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Qivitoq (1956)
Directed by Erik Balling
Adventure, Drama · 1h 59m
A young teacher, Eva Nygaard, arrives in Greenland from Denmark to surprise her fiancé, the Doctor Erik Halsøe, but is crushed to find he has not waited for her and he is about to be married to his assisting nurse. Eva travels to a small fishing village to await the next ship back to Denmark. There she enters into a tense and often confrontational relationship with Jens, a quiet moody Dane who manages a trading company outpost. Meanwhile, Jens is trying to persuade a Greenlander named Pavia to become a company fisherman, despite Pavia's fear of alienating his fellow villagers and upsetting the spirit, Qivitoq.
Cast
Poul Reichhardt
Jens Lauritzen
Astrid Villaume
Eva Nygaard
Gunnar Lauring
Marius Mariboe
Randi Michelsen
Fru Mariboe
Bjørn Watt-Boolsen
Dr. Erik Halsøe
Kirsten Rolffes
Sygeplejerske Kirsten Prage
N
Niels Platou
Pavia
J
Justus Larsen
Nuka
D
Dorthe Reimer
Naja
J
Johanne Larsen
Cæcilie
E
Edward Sivertsen
Zakarias
Crew
- Director
- Erik Balling
- Writer
- Leck Fischer
- Director of Photography
- Poul Pedersen
- Original Music Composer
- Svend Erik Tarp
- Editor
- Carsten Dahl
- Producer
- O. Dalsgaard-Olsen
Details
- Original title
- Qivitoq - fjeldgængeren
- Release date
- 1956-11-06
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama
- Original language
- DA
- Spoken languages
- Danish, Kalaallisut
- Countries
- Denmark
- Production
- Nordisk Film Denmark