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Historical epic about a doomed expedition in 1596 and the overwintering on barren Nova Zembla deserves its own place in the history books, as the first Dutch feature film entirely shot in 3D

Historical heroic epic tells the legendary story of the overwintering on Nova Zembla, as it was ‘truthfully’ recorded at the time by a young deckhand. In 1596, this Gerrit de Veer is an inquisitive lad aboard the doomed expedition, on a mission to find a short trade route to the East Indies. Their ship gets jammed between giant ice floes. To survive the winter, they build a hut on the barren island of Nova Zembla. Apart from the merciless nature, food shortage and mutual tensions make matters worse. By casting Doutzen Kroes in her film debut as Gerrit’s distant love, this genuine all-male adventure got a romantic injection. Meanwhile, the film secured its place in the history books, as the first Dutch feature film entirely shot in 3D.

Title: Nova Zembla
Year: 2011
Duration : 1 hour, 44 minutes
Category: Feature film
Edition: NFF 2012

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Platina Film (400.000 bezoekers speelfilm) (2011)

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