In 1956 Marcel Hanoun shot a 16minute short in Iceland, called CROQUIS d'ISLANDE. The film has a voice-over by ANNE CAPRILE: "Iceland... Land of fire... land of ice... permanent revolt of nature... Iceland... land prisoner of nature... Whales as broken-down ships... Reykjavík: 63,000 inhabitants out of 160,000 in total... Land without anguish... country without struggle and without tragedies... etc."
—Bert Beyens