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2014•1h 15m•8.3/10
Documentary

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8.3/10(3)

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.

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Production

Elf Films

Language

IS

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Þorsteinn Gunnar Bjarnason

Júlíus Víðir Guðnason

Stefán Björgvinsson

Stefán Björgvinsson

Ingólfur Arnar Björnsson

Sigurður Ölvir Bragason

Hólmsteinn Brekkan

Sigurður L. Þorgeirsson

Sigurður Guðmann Diðriksson

Anton Sigþórsson

Gunnar Friðriksson

Gunnar Friðriksson

Arne Froge

Arne Froge

Halldór Gunnarsson

Halldór Gunnarsson

Magnús Guðfinnsson

Hafsteinn Böðvarsson

Bjartur Guðmundsson

Jón Snæbjörnsson

Emil Freyr Freysson

Halldór Gunnarsson

Júlíus Víðir Guðnason

Júlíus Víðir Guðnason

Hafsteinn Gunnar Hafsteinsson

Hlöðver Einarsson

Kristinn Harðarson

Kristinn Harðarson

Björn Karlsson

Sigurður Sigurjónsson

Jan Rasmussen

Jan Rasmussen

Ervin Shala

Kristinn Harðarson

Anton Sigþórsson

Anton Sigþórsson

Jón Snæbjörnsson

Jón Snæbjörnsson

Kristján Sveinsson

Svanur Rögnvaldsson

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