Qivitoq

Overview

A young teacher, Eva Nygaard, arrives in Greenland from Denmark to surprise her fiancé, the Doctor Erik Halsøe, but is crushed to find he has not waited for her and he is about to be married to his assisting nurse. Eva travels to a small fishing village to await the next ship back to Denmark. There she enters into a tense and often confrontational relationship with Jens, a quiet moody Dane who manages a trading company outpost. Meanwhile, Jens is trying to persuade a Greenlander named Pavia to become a company fisherman, despite Pavia's fear of alienating his fellow villagers and upsetting the spirit, Qivitoq.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 6, 1956

Original language

Danish

Spoken languages

Danish, Kalaallisut

Countries

Denmark, Greenland

Production

Nordisk Film Denmark

Cast

Poul Reichhardt,Astrid Villaume,Gunnar Lauring,Randi Michelsen,Bjørn Watt-Boolsen,Kirsten Rolffes,Niels Platou,Justus Larsen,Dorthe Reimer,Johanne Larsenand 1 more

Director

Erik Balling

Writer

Leck Fischer

Producer

O. Dalsgaard-Olsen

Cinematography

Poul Pedersen

Music

Svend Erik Tarp

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0048523