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Minik (2005)
Directed by Axel Engstfeld
Documentary · 1h 20m
In 1897, Arctic explorer Robert Peary, commissioned by Franz Boas, curator of the American Museum of Natural History, brought indigenous inhabitants of Greenland back from his expedition. It was a sensation. But only little Minik survived. The rest of his group died within a few months. Minik's father died of tuberculosis; his skeleton was added to the museum's anthropological collection. Minik, adopted by museum staff, remained in America for another twelve years before returning to Greenland. But there he had become a stranger. Robert Peary, on the other hand, was celebrated in America for his North Pole expeditions. Minik could not let go of his past, so he returned to the US.
Crew
- Director
- Axel Engstfeld
- Writer
- Axel Engstfeld
- Editor
- Josef van Ooyen
- Producer
- Axel Engstfeld
Details
- Release date
- 2005-12-01
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- DE
- Countries
- Austria, Germany