Áramótaskaup: 2016

Áramótaskaup: 2016 is an annual Icelandic TV movie satirizing the events of the past year.

Cast

Anna Svava Knútsdóttir

Aron Bergmann Magnússon

Auður Drauma Bachmann

Benedikt Erlingsson

Bergur Þór Ingólfsson

Birgitta Birgisdóttir

Bogi Ágústsson

Egill Árni Jónsson

Ernesto Camilo Aldazábal Valdes

Felix Bergsson

Reviews

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