Jar City

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Jar City

2006

1h 33m

6.0(71 votes)

Drama

Thriller

Crime

Overview

A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.

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40 members

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Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

Erlendur

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Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir

Eva Lind

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Björn Hlynur Haraldsson

Sigurður Óli

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Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir

Elínborg

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Atli Rafn Sigurðsson

Örn

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Kristbjörg Kjeld

Katrín

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Þorsteinn Gunnarsson

Holberg Jónsson

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Theodór Júlíusson

Elliði

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Þórunn Magnea Magnúsdóttir

Elín

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Guðmunda Elíasdóttir

Theodóra

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Walter Grímsson

Handrukkarar

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Magnús Ragnarsson

Lögfræðingur

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Rafnhildur Rósa Atladótir

Kola

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Jón Sigurbjörnsson

Albert

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Valdimar Örn Flygenring

Pilot

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Thor Tulinius

Pathologe

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Ása Hlín Svavarsdóttir

Starfskona á Hagstofu

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Eyvindur Erlendsson

Rúnar Gislason

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Elma Lísa Gunnarsdóttir

Gunnur

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Erlendur Eiríksson

Öryggisvörður

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Kristinn Ágúst Friðfinnsson

Fjölskylduprestur

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Kári Stefánsson

Himself

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Þórhallur Gunnarsson

Fréttamaður

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Sigurður Már Ólafsson

Bílstjóri hjá Landflutningum

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Hjalti Gunnarsson

Fangavörður #1

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Jón Viðar Arnþórsson

Fangavörður #2

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Guðrún Birna Gísladóttir

Forstöðukona á Grund

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Bjarni Geir Patric Alfreðsson

Kokkur á BSÍ

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Katrín Óskarsson

Kona Rúnars

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Rósa Olafsdóttir

Eldri kona 1

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Osk Gudmundóottir

Eldri kona 2

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Þórarinn Óskar Þórarinsson

Eddi

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Úlfur Ísfeld Rögnvaldsson

Bróðir Arnars

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Sólon Ísfeld Rögnvaldsson

Arnar

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Sverrir Einarsson

Útfararstjóri #1

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Bryndís Valbjarnardóttir

Útfararstjóri #2

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Valgerður Backman

Ritari Arnar

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Guðlaug Hermannsdóttir

Afgreiðslustúlka BSÍ

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Lárus Björn Svavarsson

Himself

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Rafnhildur Rósa Atladóttir

Kola Örnsdóttir

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