Release Date | 2011-11-23 |
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Runtime | 108 minutes |
Genres | History, Drama |
Stars | Robert de Hoog, Jan Decleir, Derek de Lint, Doutzen Kroes, Victor Reinier |
Directors | Hugo Heinen, Reinout Oerlemans, Gerrit de Veer, Hans de Weers, Ronald van Wechem |
Gerrit de Veer, a novice writer on a 16th-century Dutch merchant vessel, chronicles the daring mission to discover a trade route across the North Pole to Asia. But the heroic journey turns into tragedy when the ship gets stuck in the relentless, penetrating ice. The men are forced to spend the winter on the frozen, arctic wasteland of Nova Zembla, fighting polar bears, hunger and lethal temperatures. Their chances of making it until the following spring are virtually zero.