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The Deep

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Also known as Deep

2012 film

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6.3

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.

Released: 2012-09-0795 minDir: Baltasar KormákurDramaBudget: $3.0M

Cast

  • Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Gulli (Guðlaugs Friðþjófssonar)
  • Joi Johannsson as Palli
  • Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir as Halla
  • Theodór Júlíusson as Gulli's Father
  • María Sigurðardóttir as Gulli's Mother
  • Björn Thors as Hannes

Themes

  • drowning
  • shipwreck
  • fisherman
  • iceland
  • based on true story
  • storm
  • struggle for survival
  • rescue from drowning
  • storm at sea
  • hypothermia

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Ratings

IMDb

6.6/10

5,851 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

94%

Year
2012
Runtime
95 min
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama
Rated
Not Rated
Awards
11 wins & 10 nominations total

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
Iceland
Original language
Icelandic
Composer
Ben Frost
Narrative location
Iceland
Filming location
Iceland
Duration
90
FilmAffinity ID
651288
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
2013-11-07
title
Djúpið
assessment
Bechdel test
review score
6.6/10
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