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.
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Robert de Hoog
Gerrit de Veer
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Reinout Oerlemans Director · Hugo Heinen Writer Gerrit de Veer Writer
Director
Reinout Oerlemans
Writer
Hugo Heinen
Writer
Gerrit de Veer
Composer
Melcher Meirmans
Composer
Merlijn Snitker
Composer
Chrisnanne Wiegel
Cinematographer
Lennert Hillege
Editor
Michiel Reichwein
Production designer
Harry Ammerlaan
Costume designer
Marian van Nieuwenhuyzen
Costume designer
Marion Boot
First release November 23, 2011 · Produced in Netherlands · Languages Dutch, Spanish
Production
Saga Film
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Eyeworks Film & TV Drama
Production
Inspire Pictures
Production
Nederlands Fonds voor de Film
Production
RTL Entertainment
Production
Netherlands
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Languages
Original language
Dutch
Spoken on screen
Dutch · Spanish
Release dates
Belgium · November 23, 2011
Theatrical
Netherlands · November 24, 2011
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No release date listed for United States.
Germany
March 12, 2013 · Physical
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