

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Fantasy
Drama
Overview
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.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
2002-02-01
Runtime:
2h 52m
Director:
Zacharias Kunuk
Writer:
Paul Apak Angilirq, Pauloosie Qulitalik, Herve Paniaq, Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn
Top Cast

Natar Ungalaaq
Atanarjuat

Sylvia Ivalu
Atuat

Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq
Oki

Lucy Tulugarjuk
Puja

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

Apayata Kotierk
Kumaglak

Mary Qulitalik
Niriuniq
Official Videos

Atanarjuat - Die Legende vom schnellen Läufer (Trailer Englisch)
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