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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

Based on a local legend and set in an unknown era, it deals with universal themes of love, possessiveness, family, jealousy and power. Beautifully shot, and acted by Inuit people, it portrays a time when people fought duels by taking turns to punch each other until one was unconscious, made love on the way to the caribou hunt, ate walrus meat and lit their igloos with seal-oil lamps.

FantasyDrama

Release: 2002-02-01Runtime: 172 minRating: 6.857 (77)

Cast

Natar Ungalaaq

Natar Ungalaaq

Atanarjuat

Sylvia Ivalu

Atuat

Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq

Oki

Lucy Tulugarjuk

Puja

Pakak Innuksuk

Pakak Innuksuk

Amaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)

Madeline Ivalu

Panikpak

Pauloosie Qulitalik

Qulitalik / A shaman (as Paul Qulitalik)

Eugene Ipkarnak

Sauri, the chief

Neeve Irngaut

Uluriaq

Abraham Ulayuruluk

Tungajuaq

Crew

Zacharias Kunuk

Zacharias Kunuk

Director

Paul Apak Angilirq

Writer

Zacharias Kunuk

Zacharias Kunuk

Writer

Herve Paniaq

Writer

Pauloosie Qulitalik

Writer

Norman Cohn

Director of Photography

Norman Cohn

Editor

Zacharias Kunuk

Zacharias Kunuk

Editor

Marie-Christine Sarda

Editor

James Ungalaaq

Production Design

Clips & Videos

Atanarjuat - Die Legende vom schnellen Läufer (Trailer Englisch)

Atanarjuat - Die Legende vom schnellen Läufer (Trailer Englisch)