A disease that killed eight out of ten infants born struck two islands in the North Atlantic, The Westman Islands off the south coast of Iceland and St. Kilda, west of Scotland. The film is staged and shot on both locations. The story is told by Magnus Magnusson KBE.
Year of production: 2007
Duration: 52 min.
Director: Páll Steingrímsson
Author: Páll Steingrímsson / Magnus Magnusson KBE
Camera: Friðþjófur Helgason
Editing: Ólafur Ragnar Halldórsson/ Páll Steingrímsson
Sound mixing: Magnús Egilsson
Music: Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Narrator: Magnus Magnusson KBE
Format: HD
Ratio: 16:9
TWO ISLAND SOCIETIES – Tetanus Infantum.
Documentary, partly staged, on the
communities in the Westmann Islands and on
St. Kilda in the North Atlantic.
Links
Two Island Communities and Tetanus Infantum