Released Date:
1991-10-11
Languages:
Dutch
Countries:
Netherlands
Runtime:
50 min
IMDB Ratings:
(158 Reviews)
Director:
Peter DelpeutGenres:
DocumentaryThis film is a compilation of scenes from silent films made between 1905 and 1915 that sat in storage in an Amsterdam cinema for many years. The title refers to the deteriorating nitrate film stock used in these films.
Released Date:
1993-04-08
Languages:
English
Countries:
Netherlands
Runtime:
75 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (205 Reviews)
Director:
Peter DelpeutGenres:
Adventure1941: in Ireland, a film maker hears of an aged ship's carpenter who knows the fate of the Hollandia, a Norse ship that set sail in 1905 and vanished. The old salt has canisters of film to prove his tale. We see the footage as he narrates. They sail south in June, 1905, with scores of Siberian huskies aboard, meeting no living soul, the crew ignorant of the trip's purpose, until they reach Antarctica. A mysterious Italian paces the deck; a polar bear appears, and the Italian, possessed, hunts it down. That night, the boatswain explains to the crew how an Arctic bear could be at the South Pole and why the Hollandia has come. Visitors arrive, and the Gothic tale plays out.
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