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Beyond the Limits

198416mMovieDocumentary

A documentary about the miraculous survival of an Icelandic fisherman, after his boat sank off the shores of the Westman Islands in mid winter. All the crew drowned except one, Gudlaugur Fridthórsson, who swam five and a half kilometers in…

DirectorPáll Steingrímsson
WriterPáll Steingrímsson

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