Icelandic Cowboys

Icelandic Cowboys

  • Overview
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 3, 1984

Runtime

1h 22m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Kúrekar norðursins

Production Companies

Icelandic Film Corporation, Íslenska kvikmyndasamsteypan

Director

Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Description

In the summer of 1984, Iceland's king of country music, Hallbjörn Hjartarson, arranged the first and only Icelandic cowboy-festival. This celebration of western culture took place in Skagaströnd, a village of 700 inhabitants in the north of Iceland, and was attended by Iceland's leading country singers. This documentary describes, in an objective fashion, the general atmosphere of the festival and gives a portrait of the star of the show, Hallbjörn Hjartarson and his views on life and stardom.