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The Silent Enemy

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  • 1h 24m
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The Silent Enemy (1930)
Drama

A documentary about the life of Indians in Northern Canada.A documentary about the life of Indians in Northern Canada.A documentary about the life of Indians in Northern Canada.

IMDb RATING
7.0/10
232
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  • Director
    • H.P. Carver
  • Writers
    • W. Douglas Burden(story)
    • Richard Carver(scenario)
    • Chief Yellow Robe(prologue)
  • Stars
    • Chief Yellow Robe
    • Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance
    • Chief Akawanush
Top credits
  • Director
    • H.P. Carver
  • Writers
    • W. Douglas Burden(story)
    • Richard Carver(scenario)
    • Chief Yellow Robe(prologue)
  • Stars
    • Chief Yellow Robe
    • Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance
    • Chief Akawanush
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    • 3User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Top cast

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    Chief Yellow Robe
    • Chetoga - Tribe Leaderas Chetoga - Tribe Leader
    Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance
    Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance
    • Baluk - Mighty Hunteras Baluk - Mighty Hunter
    Chief Akawanush
    • Dagwan - Medicine Manas Dagwan - Medicine Man
    Mary Alice Nelson Archambaud
    • Neewa - Chetoga's Daughteras Neewa - Chetoga's Daughter
    Cheeka
    • Cheeka - Chetoga's Sonas Cheeka - Chetoga's Son
    Mali Spotted Elk
    • Director
      • H.P. Carver
    • Writers
      • W. Douglas Burden(story)
      • Richard Carver(scenario)
      • Chief Yellow Robe(prologue) (uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    Food is getting scarce for the tribe, and the chief must choose between the advice of Baluk to go north to the caribou herds, or the conniving medicine man Dagwan to stay put. On the way north they endure great hardship, and the conflict between Baluk and Dagwan deepens. It doesn't help that both want to marry the chief's daughter. —Robert Tonsing <rob_tonsing@msn.com>
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      • The epic of the American Indian made in the North Ontario Wilds. (Print Ad- Granby Leader-Mail, ((Granby PQ)) 5 December 1930)
    • Genre
      • Drama
    • Certificate
      • Not Rated
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The "silent enemy" of the title is hunger.
    • Connections
      Featured in Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939 (1974)
    • Soundtracks
      Rain Flower
      Written by Sam Coslow and Newell Chase

    User reviews3

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    7/10
    A docu-drama in the Robert Flaherty tradition
    One of a number of fiction films of the 1920's and 1930's that attempt to show the life of primitive peoples before contact with European material culture. The best known example is Nanook of the North (1922).

    Very well done, with much location shooting under trying circumstances for both the Ojibwe Indian cast and the crew. Interesting wild animal sequences, especially of the caribou.

    The sound mostly is fine organ playing, with a short spoken introduction by Chief Yellow Robe (who played Chetoga, tribe leader).
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    • psteier
    • Jan 19, 2001

    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 2, 1930 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • L'ennemi silencieux
    • Filming locations
      • Temagami Forest Reserve, Ontario, Canada
    • Production company
      • Burden-Chanler Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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