An Ancient Farm Site (1989)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 20M

Director : Páll Steingrímsson
Writer : Hörður Ágústsson

Synopsis

Although the Icelandic Sagas contain many descriptions of stately homes, none of them stood the test of time. However, an archeological finding at Stöng in Thjórsárdal revealed the ruins of an ancient farm which had been preserved in ashes from the Mt. Hekla eruption in 1104. Knowledge from this finding and from literary sources were used to reconstruct in detail and Icelandic farmhouse from the 11th century. This film follows the project from the original designing stage in 1970 until the inauguration in 1977, showing the ancient techniques used to build houses from local building material such as turf, stone and wood.

Actors

Crews

Páll Steingrímsson
Páll Steingrímsson
Director
Hörður Ágústsson
Hörður Ágústsson
Screenplay
Páll Steingrímsson
Páll Steingrímsson
Director of Photography
Páll Steingrímsson
Páll Steingrímsson
Editor
Jón Leifs
Jón Leifs
Music
Páll Steingrímsson
Páll Steingrímsson
Producer
Hjörtur Howser
Hjörtur Howser
Sound