Atanarjuat - Die Legende vom schnellen Läufer (2002)
Der Fluch eines unbekannten Schamanen zerstört das harmonische Gleichgewicht eines Dorfes in der kanadischen Arktis: Fortan regieren Eifersucht, Hass, Rache und Machtgier das Zusammenleben der Inuit. Als sein Bruder ermordet wird, erfährt Atanarjuat, genannt der schnelle Läufer, am eigenen Leib, welche Macht von dem Fluch ausgeht. Er muss sich entscheiden: Soll er Rache nehmen oder den ewigen Kreislauf des Hasses durchbrechen?
Der Regisseur: Zacharias Kunuk
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Natar Ungalaaq as Atanarjuat |
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Sylvia Ivalu as Atuat |
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Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq as Oki |
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Lucy Tulugarjuk as Puja |
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Pakak Innuksuk as Amaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk) |
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Madeline Ivalu as Panikpak |
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Pauloosie Qulitalik as Qulitalik / A shaman (as Paul Qulitalik) |
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Eugene Ipkarnak as Sauri, the chief |
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Neeve Irngaut as Uluriaq |
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Abraham Ulayuruluk as Tungajuaq |
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Apayata Kotierk as Kumaglak |
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Mary Qulitalik as Niriuniq |
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Luke Taqqaugaq as Pittiulak |
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Alex Uttak as Pakak |
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Felix Alaralak as Tulimaq |
| Directing | Zacharias Kunuk | Director |
| Writing | Paul Apak Angilirq | Writer |
| Writing | Zacharias Kunuk | Writer |
| Writing | Herve Paniaq | Writer |
| Writing | Pauloosie Qulitalik | Writer |
| Camera | Norman Cohn | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Norman Cohn | Editor |
| Editing | Zacharias Kunuk | Editor |
| Editing | Marie-Christine Sarda | Editor |
| Art | James Ungalaaq | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Atuat Akkitirq | Costume Design |
| Production | Paul Apak Angilirq | Producer |
| Production | Sally Bochner | Producer |
| Production | Norman Cohn | Producer |
| Production | Zacharias Kunuk | Producer |
| Production | Germaine Ying Gee Wong | Producer |
| Sound | Chris Crilly | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Norman Cohn | Writer |
| Sound | Jean-Paul Vialard | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Richard Lavoie | Sound Recordist |