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202292 minPGdocumentary

10.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

The North Drift

202292 minPGdocumentary

10.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

A German beer bottle found on a remote Lofoten island prompts filmmaker Steffen Krones to trace its origins back to Dresden and its waterways.

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A German beer bottle found on a remote Lofoten island prompts filmmaker Steffen Krones to trace its origins back to Dresden and its waterways.

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A German beer bottle discovered on a remote Lofoten island in the Arctic Ocean leads filmmaker Steffen Krones to trace its origins. His investigation takes him back to Dresden, where he connects the city's waterways to the Arctic Circle. "The North Drift" presents the links between distant places through the stories carried by objects, revealing connections shaped by migration and geography.

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