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Shanghaiing Days
June 3 2007 (over 17 years ago)Rating
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- Director: Magnús Viðar Sigurðsson
- Writer: Margrét Jónasdóttir
- Genre: Documentary
- Runtime: 52 m
The logbook of a few Icelandic trawler-men in 1947-1970. It was dangerous to go on a drinking spree in those days — the Icelandic trawlers were short of crew, so skippers went back to the old way of manning their ships. Man-hunting, or 'Shanghaiing' was the name of the game.