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First let me be clear: my copy has the English soundtrack on it. Based on the books by Jon Svensson, this is an enthralling tale of two Icelandic boys and their mother, whose husband has abandoned them to sail around the world in the 1850's.Nonni and Manni, and their mother, Sigrid Jonsdottir have lived without the boys' father, Sven, for eight years when Harald, his best friend, arrives with news of his death. This is the story of how Sigrid and her boys come to terms with the knowledge that they will never see Sven again. The news of Sven's death brings a new chapter in their lives, including coping with Sigrid's unsuitable (slimey) suitor, Magnus Hansson, and a fight for the boys to prove that Harald is innocent of murder. They live in a small village in the 1860's, where it is easy to pin a murder on a stranger, but not so easy to prove the stranger innocent afterwards. It is easy to align yourself with Nonni and Manni, as Gadar Thor Cortes and Einar orn Einarsson respectively are completely natural in the roles of the two sons. Lisa Harrow (All Creatures Great and Small) is wonderful as ever. Luc Merenda lends Harald very human depths, and Stuart Wilson, as Magnus Hansson, is as refined as Dracula. This is a breathtakingly beautiful adventure drama, and the stark and stunning Icelandic countryside makes it even more so.This is a European Co-production, with stars from several countries. Although the actors playing Nonni, Manni, Sigrid, Harald, and Magnus seem to be acting in English, many of the other actors seem to be dubbed. This film was probably dubbed into several languages. The lip-synching of some of the parts in the English Version was a little inaccurate, but because the main actors seemed to be speaking English, this did not prove more than a slight distraction. Lisa Harrow and Stuart Wilson are English, and Einar orn Einarsson later went to theatre school in England.