Trapped (Icelandic TV series)
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| Also known as | 'Ófærð' |
| Genre | Mystery, Thriller |
| Created by | Baltasar Kormákur |
| Developed by | Baltasar Kormákur, Sigurjón Kjartansson |
| Written by | Sigurjón Kjartansson, Clive Bradley |
| Directed by | Baltasar Kormákur, Baldvin Z, Börkur Sigthorsson, Óskar Thor Axelsson |
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| Composer(s) | Jóhann Jóhannsson, Hildur Guðnadóttir |
| Country of origin | Iceland |
| Original language(s) | Icelandic, Danish, English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Sigurjón Kjartansson |
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| Location(s) | Siglufjörður, Iceland, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Running time | 52 min |
| Production company(s) | RVK Studios |
| Distributor | Dynamic Television |
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| Original network | RÚV |
| Picture format | 16:9 HD |
| Original release | December 27, 2015 – present |
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Trapped (Icelandic: Ófærð) is an Icelandic mystery television series created by Baltasar Kormákur and produced by RVK Studios.
After its first screening at the Toronto International Film Festival on 20 September 2015, it was first broadcast on RÚV on 27 December. It has since been sold to numerous broadcasters across the world, including the BBC, who began screening it on 13 February 2016. The Weinstein Company purchased the US distribution rights.
In September 2016, RÚV announced that a second 10-episode season had been commissioned for release in late 2018, to feature the same lead characters facing "an even more complex and challenging murder case".
Series 1 is set in Seyðisfjörður, a remote town in eastern Iceland. In an introductory scene, Hjörtur and his girlfriend Dagný speed on a motorbike towards an abandoned factory, where they have created a secret hideaway, where they come to drink, smoke and have sex. When Hjörtur goes downstairs, he discovers that a fire has broken out. He desperately tries but fails to rescue Dagný from the flames.
Seven years later, a mutilated torso is caught in fishing nets just off the local harbour, shortly before the arrival of the ferry from Hirtshals in Denmark. Andri, the town's chief of police, starts the investigation with his staff of two junior officers, Hinrika and Ásgeir, while a blizzard sets in, preventing detectives from Reykjavík from reaching Seyðisfjörður.
The discovery of the torso is initially linked to someone aboard the ferry. Andri therefore orders that no-one may leave the vessel, pending the arrival of the investigation team from Reykjavík. However, the passengers, frustrated by the delay in disembarkation, are eventually allowed off the ship after ferry captain Søren Carlsen shuts down the heating system in the hope of avoiding a police investigation on board. Jonas Malakauskas, a Lithuanian criminal involved in people trafficking, manages to escape from the ferry driving a campervan, where he has imprisoned Joy, a Nigerian girl, and her younger sister Nishadi. Jonas crashes the vehicle and flees on foot, but is quickly captured. The girls find refuge at Hinrika's home.
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