When the first Icelandic engineer returned to Iceland from his studies in Denmark a hundred years ago most Icelanders lived in great poverty in dark turf houses as thet had done for centuries. One could hardly speak of any roads, only some trails formed through the centuries by man and animals. There where no bridges over the rivers, only one lighthouse and no man-made harbour to speak of. This documentary shows the evoliution of technology in Iceland and the great changes that the society has undergone since the first engineer arrived with new ideas and knowledge that has turned Iceland into a highly modern society in a very short span of time.

Original title:

Frá torfkofa til tæknialdar

Release:

January 01, 1995

Original language:

Icelandic

Production country:

Iceland

Producer company:

Nýja Bíó

Steinþór Birgisson

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Þiðrik Emilsson

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