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Plot Summary:
1931: 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.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Adventure
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: serious, weird, fake documentary
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 773
Genere: Adventure
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Duration: 94 min
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IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 891
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 739
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 128
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 219
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IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 367
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 663
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 117
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 399
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 422
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 259
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IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 439
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 531
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Country: UK, USA
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 774
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 588
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 79000
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 57000
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