Qivitoq (1956)
Directed by Erik Balling · 119 min · Adventure, Drama
14.8 TOPICAL score · #5,064 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →A young teacher, Eva Nygaard, arrives in Greenland from Denmark to surprise her fiancé, the Doctor Erik Halsøe, but is crushed to find he has not waited for her and he is about to be married to his assisting nurse. Eva travels to a small fishing village to await the next ship back to Denmark. There she enters into a tense and often confrontational relationship with Jens, a quiet moody Dane who manages a trading company outpost. Meanwhile, Jens is trying to persuade a Greenlander named Pavia to become a company fisherman, despite Pavia's fear of alienating his fellow villagers and upsetting the spirit, Qivitoq.
Qivitoq (1956, directed by Erik Balling) has a TOPICAL score of 14.8 - ranked 5,064 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and historical impact, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Audiences: TMDB 6.5/10 (14 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 17 languages.
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- AudienceTMDB 6.5/10 (14 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 17 languages
- Still read333 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Poul Reichhardt, Astrid Villaume, Gunnar Lauring, Randi Michelsen