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Pathfinder

Original title: Ofelas
  • 19871987
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
5.3K
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Pathfinder (1987)
ActionAdventureDrama
A young Sámi man witnesses a band of vicious raiders slay his family and flees to a nearby village, where he learns he must become a Pathfinder.A young Sámi man witnesses a band of vicious raiders slay his family and flees to a nearby village, where he learns he must become a Pathfinder.A young Sámi man witnesses a band of vicious raiders slay his family and flees to a nearby village, where he learns he must become a Pathfinder.
IMDb RATING
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5.3K
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    • Nils Gaup
    • Nils Gaup
  • Stars
    • Mikkel Gaup
    • Ingvald Guttorm
    • Nils Utsi
    • Nils Gaup
    • Nils Gaup
  • Stars
    • Mikkel Gaup
    • Ingvald Guttorm
    • Nils Utsi
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    • 34User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Mikkel Gaup
    Mikkel Gaup
    • Aigin
    Ingvald Guttorm
    • Aigin's Father
    Nils Utsi
    Nils Utsi
    • Raste
    Henrik H. Buljo
    • Dorakas
    Nils-Aslak Valkeapää
    • Siida-Isit
    Helgi Skúlason
    Helgi Skúlason
    • Tsjuderen med arret
    Inger Utsi
    • Aigin's Sister
    Svein Scharffenberg
    • Tsjuderen, høvding
    Knut Walle
    Knut Walle
    • Tchude Interpreter
    John Sigurd Kristensen
    • Tchude Strongman
    Sara Marit Gaup
    • Sahve
    Anna Maria Blind
    Anna Maria Blind
    • Varia
    • (as Anne-Marja Blind)
    Ellen Anne Buljo
    • Aigin's Mother
    Svein Birger Olsen
    • Diemis
    Sverre Porsanger
    • Sierge
    Amund Johnskareng
    • Heina
    Ailo Gaup
    • Orbes
    Per Mørk
      • Nils Gaup
      • Nils Gaup
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    • Trivia
      The villains in the film, the "tjuder", are not supposed to be vikings, as some sources claim. Tjud or chud is a term historically applied to several Finnic peoples, in the early Russian annals. They often appear in Sami stories (like the one on which this film is based) as traditional, generic villains. Vikings where a trade among the Norse (Scandinavian) Germanic tribes. Note that the clothing and weaponry of the "tjuder" in the film are very different to the ones used by vikings. The script actually stated the "tjuder" to be eastern. But the filmmakers felt it would be offensive to Russian viewers so they made up a language for them to speak, making their origin rather vague.
    • Quotes

      Raste: Were you sleeping?

      Aigin: Wish I could.

      Raste: Why can't you? Scared of the dark?

      [Aigin nods positively]

      Raste: At daybreak, head for the cost. There are other villages there.

      Aigin: Not for me. I have no village.

      Raste: Your mind is clouded with thoughts of revenge. You must remember we are all but parts of the whole. We are children in a greater family. The Tchudes have forgotten this. Don't you forget it.

      Aigin: My family is dead. I'm all alone.

      Raste: You may feel that way, but you are bound up in the greater family. You are not free, unshakable bonds hold you to us.

      Aigin: How do I trust something that can be seen?

      Raste: Look up there, what do you see?

      Aigin: Only the tent.

      Raste: But what is there between you and the wall of the tent?

      Aigin: You mean there's something there?

      Raste: You see nothing?

      Aigin: No.

      Raste: [grabs him shutting his mouth] You still can't see it? But now you can feel that something is there. You can't see it in the air, but your very existence is tied to it. In this way all things are bound together, intertwined. No man can ever tear himself apart from the whole. But it can happen that you lose sight of the whole. When you does, you become a Tchude: men who lost the path. They stumble blindly towards self-destruction. Listen, and remember what I say: This morning I saw the reindeer bull for the third time in my life. The first time I saw it, I was your age. Then once again, in the prime of my years. Today I am old. The reindeer has come for the last time.

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    User reviews34

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    10/10
    The first motion picture with the Sami language.
    This beatiful movie is the first motion picture that has been shot with the Sami language as the main language. It has been shot on location here in northern Norway, and the storyline is an old tale that has been passed on by generations by the Sami people. Worth noting is also that both the crew and the cast are mainly Sami people.
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    • kimme
    • Feb 27, 1999

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    • Release date
      • April 7, 1989 (United States)
      • Norway
      • Saami
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    • Filming locations
      • Berlevåg, Finnmark, Norway
    • Production companies
      • Filmkameratene A/S
      • Mayco
      • Norsk Film
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    • 1 hour 26 minutes
      • Color

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