DRAMA . 1928

Milak, the Greenland Hunter_

Critics of the time called "Milak, der Grönlandjäger" the German answer to Robert Flaherty’s "Nanook of the North" (1922). Filmed largely on location in Greenland and Norway’s Spitsbergen archipelago, the film combines impressive landscape footage with ethnographic observation.

Starring Ruth Weyher, Lotte Lorring, Iris Arlan
1928
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Critics of the time called "Milak, der Grönlandjäger" the German answer to Robert Flaherty’s "Nanook of the North" (1922). Filmed largely on location in Greenland and Norway’s Spitsbergen archipelago, the film combines impressive landscape footage with ethnographic observation.

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Milak, the Greenland Hunter was released 98 years ago in 1928.
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Critics of the time called "Milak, der Grönlandjäger" the German answer to Robert Flaherty’s "Nanook of the North" (1922). Filmed largely on location in Gree...
Milak, the Greenland Hunter is a Drama film.

CAST (5)

Ruth Weyher
Ruth Weyher
Lotte Lorring
Lotte Lorring
Iris Arlan
Iris Arlan
NF
Nils Focksen
HH
Helmer Hannsen

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What is Milak, the Greenland Hunter about?
Critics of the time called "Milak, der Grönlandjäger" the German answer to Robert Flaherty’s "Nanook of the North" (1922). Filmed largely on location in Greenland and Norway’s Spitsbergen archipelago, the film combines impressive landscape footage with ethnographic observation.
Who stars in Milak, the Greenland Hunter?
The cast of Milak, the Greenland Hunter includes Ruth Weyher, Lotte Lorring, Iris Arlan, Nils Focksen, Helmer Hannsen.

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