Ice Grave
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On July 11, 1897, three men - the Swedish engineer Salomon August Andrée and his companions Nils Strindberg and Knut Fraenkel - set off from Spitsbergen for the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon, a daring attempt to conquer the Arctic from the air. Contact is lost after a few days. They are never seen again. Thirty-three years later, on August 6, 1930, a sealing ship makes a chilling discovery on the remote Island of Kvitøya, the northernmost part of Svalbard. The expedition’s remains, bodies frozen in time beneath the snow, alongside journals and undeveloped film material. Ninety-three of the 240 recovered photographs are salvaged. The documentary reconstructs this expedition between delusion and vision, between scientific ambition and human vulnerability as a compelling mosaic of past and present – an archaeological crime thriller about the price of discovery, the beauty of the unknown, and the melting of memory in the ice of time, with a touch of tragic, unrequited love.
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Hélène Gaudy
Self - Interviewee
Tyrone Martinsson
Self - Interviewee
Bea Uusma
Self - Interviewee
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Gunnar Horn
Self (archive footage)
François Gillerot
Self - Narrator (voice) (French version)
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Ulrike Johannson
Self - Narrator (voice) (German version)
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Biohackers
Henrik Ekman
Self - Narrator (voice) (Swedish version)
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Broken Hill Blues
Sandrine Grange
Self - Additional French Voice (voice)
Jean-François Legonin
Self - Additional French Voice (voice)
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Mike
Robin Brosch
Self - Additional German Voice (voice)
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Dagmar Dreke
Self - Additional German Voice (voice)
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Martin Lohmann
Self - Additional German Voice (voice)
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Robin Hunzinger Director · Bendik Giske Composer Eirik Nicolai Heim Cinematographer
First release May 10, 2025 · Produced in France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland · Languages French, Swedish
Production
Seppia
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ARTE
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Dixit International
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Relation04 Media
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SVT
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Histoire TV
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RTS
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CNC
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Eurométropole de Strasbourg
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Région Grand Est
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Procirep-Angoa
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Arctic Film Norway Invest
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France · Sweden · Norway · Switzerland
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Languages
Original title
Tombeau de glace
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · Swedish
Release dates
Germany · May 10, 2025
Premiere · DOK.fest München
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
April 9, 2026 · Premiere · It's All True - International Documentary Film Festival
France
February 24, 2026 · Digital · Arte.tv (edited version)
March 3, 2026 · TV · Arte (edited version)
Germany
November 28, 2025 · Premiere · Black Forest Film Festival
February 24, 2026 · Digital · Arte.tv (edited version)
March 3, 2026 · TV · Arte (edited version)
Hong Kong SAR China
April 2, 2026 · Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival
South Korea
August 25, 2026 · TV · EBS International Documentary Festival
August 28, 2026 · Premiere · EBS International Documentary Festival
Sweden
October 19, 2025 · TV · SVT
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