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Writer:
Nils Gaup (writer)
Release Date:
7 April 1989 (USA)
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Around the year 1000 AD warlike people, the so-called "tjuder", roam in northern Scandinavia. As they brutally kill a family in a remote area...
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 4 wins
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2 nominations
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Excellent movie in beautiful scenery.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Mikkel Gaup | ... | Aigin |
| Ingvald Guttorm | ... | Aigin's Father |
| Nils Utsi | ... | Raste |
| Henrik H. Buljo | ... | Dorakas |
| Nils-Aslak Valkeapää | ... | Siida-Isit |
| Helgi Skúlason | ... | Tsjuderen med arret |
| Inger Utsi | ... | Aigin's Sister |
| Svein Scharffenberg | ... | Tsjuderen, høvding |
| Knut Walle | ... | Tchude Interpreter |
| John Sigurd Kristensen | ... | Tchude Strongman |
| Sara Marit Gaup | ... | Sahve |
| Anne-Marja Blind | ... | Varia |
| Ellen Anne Buljo | ... | Aigin's Mother |
| Svein Birger Olsen | ... | Diemis |
| Sverre Porsanger | ... | Sierge |
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86 min
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2.20 : 1 more
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Dolby (35 mm prints) |
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Certification:
Iceland:14 |
Norway:12 (original rating) |
Argentina:13 |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-10 |
Norway:11 |
West Germany:12
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Remade as Pathfinder (2007)
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This is one of the truly great Norwegian movies, and those are sort of far between. The thing is, there's not a single word of Norwegian spoken either. It's all in an ancient dialect of the Sami language. This movie is made by Sami filmmakers based on their history. All in all that's some feat in a country where their people were systematically oppressed by the government. The attempts to wipe out their culture and assimilate them into the Norwegian one is only outevilized by the American hunt for the Indians.
The scenery and the light in this movie is truly awesome. It's the kind of light you only get in the dark period in the arctic. The sort of neverending dusk/dawn time. For most of the year, the sun doesn't rise in this part of the world, and this results in the spooky, troll-like feeling of this film.