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| ORIGINAL TITLE | Eldmessan |
| DIRECTOR | Hringur Hafsteinsson |
| PRODUCER | Gagarín ehf. & Kirkjubær ehf. |
| DOP | Heimir Freyr Hlöðversson |
| SCRIPT | Kári Jónasson & Hrafnkell Stefánsson |
| SOUND | Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson |
| MUSIC | Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson |
| EDITOR | Heimir Freyr Hlöðversson |
| RELEASE | 2009 |
| LENGTH | 15 min |
| GENRE | Drama |
| CAST | Hafsteinn Hafsteinsson and the people of Kirkjubæjarklaustur |
The Laki Eruption and The Mist Hardships (1783-1784) is the biggest natural catastrophe ever inflicted on Iceland where one fifth of the Icelandic population was killed. Over a million people died world wide due to failed crops and atmospheric pollution caused by the Eruption.
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