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New Earth (1933)

The film is a documentary portraying a struggle as man tries to subdue nature. To prevent flooding and for purposes of land reclamation, the people of the Netherlands struggle and succeed in building a breaker, thereby eliminating the wild inland body of water once known as the Zuider Zee (now called Ijsselmeer).

Release: 1933-12-14
Runtime: 30 min
Rating: 6.8 / 10
Cast
Joris Ivens
Joris Ivens