In this blend of documentary and fictional narrative from pioneering filmmaker Robert Flaherty, the everyday trials of life on Ireland's unforgiving Aran Islands are captured with attention to naturalistic beauty and historical detail.
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| Colman 'Tiger' King | ... | A Man of Aran | |
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Maggie Dirrane | ... | His Wife |
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Michael Dirrane | ... | Their Son |
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Pat Mullin | ... | Shark Hunter |
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Patch 'Red Beard' Ruadh | ... | Shark Hunter |
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Patcheen Faherty | ... | Shark Hunter |
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Tommy O'Rourke | ... | Shark Hunter |
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'Big Patcheen' Conneely of the West | ... | Canoeman |
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Stephen Dirrane | ... | Canoeman |
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Pat McDonough | ... | Canoeman |
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In this blend of documentary and fictional narrative from pioneering filmmaker Robert Flaherty, the everyday trials of life on Ireland's unforgiving Aran Islands are captured with attention to naturalistic beauty and historical detail.
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19 November 1934 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
Die Männer von Aran See more »Filming Locations:
Aran Islands, County Galway, IrelandCompany Credits
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I taped "Man of Aran" back in 1992 off a TV broadcast. I'm glad I still have it, because I'm certain I've never seen it on the air since. My father grew up on the smallest of the Aran Islands (hence my user ID), and I heard quite a bit about the film before finally seeing it. The baby girl in the crib, for instance, grew up to marry the brother of our one-time neighbor. Dad also assured me that Robert Flaherty didn't follow the islanders around unobtrusively with his camera, but staged all the action. Hunting sharks, for instance, may still have been done at the turn of the last century, but not by the 1930's. That same year (1992), Dad came across Robert Flaherty's daughter at an Irish festival. She mentioned that she had some unused footage from "Man of Aran" back home in New Hampshire. That would be great to see on a DVD version. Of course, who knows what kind of shape that film stock is in by now? Call it a 'documentary fantasy' if you will (which the British film magazine Sight & Sound did). To me, it will always be a powerful look at how harsh, and beautiful, it is to live off the sea.