Pathfinder (1987)
Around the year 1000 AD warlike people, the so-called "tjuder", roam in northern Scandinavia. As they brutally kill a family in a remote area, including the parents and their little daughter, the family's teenage son, Aigin, observes the slaughter. He manages to flee from these killers and reaches a camp with other Sámi whose inhabitants are worried if he has been able to hide his track. Afraid of the murderous people, they decide to flee to the coast. The boy stays alone to avenge his family's murder. Unfortunately, they get him before he can do anything and force him to lead them to the other Sámi. He guides them but has a plan to destroy the barbarous people before reaching the camp.
Director:
Nils Gaup
Writer:
Nils Gaup
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Mikkel Gaup as Aigin |
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Svein Scharffenberg as Tchude Chief |
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Ingvald Guttorm as Vater |
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Nils Utsi as Raste |
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Nils-Aslak Valkeapää as Siida-Isit |
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Helgi Skúlason as Tchude with Scar |
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John Sigurd Kristensen as Tchude Strongman |
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Knut Walle as Tchude Interpreter |
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Henrik H. Buljo as Dorakas |
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Sara Marit Gaup as Sahve |
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Anne-Marja Blind as Varia |
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Ellen Anne Buljo as Aigin's Mother |
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Svein Birger Olsen as Diemis |
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Sverre Porsanger as Sierge |
| Directing | Nils Gaup | Director |
| Writing | Nils Gaup | Screenplay |
| Camera | Erling Thurmann-Andersen | Director of Photography |
| Art | Per Mørk | Art Direction |
| Editing | Nils Pagh Andersen | Editor |
| Art | Harald Egede-Nissen | Production Design |
| Sound | Marius Müller | Music |
| Sound | Nils-Aslak Valkeapää | Music |
| Sound | Nicolas Le Messurier | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | John M. Jacobsen | Producer |
| Sound | Otto Snel | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Kjetil Bjerkestrand | Music |
| Lighting | Christian Berrum | Gaffer |
| Sound | Jan Lindvik | Sound Designer |
| Directing | Madeleine Fant | Script Supervisor |