Nicodemus wanders through the harsh tundra landscapes of Spitsbergen. Abandoned mines, fallen telegraph poles, old iron, bent from frost unused railroad tracks. An abandoned, gull-occupied city at the end of the world. Wind, wild animals and the film's lone hero, a man lost in the void.
Adam Woronowicz
Nikodem
Karolina Gruszka
Nikodem's wife
Piotr Nawrocki
Nikodem's son
Ilona Wiśniewska
Pracownica bazy
Nicodemus wanders through the harsh tundra landscapes of Spitsbergen. Abandoned mines, fallen telegraph poles, old iron, bent from frost unused railroad tracks. An abandoned, gull-occupied city at the end of the world. Wind, wild animals and the film's lone hero, a man lost in the void.
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