Underland
Robert Petit / United States & United Kingdom / 2025 / 79 min
Three underground astronauts explore the underworld and reveal deep connections between the past and the future. Based on Robert Macfarlane's bestseller and narrated by Sandra Hüller.
Throughout human history, the earth beneath our feet has captured our imagination. Across time and cultures, the underworld has been depicted in countless ways in literature, mythology, and science. In this visually stunning and immersive adaptation of Robert Macfarlane’s bestseller ‘Underland’, three underground astronauts offer us different perspectives on what the underworld looks like today.
With Oscar-nominated actress Sandra Hüller as our narrator, we visit caves, forgotten burial chambers, ruined storm drains, and even an underground laboratory built to solve the universe’s greatest mysteries. The film traces the major cultural, historical, and scientific lines from our shared distant past to a future where new civilizations will one day explore our own buried histories.
