UNTERNEHMEN ICESAIL - DREI JAHRE IM EISMEER - TEIL 3
UNTERNEHMEN ICESAIL - DREI JAHRE IM EISMEER - TEIL 3
DURI MAYER
Germany / 1993 / 44'
UNTERNEHMEN ICESAIL - DREI JAHRE IM EISMEER - TEIL 3
DURI MAYER
Germany / 1993 / 44'

The film is the third part of a reportage on the expedition started in1991 to sail round the North Pole in three years. The protagonists are an old schooner, built 60 years ago with its hull reinforced for the occasion, and a crew of eleven led by the explorer Arved Fuchs. In several attempts to get through the north-west passage, only good luck prevents the expedition from ending in a catastrophe. Owing to errors in preparation and running the ship, the schooner becomes ice-bound and risks being wrecked.The film portrays this adventurous voyage and recreates the dramatic moments experienced by the crew, without indulging in rhetoric but keeping to a true description of the events which are exciting enough in themseves.

Director

DURI MAYER