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Released
1922 · FILM

Nanook of the North

A resourceful Inuit hunter battles the brutal Arctic wilderness to provide for his family in this groundbreaking blend of documentary and drama that captures the resilience of a vanishing culture.

“A story of life and love in the actual Arctic.”

Directed by
Robert J Flaherty
Color
Black & White
Runtime
79 min
Documentary
Streaming on
  • HBO Max

Synopsis

This pioneering documentary film portrays the lives of the indigenous Inuit people in northern Quebec, Canada. While the production includes some fictional elements, it vividly illustrates how its resourceful subjects endure the harsh climate, demonstrating their methods of constructing igloo homes and obtaining food through hunting and fishing. The film also showcases the stunning yet unforgiving frozen landscape of the Great White North, set far from conventional civilization.

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Principal cast & crew: 10

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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Herbert EdwardsScored by Rudolf Schramm

Box Office

1922 · Box office

Produced on a $53K budget

Production budget

$53K

Also known as

  • Nanuk, der Eskimode
  • Nanuk, el esquimales
  • Nanouk l'Esquimaufr
  • Nanuk l'eschimeseit

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