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Qivitoq

1956 • 1h59m Adventure, Drama

Rating

6.1/10

Popularity

0

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.

Details

Director

Erik Balling

Screenplay

Leck Fischer

Cast

Poul Reichhardt

Astrid Villaume

Gunnar Lauring

Release date

11/6/1956

Status

Released

Origin country

DK

Vote count

12