‘Downton’ and ‘Peaky Blinders’ stars join 19th century thriller ‘The Damned’

A new movie filmed in Iceland has attracted a great cast of British period drama actors.

Described as a “tense psychological horror,” The Damned recently finished filming in Iceland.

The film follows Eva, a 19th-century widow who is tasked with making an impossible choice when, in the middle of an especially cruel winter, a ship sinks off the coast of her isolated fishing post.

Eva and her crew must choose to either rescue the shipwrecked or survive the winter with their last remaining food.

Facing the consequences of their choice and tormented by their guilt, the inhabitants wrestle with a mounting sense of dread and begin to believe they are all being punished for their choices…

Leading the cast is Odessa Young from Mothering Sunday, with Rory McCann (Game of Thrones), Turlough Convery (Belfast), Lewis Gribben (Somewhere Boy), Francis Magee (The Tourist), Mícheál Óg Lane (Calvary), and Andrean Sigurgeirsson (When We Are Born).

They’re joined by Siobhan Finneran, who you’ll recognise as O’Brien in the first three seasons of Downton Abbey.

Finneran returned to our screens earlier this year as Clare in the final season of Happy Valley.

She’s also appeared in Time, The Syndicate, and Netflix’s The Stranger.

Also starring is Joe Cole, best known for his roles in Peaky Blinders and last year’s The Ipcress File adaptation:

The Damned is directed by award-winning filmmaker Thordur Palsson (The Valhalla Murders).

“We could not be prouder of what Thordur and this magnificent ensemble of talent have achieved on The Damned,” said the producers.

“The Icelandic landscape is a part of the haunted soul of this film and shooting in the depths of winter in the West Fjords provided physical and creative challenges, and each of those challenges could not have been overcome without the support of our fantastic partners. We are so excited to get this film into the world.”

We expect The Damned to be released later this year or in 2024.

Joe Cole can currently be seen on Disney+ in A Small Light.

The new mini-series from National Geographic tells the inspiring of Miep Gies, who played a critical role in hiding Anne Frank and her family during the Nazi occupation in Amsterdam during World War II.

The Ipcress File is available to watch on Amazon Prime Video.