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"Diving is like poetry, each movement flowing into the next."

The Diver is a hymn to diving and the aesthetics of movement. It is a dreamlike collage of movement, music and narration honouring the most beautiful sport there is. Helge Wasenius (February 23, 1927 - January 27, 2008), The Grand Old Man of divers, is the principal character in the film, a colourful daredevil of the sport. Helge Wasenius was the almost sovereign diving champion of Finland and the Nordic countries for two decades, representing Finland at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Parallel to his more professional career, he pursued another career as a children's favourite stunt diver. His speciality was when he cold-bloodedly dangled head downwards high on a diving platform, hanging by his feet. In the film he decides to perform this stunt one last time before making his final plunge into the unknown, even if all the water has been drained from the pool. The film take place at Helsinki Swimming Stadium, scene of the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympics. (forgalmazó hivatalos szövege)