Shanghaiing Days [Sjanghæjað til sjós]

Release Year
2007
Runtime
52m
Genres
Documentary
Directed By
Magnús Viðar Sigurðsson
Shanghaiing Days

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.

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