Die Nordkalotte
Director Peter Nestler
Countries Germany
Duration 89 min
Synopsis
In Die Nordkalotte, Peter Nestler provides a critical view on the industrialization, especially the mining of ore, on the Kola Peninsula, which led to a wide-ranging destruction of forests, lakes and tundra. In addition, the film examines the consequences of industrialization on Lappland's indigenous people. The traditions and understanding of nature of the few thousand reindeer herding Lapps in the remote northern Russian peninsula and in northern Scandinavia are juxtaposed against the modern world after the Industrial Revolution.
In Die Nordkalotte, Peter Nestler provides a critical view on the industrialization, especially the mining of ore, on the Kola Peninsula, which led to a wide-ranging destruction of forests, lakes and tundra. In addition, the film examines the consequences of industrialization on Lappland's indigenous people. The traditions and understanding of nature of the few thousand reindeer herding Lapps in the remote northern Russian peninsula and in northern Scandinavia are juxtaposed against the modern world after the Industrial Revolution.