Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Gulli
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The Deep (Icelandic: Djúpið) is a 2012 Icelandic drama film directed by Baltasar Kormákur. The film was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, making the January shortlist. It was also nominated for the 2013 Nordic Council Film Prize.
- Agnes Johansen, Baltasar Kormákur
- Ben Frost
May 21, 2013 · The Deep: Directed by Baltasar Kormákur. With Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Joi Johannsson, Stefán Hallur Stefánsson, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson. Based on actual events, a fisherman tries to survive in the freezing ocean after his boat capsizes off the south coast of Iceland.
- (5.6K)
- Action, Drama
- Baltasar Kormákur
- 2013-05-21
Undersea adventure about a couple who become involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a deadly shipwreck in Bermudan waters.
- (169)
- Peter Yates
- PG
- Jacqueline Bisset
Among a small crew of six men, the cheerful, overweight, and utterly unassuming Gulli summons the strength to fight the omnipotent forces of nature, swimming back home for six hours in frigid and deadly waters. But, how on earth did he manage to cheat an impending deep hypothermia?
The Deep is based on the true story of an Icelandic fisherman, Gulli (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson), who survived the capsizing of the trawler Breki off the coast of the Westman Islands – despite being in the icy-cold water for six hours. It is a remarkably believable film, capably and sensitively directed by the prolific Baltasar Kormákur.
Jul 12, 2013 · 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.
