Réttur

Réttur
Title card season 1
Genre	Legal Drama, Thriller
Created by	Sigurjón Kjartansson
Developed by	Sigurjón Kjartansson
Written by	Sigurjón Kjartansson,
Story by	Sigurjón Kjartansson Kristinn Þórðarson Margrét Örnólfsdóttir María Reyndal
Directed by	Sigurjón Kjartansson, Baldvin Z (season 3)
Starring	Magnús Jónsson Jóhanna Vigdís Arnardóttir Víkingur Kristjánsson Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir
Composer	Barði Jóhannsson Pétur Jónsson (Season 3)
Country of origin	Iceland
Original language	Icelandic
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	21
Production
Executive producer	Sigurjón Kjartansson
Production locations	Reykjavík, Iceland
Running time	52 min
Production company	Saga Film
Original release
Network	Stöð 2
Release	January 18, 2009 (2009-01-18) – December 13, 2015 (2015-12-13)

Réttur (Icelandic: [ˈrjɛʰtʏr̥], Court) is an Icelandic television series created and produced by Sigurjón Kjartansson of RVK Studios, retitled Case and The Court in English-language markets. It was picked up by NBC and producer Howard Gordon for a US remake. Seasons 1 and 2 feature a different case every episode, while season 3 is a single case that gets solved throughout the season.

Plot

Réttur is about Logi Traustason, an attorney who joins a law firm owned by business partners Brynhildur and Hörður. Together they solve court cases which often brings them all too close to their cases and subjects of the Icelandic society.

Characters

• Logi Traustason

Logi is an attorney of law. After spending years in prison for a murder he did not commit he opens his own law practice. His office gets bankrupted and he starts working his way up at another firm. After two years he does not get the partner position he is expecting, and leaves the firm to join Réttur, a small firm facing financial difficulties, owned by Brynhildur and Hörður. Logi is an alcoholic and quite the ladies man, finding it hard to stay true to only one woman. He and Brynhildur do not always see things eye to eye.

External links

• Réttur at IMDb