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.
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- Director
- Writers
- W. Douglas Burden(story)
- Richard Carver(scenario)
- Chief Yellow Robe(prologue)
- Stars
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- Director
- Writers
- W. Douglas Burden(story)
- Richard Carver(scenario)
- Chief Yellow Robe(prologue)
- Stars
- Director
- Writers
- W. Douglas Burden(story)
- Richard Carver(scenario)
- Chief Yellow Robe(prologue) (uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
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>
- Taglines
- The epic of the American Indian made in the North Ontario Wilds. (Print Ad- Granby Leader-Mail, ((Granby PQ)) 5 December 1930)
- Genre
- Certificate
- Not Rated
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaThe "silent enemy" of the title is hunger.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939 (1974)
- SoundtracksRain Flower
Written by Sam Coslow and Newell Chase
Top review
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).
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
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- L'ennemi silencieux
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- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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