Synopsis for The Lost Ship:

A documentary The Lost Ship about the Icelandic freighter Godafoss that was sunk by a German submarine in November 1944. Godafoss was coming from New York via England when it was torpedoed by the U-300 just before it came to harbor in Reykjavik. 42 people died in the attack.

The Lost Ship Godafoss was shot down in shallow water, close to land and a lot of people saw it sink – but the ship has never been found!

Original title: Árásin á Goðafoss

English title: The Lost Ship

Genre: Documentary

Language: Icelandic

Director: Björn Brynjúlfur Björnsson

Scriptwriter: Jón Ársaell Thórdarson, Thór Whitehead

Editor: Björn Brynjúlfur Björnsson

Cinematographer: Gudmundur Bjartmarsson

Sound design: Gunnar Árnason

Music: Tryggvi Baldvinsson

Producer(s): Björn Brynjúlfur Björnsson, Jón Ársaell Thórdarson

Production company: Reykjavik

Country: Iceland

Length: 2x52 minutes

Screening format: Digibeta Pal

Production format: Digibeta Pal

Film gauge/aspect ratio: 16/9

TV Premiere date and year: 25th of December 2009 (Part I) and 1st of January 2010 (Part II) on Channel I.