Tears of Stone

Name: Tears of Stone
Genre: Drama
Released: 1995-09-15
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Rating: 4.8
Cast: Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Ruth Olafsdottir, Cilia Marianne Úlfsdóttir, Sigrún Lilliendahl, Bergþóra Aradóttir

September 15, 1995
Directed by
Hilmar Oddsson

About Icelandic composer Jon Leifs (1899-1968) who spent much of his life in Germany before WWII. The film begins in the 1930s after he has married the daughter of an industrialist, Annie, who is also a concert pianist. This era was frustrating for Leifs because his works were seldom performed. Iceland's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1995