Nova Zembla
2011, Film, 108 min, Drama, History, Dutch, 0, MoviePedia score 60
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.
Directed by Reinout Oerlemans
Cast
- Robert de Hoog as Gerrit de Veer
- Victor Reinier as Jacob van Heemskerck
- Jan Decleir as Petrus Plancius
- Juda Goslinga as Laurens
- Derek de Lint as Willem Barentsz
- Herman Egbers as Harmen
- Bas Keijzer as Kok
- Teun Kuilboer as Pieter Vos
- Mads Wittermans as Chirurgijn
- Semmy Schilt as Claes
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