Outlaw: The Saga of Gisli

Outlaw The Saga of Gisli Icelandic tlaginn is an Icelandic film adaptation of the Gsla saga, the story of a blood feud set in 10thcentury Iceland. It was directed by gst Gumundsson in 1981.

This Icelandic Saga begins with Gisli, Thorgrim, Thorkel, and Vestein making a blood pact to protect one another. Controversy breaks out when one of the men, Thorgrim, refuses to complete the pact because he does not want any involvement with Vestein. Thorgrim claims that taking on Vestein as a brother is taking on more trouble than he can handle. The scene ends with the men storming off from one another and the blood oath incomplete. The plot begins to unfold when Thorkel hears his wife tell Aud, Gislis wife, that she had amorous feelings for Vestein before she married Thorkel, leading Thorkel to suspect his wife was unfaithful.As the saga continues, Vestein is killed one night in Gislis home by a masked man. Gisli rushes into the house and pulls the spear from Vesteins dead body thereby ensuring that he will avenge Vesteins murder. Gisli, with some investigation of his own, concludes that Thorgrim is responsible for the death of Vestein. Therefore, he convinces one of Thorgrims servants to leave the door to Thorgrims house open one night. Gisli enters the house and stabs Thorgrim with the same spear that Thorgrim supposedly used to kill Vestein. A group of Thorgrims servants race to Gislis home to inquire if anyone strange has come by but they have no luck. After the funeral Bork, Thorgrims brother, marries Thorgrims widow, Thordis, who is also Gislis sister. Thordis then tells her new husband that she believes Gisli is responsible for the death of her first husband. In addition, she tells Bork that he must kill Gisli in order to get revenge for the murder of his brother and she will marry him. As a result, some of Borks men travel to a sorcerer to convince him to place a curse on the Thorgrims murderer. ........

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