Impact

Dec 28, 2014

1h 15m

★ 8.3

Overview

On Christmas Eve in 1986, an Icelandic cargo ship sank in the North Atlantic Ocean. Of the eleven men on board, five lived. This is the remarkable story of the heroic rescue mission that brought them home.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Elf Films

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Cast

Júlíus Víðir Guðnason

Þorsteinn Gunnar Bjarnason

Stefán Björgvinsson

Sigurður Ölvir Bragason

Ingólfur Arnar Björnsson

Sigurður L. Þorgeirsson

Hólmsteinn Brekkan

Anton Sigþórsson

Sigurður Guðmann Diðriksson

Gunnar Friðriksson

Arne Froge

Halldór Gunnarsson

Hafsteinn Böðvarsson

Magnús Guðfinnsson

Jón Snæbjörnsson

Bjartur Guðmundsson

Halldór Gunnarsson

Emil Freyr Freysson

Júlíus Víðir Guðnason

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