Cool Jazz and Coconuts
Cool Jazz and Coconuts

Cool Jazz and Coconuts

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1985
1h 41m
4.0(1 votes)
Comedy
Music

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The actress is to produce a play with the local amateur group and old romantic flames are rekindled. At the same time an American army unit is making experiments with a new and powerful energy source in the vicinity, promising the community a prosperous future.

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32 members
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Ragnhildur Gísladóttir

Svala

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Egill Ólafsson

Oddur

Egill Ólafsson
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Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir

Helga

Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir
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Þórhallur Sigurðsson

Karl

Þórhallur Sigurðsson
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Rúrik Haraldsson

Björn

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Tyrone Nicholas Troupe III

General Reeves

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Jón Tryggvason

Dr. W.

Jón Tryggvason
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Júlíus Agnarsson

Gunnar Þórðarson

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Flosi Ólafsson

Bjarki Tryggvason

Flosi Ólafsson
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Herdís Þorvaldsdóttir

Principal

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Sigurveig Jónsdóttir

Lovísa phone operator

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Pamela Brement

Baby Ruth

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Jónas Jónasson

Sergent Updyke

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Karl Guðmundsson

Magnús Kjartansson

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Magnús Ólafsson

Pétur Kristjánsson

Magnús Ólafsson
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Tómas Tómasson

Adolf

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Valdimar Helgason

Airplane passenger

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Guðbjörg Guðmundsdóttir

Stewardess

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Arnþór Jónsson

Farmer

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Anna Kristín Jóhannsdóttir

Farmer's wife

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Ingibjörg Þorsteinsdóttir

Jófríður

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Arinbjörn Vilhjálmsson

Soldier #1

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Guðjón Petterson

Soldier #2

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Pétur Eggerz

Soldier #3

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Þórhallur Vilhjálmsson

Soldier #4

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Jón Snorrason

Soldier #5

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Ólafur Rögnvaldsson

Town representative #1

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Guðjón Jónatansson

Town representative #2

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Kristinn Ágúst Friðfinnsson

Town representative #3

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Geirlaug Þorvaldsdóttir

Woman in hair dressing saloon #1

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Guðný Helgadóttir

Woman in hair dressing saloon #2

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Gísli Rúnar Jónsson

Narrator

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