Twenty minutes of inventive puppet animation, it was finished in January 1996. The story, taken from an Icelandic saga, tells of the adventures in Norway of Hreidar, a "big, ugly and slowwitted" Icelander. Hreidar wants to meet King Magnus, whom he impresses with his enormous strength and candid behavior; then he has a fight with a soldier of another king, Harald, and kills him.
| Release Date | October 31, 1996 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | Hreiðar the Stupid | |
| Runtime | 20min | |
| Budget | — | |
| Revenue | — | |
| Language | Icelandic | |
| Original Language | English | |
| Production Countries | Iceland | |
| Production Companies | Nukufilm | |