Lately, Netflix has been releasing shows based on actual story events and Against The Ice is one of them. It is a historical survival film, directed by Peter Flinth and written by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Joe Derrick.
The entire production team was composed of genuinely unique and talented individuals. Their technical crew includes Volker Bertelmann for music direction, Torben Forsberg for cinematography, and Morten Højbjerg for editing. They shot in Iceland and Greenland just last year, January 19, 2021, when they revealed it was based on a Danish Book, Two Against The Ice, by Ejnar Mikkelsen that was published in 1957.
When Will Against The Ice Premiere On Netflix?
Against the Ice gets its worldwide premiere at the Berlin film festival in February 2022, while Netflix announced that the film isn’t scheduled to release on its platform until March 2, 2022. We know subscribers are excited to watch on the streaming powerhouse, but we have to wait for a few more weeks to debut worldwide on Netflix.
What To Expect?
Against The Ice is true of a Danish polar explorer, Ejnar Mikkelsen and his expedition to Greenland in 1909.
Mikkelsen was leading Denmark’s Alabama Expedition. His mission was to disprove United States’ argument that Greenland is two different islands and stop them from claiming North-Eastern Greenland. With that in mind, Mikkelsen and a young engineer, Iver Iversen, left their ship and started their journey.
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They prove that Greenland is indeed a single island, but they do not anticipate how hard it is to return to their ship. They battled hunger, fatigue, and even a polar bear attack to get back to their boat, only to find out that their ship crashed on a block of giant Ice and that their team abandoned them. Now trapped on a deserted island, they started to question themselves, how will they survive? Can they fight to stay alive?
List of Cast and Characters
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau will play as Ejnar Mikkelsen
- Joe Cole will play as a young engineer who went with Mikkelsen in Greenland named Iver Iversen
- Charles Dance will play as Neergaard
- Heida Reed will play as Naja
- Ed Speleers will play as Bessel
- Diarmaid Murtagh will play as Poulsen
- Gísli Örn Garðarsson will play as Jörgensen
- Sam Redford will play as Laub
- Nick Jameson will play as Holm
- Frankie Wilson will play as Unger
- Þorsteinn Bachmann will play as Amdrup
Release Trailer Plot Story
Yes, a trailer has now been released by Netflix. “When you travel into unknown lands to discover new parts of the globe, it is to ensure the records of your discoveries are delivered back safe and sound,” said Charles Dance’s character Neggard.
Official trailer of this historic adventure set in 1909, Against The Ice can now be seen on Netflix. Watch it and see for yourself why this movie is a must-watch and let us know if you will watch the show or not.