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Release Date:
11 June 1922 (USA) more
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Tagline:
A story of life and love in the actual Arctic. more
Plot:
Documents one year in the life of Nanook, an Eskimo (Inuit) and his family. Describes the trading, hunting... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Tulpan | Film review
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 14 November 2009, 4:05 PM, PST)

cinemadaily | Recent Restorations Shine at MoMA
 (From indieWIRE. 26 October 2009, 8:14 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Impressive effort by Flaherty more (24 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Allakariallak ... Nanook (as Nanook)
Nyla ... Herself (Nanook's wife, the smiling one)
Cunayou ... Herself (Nanook's wife)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Allee ... Himself (Nanook's son)
Allegoo ... Himself (Nanook's son)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Nanouk l'Esquimau (France)
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Runtime:
79 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
Portugal:17 (original rating) | Portugal:M/6 (DVD rating) | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Québec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Germany:6 | Spain:T | UK:U (re-release) (1947)

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Trivia:
The film was sponsored by French fur company Revillon Freres which provided $50,000 for Flaherty's 16-month expedition halfway to the North Pole. Despite being rejected by five distributors, the film opened in New York City in 1922, after its success in Paris and Berlin, and grossed well over $40,000 in its first week. more
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Referenced in Road Kill (1999) more

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7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Impressive effort by Flaherty, 9 May 2002
8/10
Author: Agent10 from Tucson, AZ

From a historical standpoint, this film really established the role of the documentary. While most of the scenes were set up and what-not, this is still an interesting tales to ponder. The whole idea of this film was to display the world of the Inuit, in all of its harshness. The cinematography was excellent, and the shot at the end is both haunting and breathless.

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