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2 unusual facts about Baltasar Kormákur


Daníel Bjarnason

He has twice won awards at the Icelandic Music Awards—Best Composer/Best Composition, 2010 for Processions and Composer of the Year, 2013 for his works "The Isle Is Full of Noises" and "Over Light Earth." Also in 2013, he and Ben Frost won the Edda Award for best soundtrack for their score to the Baltasar Kormákur-directed film, The Deep.

Reykjavík-Rotterdam

The original film's lead actor, Baltasar Kormákur—a successful director in his home country of Iceland—took on the role of director.


Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir

She played Eva Lind in the film Jar City (2006), based on the book with the same name by Arnaldur Indriðason, directed by Baltasar Kormákur as well as Audur in Country Wedding (2007), directed by Valdís Óskarsdóttir and the young version of Bjarnfreður in Bjarnfreðarson (2009), directed by Ragnar Bragason.


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