Synopsis
Robert Flaherty’s classic film tells the story of Inuit hunter Nanook and his family as they struggle to survive in the harsh conditions of Canada’s Hudson Bay region. Enormously popular when released in 1922, Nanook of the North is a cinematic milestone that continues to enchant audiences. Criterion is proud to present the original director’s cut, restored to the proper frame rate and tinted according to Flaherty’s personal print.
Cast
Credits
| Director | Robert Flaherty |
| Music | Rudolf Schramm (1947) and Stanley Silverman (1976) |
| Producer | Robert Flaherty |
| Editing | Robert Flaherty, Herbert Edwards and Charles Geib |
| Executive Producer | John Révillon |
Disc Features
- New digital transfer, digitally remastered at the visually correct speed by preservationist David Shepard
- New orchestral score by silent film music specialist Timothy Brock
- Excerpts from the television documentary Flaherty and Film, featuring interviews with the filmmaker’s widow and Nanook co-editor Frances Flaherty
- Stills gallery of Flaherty’s photographs of life in the Arctic
From the Current
Nanook of the North
by Jan 12, 1999In 1910 Sir William Mackenzie hired Robert Flaherty to prospect the vast area east of the Hudson Bay for its railway and mineral potential. Over the course of several years and through four lengthy expeditions Flaherty had frequent contact with the region’s Inuit (Eskimo) people. He was taken by...
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