''The Deep'' ( is, Djúpið) is a 2012 Icelandic
drama film
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directed by
Baltasar Kormákur
Baltasar Kormákur Baltasarsson (born 27 February 1966) is an Icelandic actor, theater and film director, and film producer. He is best known for directing the films ''101 ReykjavÃk'', ''The Sea'', '' A Little Trip to Heaven'', ''Contraband'', ...
. The film was selected as the Icelandic entry for the
Best Foreign Language Oscar at the
85th Academy Awards
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,
making the January shortlist.
It was also nominated for the 2013
Nordic Council Film Prize
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. The film is based on the true story of
Guðlaugur Friðþórsson, a fisherman who survived in the freezing ocean after his boat capsized off the south coast of Iceland.
Cast
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Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (born 13 March 1973) is an Icelandic-American actor, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for '' Children'', '' Trapped'', '' The Deep'', '' Lady Dynamite'', and '' The Secret Life of Walter Mitty''.
Early life
Óla ...
as Gulli
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Jóhann G. Jóhannsson
Jóhann is a masculine given name. It is the Icelandic and Faroese form of the name Johann, a form of the Germanic and Latin given name "Johannes". The English-language form is John.
The Icelandic surname Jóhannsson is a patronymic surname meani ...
as Palli
*
Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir as Halla
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Theódór JúlÃusson
Theódór JúlÃusson (born 21 August 1949) is an Icelandic actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 1994. Theódór won the 2012 Edda Award for Best Leading Actor for his performance as Hannes in '' Volcano''.
Selected filmography
...
as Gulli's Father
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MarÃa Sigurðardóttir
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People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
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*170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
* Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...
as Gulli's Mother
*
Björn Thors
Björn Thors (born 12 January 1978) is an Icelandic actor. He is known for his role as Kenneth Máni in ''Fangavaktin'', Hugo Estevez in '' Sjáumst með SilvÃu Nótt'' and Darri in '' Katla''.
Personal life
Björn is married to actress Unnu ...
as Hannes
*
Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson
Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson (English transliteration: Thröstur Leó Gunnarsson; born 23 April 1961 in ReykjavÃk), is an Icelandic stage, film and television actor.
Early life
Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson graduated from the Icelandic School of Dram ...
as Lárus
*
Guðjón Pedersen as Erlingur
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Walter GrÃmsson
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People
* Walter (name), both a surname and a given name
* Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968)
* Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...
as Raggi
*
Stefán Hallur Stefánsson Stefán is a common first name in Iceland.
According to Icelandic custom, people are generally referred to by first and middle names and patronyms are used if disambiguation is required.
''Stefán'' is the Icelandic version of the Greek name Ste ...
as Jón
Reception
On
review aggregator
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website
Rotten Tomatoes
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, the film holds a 94% approval rating, based on 31 reviews with an
average rating of 6.6/10.
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw (born 19 June 1962) is a British writer and film critic. He has been chief film critic at ''The Guardian'' since 1999, and is a contributing editor at ''Esquire''.
Early life and education
Bradshaw was educated at Haberdasher ...
of ''
The Guardian
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'' wrote "The mystery of an Icelandic man who survived icy seas for six hours makes for an intriguing drama".
See also
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Survival film
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, with a list of related films
References
External links
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2012 drama films
2010s survival films
2012 action drama films
Drama films based on actual events
Films directed by Baltasar Kormákur
Films set in 1984
Films set in Iceland
Sea adventure films
Icelandic action drama films
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