childhood trauma,mental illness

World's End (2011)

Poster for World's End

Set in 1992, Heimsendir is an isolated mental hospital on the outskirts of Reykjavík. The hospital, referred to as ‘World’s End’ is a last resort for many mental patients, many of whom consider it a home. Elementary school teacher, Einar, is committed against his will after a severe nervous breakdown and is critical about how things are run at the hospital and before long he has most of the patients on his side, rooting for change. Einar, along with the other patients, stages a revolution and takes over the hospital, declaring its a state within a state, a Utopia for the mentally ill.

Cast & Crew

Director
Ragnar Bragason
  • Profile picture of Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon
    Lúðvík Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon
  • Profile picture of Jörundur Ragnarsson
    Margeir Jörundur Ragnarsson
  • Profile picture of Halldór Gylfason
    Einar Halldór Gylfason
  • Profile picture of Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir
    Sólveig Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir
  • Profile picture of Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
    Odda Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
  • Profile picture of Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir
    Magnea Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir
  • Profile picture of Sigurður Sigurjónsson
    Torfi Esekíel Sigurður Sigurjónsson
  • Profile picture of Bára Lind Þórarinsdóttir
    Álfheiður Björk Bára Lind Þórarinsdóttir
Poster for Season 1

Season 1

2011

9 episodes

Season 1 of World's End premiered on October 2, 2011

Einar, a charismatic history teacher is committed to a remote mental asylum in Iceland. During the bank holiday weekend he initiates an uprising that transforms into a proper revolution where the lunatics literally take over the asylum.

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Keywords

  • childhood trauma
  • mental illness