Ice Grave (2025): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2025, Ice Grave is a documentary film directed by Robin Hunzinger, running about 78 minutes.

What it’s about. 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.

Who’s in it. Ice Grave stars Hélène Gaudy as Self - Interviewee, Tyrone Martinsson as Self - Interviewee, Bea Uusma as Self - Interviewee and Gunnar Horn as Self (archive footage), among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 9.0/10, Ice Grave sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Ice Grave page.

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