Fangavaktin
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| Fangavaktin | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Situation comedy |
| Written by | Jóhann Ævar Grímsson Jón Gnarr Jörundur Ragnarsson Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon Ragnar Bragason |
| Directed by | Ragnar Bragason |
| Starring | Jón Gnarr Jörundur Ragnarsson Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir |
| Country of origin | Iceland |
| Original language | Icelandic |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Editor | Sverrir Kristjánsson |
| Running time | 25 min. |
| Production company | Saga Film |
| Original release | |
| Network | Stöð 2 |
Fangavaktin (English: The Prison Shift) is the sequel to the Icelandic television series Dagvaktin and the final series in the trilogy.[1] The three main characters from Næturvaktin, Georg Bjarnfreðarson (Jón Gnarr), Ólafur Ragnar (Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon) and Daníel (Jörundur Ragnarsson), have become imprisoned in the infamous Litla-Hraun prison following the murder of the hotel owner in Dagvaktin. The story is continued, and brought to a conclusion, in the feature film Bjarnfreðarson.[2]
The first episode was broadcast on Stöð 2 on Sunday, 27 September 2009, and an episode was broadcast each following Sunday until the final seventh episode aired on 8 November 2009. The series has been released on DVD.
Cast[edit]
- Jón Gnarr as Georg Bjarnfreðarson
- Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon as Ólafur Ragnar
- Jörundur Ragnarsson as Daníel
- Björn Thors as Kenneth Máni
- Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
- Ingvar Sigurðsson as Viggó
References[edit]
- ^ "Dagvaktarliðið fer í fangelsi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 1 December 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ Helgi Snær Sigurðsson (22 December 2009). "Georg kvaddur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 52, 44. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
External links[edit]
- Fangavaktin at IMDb
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