Hertz

Norway, a sleepy fishing village at the beginning of the 20th century. Finn and his mother are on the brink of poverty. His father Johannes has been at sea for three years, carrying out scientific observations, which he wants to include in an encyclopaedia, and his mother’s money has almost run out. When Johannes finally returns, the joy is short-lived: he soon leaves on an expedition to the North Pole on an ultra-modern icebreaker. He promises Finn that he’ll stay in touch, using the radio to transmit messages in Morse code. When that does not happen, Finn builds a radio himself, together with his new friend Aage. But then suddenly there is no more time.