The Deep

The Deep (2012)

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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.

Date of release
2012-09-07
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (136)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama
Director
Baltasar Kormákur

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Iceland
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 2

The Deep is a 2012 Icelandic drama film directed by Baltasar Kormákur, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jón Atli Jónasson. It stars Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as a fictionalised version of Guðlaugur Friðþórsson, a fisherman who became known in 1984 for surviving six hours in freezing waters after his boat capsized off the south coast of Iceland.

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