The Deep is based on an astonishing true incident on a cold night in March 1984, a few miles off the South Coast of Iceland, when a fishing boat sank with its men. One of the crew members miraculously managed to survive, by swimming to shore. After five hours in the ocean, the exhausted young hulk washed ashore, only to find himself on a deadly, uninhabited lava field. The film depicts his journey and how he survived through the aftermath.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 35 min.
- Country, year
- Iceland, 2012
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Icelandic
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Baltasar Kormákur
- Screenplay
- Baltasar Kormákur, Jón Atli Jónasson
- Cinematography
- Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson
- Music
- Ben Frost, Daníel Bjarnason
- Cast
- Jóhann G. Jóhannsson, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Björn Thors
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- unknown - 1
Director
Baltasar Kormákur
Baltasar Kormákur was born in Reykjavík. He studied drama at Iceland’s National Academy of Arts, and has worked extensively as an actor, producer and director in theatre and film. He is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed actors of the younger generation. But it is as a director and theatre entrepreneur he has really made his name. Several of his films screened at Scanorama, and he himself attended the festival in 2006.
