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Ice Grave

8.7(3)20251h 18m2

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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Released
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Language
French

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France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland

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Release dates

  • BrazilBR

    • PremiereIt's All True - International Documentary Film Festival9 Apr 2026
  • FranceFR

    • Digital / OTTArte.tv (edited version)24 Feb 2026
    • TVArte (edited version)3 Mar 2026
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereDOK.fest München10 May 2025
    • PremiereBlack Forest Film Festival28 Nov 2025
    • Digital / OTTArte.tv (edited version)24 Feb 2026
    • TVArte (edited version)3 Mar 2026
  • Hong KongHK

    • PremiereHong Kong International Film Festival2 Apr 2026
  • South KoreaKR

    • TVALLEBS International Documentary Festival25 Aug 2026
    • PremiereALLEBS International Documentary Festival28 Aug 2026
  • SwedenSE

    • TVSVT19 Oct 2025

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Ice Grave was released on 10 May 2025.

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