Film: Embla
The German & Scandinavian Studies division of the Languages, Literatures and Cultures Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is pleased to host the United States debut screening of the Viking film Embla (2007) with the film's award-winning Icelandic director Hrafn Gunnlaugsson present to introduce the film and answer questions.
Gunnlaugsson first came to international attention and acclaim with his film Inter Nos (Okkar á Milli, 1982), followed by the popular Viking revenge film When the Raven Flies (Hrafninn flygur, 1984), the first part of the "Raven Trilogy."
Embla is the director's cut of the third film of the trilogy, The White Viking (Hvíti víkingurinn, 1991), starring 15-year-old Swedish actress Marie Bonnevie as Embla. The film is about a young woman's survival during a time of violent struggle between the religion of old Viking gods and an increasingly militant Christianity.
The film screening is the opening event of the third biennial graduate student conference, MYTH: A Graduate Conference in German and Scandinavian Studies, which will take place February 15-17, 2008. The organizers of the conference would like to thank Icelandair and the Arctic Research Consortium (ARCUS) for their support in bringing the director and his film to the United States.
