Black Peak: A War Story (2015)

Black Peak: A War Story

2015

Documentary

Synopsis

In the Fossvogur Military Cemetery in Reykjavik Iceland there are 6 gravestones with the names of the crew of a Wellington bomber that in 1941 crashed into Svartahnjúk (Black Peak) mountain in the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in West Iceland. But the rescue team only found 4 bodies. The documentary Black Peak - a war story, tells us how the Second World War collided with the peaceful countryside in Eyrarsveit county and how the legend of the crew and the airplane have lived on for more than 70 years.

Credits

Director

Hjálmtýr Heiðdal

Crew

Karl Smári Hreinsson (Co-Producer)

Arnar Þórisson (Director of Photography)

Hjálmtýr Heiðdal (Director of Photography)

Ingvar Þórisson (Director of Photography)

Hjálmtýr Heiðdal (Editor)

Þuríður Einarsdóttir (Editor)

Einar Melax (Music)

Hjálmtýr Heiðdal (Producer)