Black Peak: A War Story

Black Peak: A War Story

  • Overview
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 2015

Runtime

0h 57m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Svartihnjúkur: Stríðssaga úr Eyrarsveit

Director

Hjálmtýr Heiðdal

Description

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.