They found something in 1966.
Something went wrong,
and they waited 30 years
before they sent another expedition.
But then something else went wrong.
There was an accident.
4 men died.
One of them was Isaiah's father.
So before Isaiah's father dies,
he sends his son a tape
telling him what really happened.
Tork comes looking for the tape,
they kill Isaiah to get it.
And then they killed the man on the boat.
There's got to be something else
on that tape.
Like what they really found
up there in Greenland.
They're planning to go up again.
They've had to wait until now
for the pack ice to melt in the Davis Strait.
I know a man...
who knows about boats.
Norsaq Christiansen, dead,
on the Gela Alta glacier, July 1993.
Hmm.
It says in the report
that he died in an explosion,
but I don't think that's what killed these men.
These are enlargements I made from the negatives.
You can see what remains of the liver,
the esophagus, stomach.
This is the heart...
what's left of it.
Smilla?
Do you notice anything unusual here?
Something's got into the heart.
But what is it?
This... This is so gross.
What's it got to do with us?
Get her out of here.
Darling, why don't you wait for me outside?
I'll join you later.
But it's disgusting.
What's it got to do with us?
I'll be with you soon.
Please. Please.
Smilla?
This is the arctic worm.
Drancunculus Borealis.
Prehistoric.
No one has seen pictures of them before.
Loyen must have photographed them.
You see, the female worm
entered these men's vital organs.
The uterus burst.
There were 10 million larvae released.
The men go into toxic shock.
They die on the spot. But it's very strange.
Parasites don't usually kill their hosts.
It's very bad manners.
But I thought the worm was extinct.
I thought so too, Smilla.
But the question is,
what brought them back to life?
Why are you getting involved in this?
I told you before... a child died.
It's my New Year's resolution
to make someone pay.
This friend of yours who dropped you off.
Is he also involved?
I don't know.
I don't know him very well.
He has a repair shop
which he never goes to.
His hands are much too clean.
He lies to me.
I don't know what he does.
Are you in love with him?
I've been trying to avoid it
all my life,
so now that it's here,
I just want to renounce it.
I'm sorry to hear that.
I'm tired of wondering why it is
that every day I'm on this earth
I'm in exile.
I'm sorry you're so angry.
I'm sorry I made you do things.
Is it time for confession, Moritz?
What things did you make me do?
I made you leave your country.
What were you supposed to do,
leave me there?
I punished you because your mother was dead.
I'd look at you, and I'd see her face.
I never loved anyone
the way I loved your mother.
Benja will be sorry to hear that.
It's late, Smilla. I'm going to bed.
All day today I thought about your hands on me.
Your mouth on my mouth.
This friend of yours, Lander.
What does he do?
He owns the place.
Now, what can I do for you?
I need to know where the boat is going...
why it's going, and who's behind it.
The ship you saw, the Kronos,
it's classified ice class.
They spent an incredible amount of money
getting her ready.
Whatever they're after has to be very lucrative
for them to recoup the investment they've made.
But you don't know...
Normally a ship is chartered with a crew.
But in this situation,
you would prefer a bare-boat charter...
a ship and nothing else.
Then you find a captain.
He has to be a special kind of person,
the kind you can take aside, and over a full glass
tell him that his wages
will be a little out of the ordinary.
On the other hand,
you need all his tact and sensitivity.
Where would someone find such a person?
Right here.
That gentleman over there.
Captain Sigmund Lukas.
A very, very skilled German seaman.
Knows the North Atlantic like no one else.
Doesn't drink, but he gambles.
He no longer has a home or a family.
And now he's for sale,
if the amount is big enough.
If he's so broke,
whose money is he playing with?
Uncle Lander's money, honey.
That's why he's going to be nice to you.
This is not a game.
If you go on board that boat,
they'll kill you.
I need to know what happened to him.
You don't even know where the boat is going.
Wherever the boat is going,
I'll find out why they killed Isaiah.
They've come for you.
Just keep walking.
Don't turn around.
Lander'll be waiting outside.
Go to your father's house.
Wait there. I'll meet you there.
Man: Perfect!
Miss Jaspersen?
Miss Jaspersen.
Go.
- Open this door! - Go!
I need you to help me get on the Kronos.
What makes you think I can help?
Just talk to Lukas.
My life is shit.
But whatever it's worth
I owe to your boyfriend,
so the answer is no.
I'm going whether you help me or not.
Wait, wait, wait.
You scare me, honey. Other women,
it's all threat, and no action.
You, I believe.
You'll go anyway
and get yourself really fucked.
So give me a call when you're ready.
Thank you, Lander.
O.K., thank you very much.
It's the door straight on.
Benja?
You don't belong here.
They're going to take you away.
You can't run away your whole life.
We'll get you a good lawyer.
They'll find a way to kill me,
or I'll just have an accident.
I was resisting arrest. I tried to escape.
And you'll spend your wretched life
knowing you could have saved me.
Are you going, or should I get...
Give us a minute.
But you promised me!
Quiet!
She is crazy! I can't take this anymore!
Will you be quiet?
What do you want me to do?
Drive your car to the back
so I can get in,
and lie down on the floor,
and then cover me.
Lander.
Where are you?
Meet me at the marina.
Thank you, Lander. I'm coming.
Once you drive off,
I'll send them after you.
Benja.
Leave me alone.
Emergency at the hospital.
Good night. Thanks for your help.
I wanted peace and quiet so badly,
wanted my family around me,
but I never achieved that.
I don't want to let you go, Smilla.
I'll take that.
Thank you, Lander.
Change your mind and come back with me.
I can't do that.
Man: Ooh, sweet thing.
Men: Welcome back, welcome back.
We've been waiting for you. Nils Jakkelsen.
Stick with me.
I can do things for you.
You know what I mean?
You can start by getting my bag.
Man: That's one way to do it.
I'll take you to the captain.
To your left, upstairs.
Here.
Straight on.
It's in there.
You can go, Jakkelsen.
You're on board
because we needed a cabin steward.
Your duties include light cleaning,
and you're responsible for the ship's laundry.
You can go now.
We have representatives
from the shipping company with us,
living on the upper boat deck.
There's no admittance whatsoever.
If you disobey this order,
I'll have you locked up.
How about a quick fuck?
Women are crazy about me.
Hmm.
Smilla Qaavigaq Jaspersen.
That must be a Greenlandic middle name.
What's on the upper deck?
Fucked if I know, man.
I've never seen security like this before.
This whole outfit is weird.
Even the captain says
he doesn't know where we're headed.
And the crew. They're a pile of shit,
and they stick together.
They are scared, and they won't tell me why.
And then the passengers on the upper deck
we never get to see.
Who the fuck are they?
Then there's you, Smilla.
Why'd Lukas let you on board?
Everyone thinks you're a cop.
You're spying on me?
Actually, Jakkelsen, I came for a quick fuck.
But you spoiled it by talking.
And you're gonna help me,
you little needle freak.
No way.
I get claustrophobic.
I'm not kidding.
You're not going.
I am.
I get claustrophobic.
Press the button for the upper deck.
If anyone tries to send you away,
just refuse to leave.
Give me an hour. If I'm not back
in a hour, wake up Lukas.
No. I can't do that, man.
Why not?
He's my father. That's why I'm on board.
That's why I have the key.
He thinks I'm clean.
You'd do that to me, man?
You'd tell him?
In a second.
Now send me up.
Gentlemen.
What we are planning to bring back
from our expedition to Greenland
is a scientific sensation...
the most valuable discovery ever made.
An energy-producing meteorite,
the fragment of a planet
from the beginning of creation,
back from the origin of the solar system.
Not only will it multiply our investment,
but it will give our company
a very dominating position in the world.
But there's a drawback.
The stone brought a lethal
prehistoric organism back to life.
It's a kind of worm.
Some of our men were killed by this worm
when they were diving in the melt water
around the meteorite on our last expedition.
The only survivor is a child,
who, unfortunately, ran into the water
in an attempt to reach his father,
one of the divers.
Ever since this incident,
this child has been kept under observa...
Man:: Give me your hand here.
This worm is always fatal,
but only when it reaches the inner organs.
It seems that young people can live with it longer,
presumably because their immune systems are stronger.
They're out of champagne.
What did you see up there?
Enough to nail those bastards.
I've got her!
No!
What else could I do? I lit a cigar
and put it up to the sensor.
I'm really fucked now, man.
They know it's me.
Bunch of freaks!
What the hell did you do
to make them want to kill you?
They want to kill both of us.
This is the captain.
We're approaching the Nordic Star platform.
We'll be docked for about half an hour.
All crew members are confined to quarters.
No one is to leave the ship.
I repeat - No one is to leave the ship.
I've got to get off now.
Don't look so panicky.
Just stay close to Jakkelsen the Great.
Ever been to Hong Kong?
They offered me a modeling contract once.
Let's go there.
You are expressly refused permission
to leave the ship.
Any crew member attempting to do so
will be arrested and taken into custody.
Won't he worry about you?
I'll send him a telegram.
Let's get out of here.
How about a quick fuck before we go?
Once the lights go out,
give me a head start, and then follow me.
Relax, man.
You can make it up to me in Hong Kong.
Man: Aah!
Get up!
We're almost there.
I don't feel well.
It'll be hard to find a modeling job.
Never look right at the audience.
You got to look over their heads.
Proud. Like you don't give a shit.
Like a fucking star, man.
Like a star.
Yeah, Jakkelsen.
Like a star.
Oil rigging will commence
in 45 minutes.
Please be sure to secure all your safety clothing
as recommended by the Ansi safety standards.
Oil rigging will commence in 45 minutes.
Please be sure to secure all your safety clothing
as recommended by the Ansi safety standards.
What are they paying you?
Is it enough?
The g-government never pays well enough.
Listen to me!
The government knew
that there was something big going on.
They didn't know what it was exactly,
but they knew they were going again.
They hired me because I was a diver,
because I was the kind of person that Tork needed.
I met him; he trusted me.
He arranged for me to move into the building
to keep an eye on the boy.
I didn't even know that he was sick.
You never loved him!
Of course I loved him!
I just wanted to protect him,
and for a while, I thought that I could.
Listen to me.
Listen.
There's not a night that goes by...
that I don't dream that I catch him.
I catch him in my arms...
...before he hits the ground.
We can start over.
Tork and Loyen are desperate.
They're under extreme pressure.
They'll show no mercy.
You can hide in my cabin,
but only for a little while.
The ship is approaching the coast.
You've to get ashore.
Just go inland. Wait for me.
There's a village just inside the bay
about 7 miles to the south.
You see how it's drawing energy
from some sort of vacuum in the center?
I knew you'd come.
For people with resources,
the right events happen.
They may look like coincidences,
but they arise out of necessity.
Incredible, isn't it?
We can see inside it.
It's not a real meteorite.
Meteorites are cold. This is warm.
Meteorites are dead. This... is alive.
And why are you doing all this, Tork?
Why, money.
Fame. More money.
This is the biggest scientific discovery
of the century.
You can't remove it and transport it
to a densely populated part of the world.
Not until you know exactly what it is.
You could set off a catastrophe.
Oh, death is always a waste,
but sometimes it is the only way
to arouse people.
Bohr participated in the construction
of the atom bomb
and thought it would promote peace.
You lack imagination, Smilla,
which is unforgivable in a scientist.
What about the boy?
He jumped into the damn water.
We were forced to take him along into the cave.
His father collapsed
while he was still near the surface.
The boy wanted to go to him.
It was Loyen's idea to keep him under observation.
The worm was not in his internal organs.
He never even felt it.
Aaarrrgh!
He killed my son.
Tork!
The boy, Tork.
Tell me about the day he died.
You were waiting outside his school,
weren't you, Tork?
He's the only child who walks home alone.
Smilla: You follow him.
You grab him,
not by his arms, but by his clothes
so you don't leave any marks.
But you miscalculate.
He knows you, Tork,
Not from the hospital
where you spent hours tormenting him,
but from the day he saw his father die.
It's death itself he associates with you.
You're guessing.
He gets to his building
and then there's no escape.
He knows what's behind him.
He knows he's going to die.
This fear is even stronger than his fear of heights.
Inside him an engine is spinning
that will keep turning
until all his strength is used up.
And you chase him up to the roof.
Maybe for the first time it occurs to you
not just to get the tape...
but that it's possible to eliminate him.
And avoid him ever telling anyone
what he saw in a cave on a glacier somewhere
in the Davis Strait.
I didn't mean to kill him.
I needed the tape.
He panicked, I shouted,
he turned around, he didn't see me.
You're lying.
He didn't turn around.
He couldn't hear a thing.
He was deaf.