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Qivitoq

1956-11-06 · 119 min · ★ 6.5

Adventure · Drama

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.

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Directors
Erik Balling
Production companies
Nordisk Film Denmark
Countries
Denmark
Status
Released

Top Cast

Poul ReichhardtPoul ReichhardtJens Lauritzen
Astrid VillaumeAstrid VillaumeEva Nygaard
Gunnar LauringGunnar LauringMarius Mariboe
Randi MichelsenRandi MichelsenFru Mariboe
Bjørn Watt-BoolsenBjørn Watt-BoolsenDr. Erik Halsøe
Kirsten RolffesKirsten RolffesSygeplejerske Kirsten Prage
Niels PlatouPavia
Justus LarsenNuka
Dorthe ReimerNaja
Johanne LarsenCæcilie
Edward SivertsenZakarias

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