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The Deep

The Deep

20126.31h 35m

Overview

Based on an astonishing true incident that took place on the frigid seas off Iceland in 1984, The Deep fashions a modern-day everyman myth about the sole survivor of a shipwreck, whose superhuman will to survive made him both an inexplicable scientific phenomenon and a genuine national hero.

Directed by Baltasar Kormákur
Written by Jón Atli Jónasson, Baltasar Kormákur
Produced by Egil Ødegård, Baltasar Kormákur, Agnes Johansen
Box OfficeBudget: $3.0M0

Top Cast

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

Gulli (Guðlaugs Friðþjófssonar)

Joi Johannsson

Joi Johannsson

Palli

Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir

Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir

Halla

Theodór Júlíusson

Theodór Júlíusson

Gulli's Father

María Sigurðardóttir

María Sigurðardóttir

Gulli's Mother

Björn Thors

Björn Thors

Hannes

Stefán Hallur Stefánsson

Stefán Hallur Stefánsson

Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson

Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson

G

Guðjón Pedersen

Themes & Keywords

drowningshipwreckfishermanicelandbased on true storystormstruggle for survivalrescue from drowningstorm at seahypothermia

About The Deep

The Deep is a drama film released in 2012 exploring themes of drowning, shipwreck, fisherman, iceland, based on true story, storm. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur, it stars Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Joi Johannsson, Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir. Based on an astonishing true incident that took place on the frigid seas off Iceland in 1984, The Deep fashions a modern-day everyman myth about the sole survivor of a shipwreck, whose superhuman will to survive made him both an inexplicable scientific phenomenon and a genuine national hero.

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