzik, Orri Björnsson