Nanook of the North poster
Director Robert Flaherty
Writer Robert Flaherty

Nanook of the North

Tagline: A story of life and love in the actual Arctic.

Release Date: 1922-06-11

Duration: 79 minutes

Synopsis

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production contains some fictional elements, it vividly shows how its resourceful subjects survive in such a harsh climate, revealing how they construct their igloo homes and find food by hunting and fishing. The film also captures the beautiful, if unforgiving, frozen landscape of the Great White North, far removed from conventional civilization.

Casting

  • Berry Kroeger
    Narrator (1939 Re-release) (uncredited)
  • Allegoo
    Allegoo - Nanook's Son
  • Allakariallak
    Nanook
  • Alice Nevalinga
    Nanook's Wife - the Smiling One
  • Cunayou
    Cunayou - Nanook's Daughter
  • Allee
    Allee - Nanook's Son