Pathfinder
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“When the invader comes...the hardest path to find is survival.”
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.
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Cast
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Mikkel Gaup
Aigin
Known for
Breaking the Waves
Free Jimmy
Svein Scharffenberg
Tchude Chief
Also in
Cabin Fever
Spring Night
Ingvald Guttorm
Vater
No other roles listed
Nils Utsi
Raste
Also in
Nattseilere
La elva leve!
Nils-Aslak Valkeapää
Siida-Isit
Also in
Solens sønn og månens datter
Helgi Skúlason
Tchude with Scar
Also in
When the Raven Flies
Outlaw: The Saga of Gisli
John Sigurd Kristensen
Tchude Strongman
Known for
Shipwrecked
Knut Walle
Tchude Interpreter
Known for
Journey to the Christmas Star
Shipwrecked
Henrik H. Buljo
Dorakas
No other roles listed
Sara Marit Gaup
Sahve
Also in
Power Play
Let the River Flow
Anne-Marja Blind
Varia
No other roles listed
Ellen Anne Buljo
Aigin's Mother
Also in
A Sámi Wedding
Solens sønn og månens datter
Nils Gaup Director · Erling Thurmann-Andersen Cinematographer Nils Pagh Andersen Editor
United States release April 1, 1989 · Produced in Norway · Production Carolco Pictures
Production
Filmkameratene
Production
Carolco Pictures
Production
Norway
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Ofelas
Original language
Northern Sami
Spoken on screen
Northern Sami
Release dates
Norway · September 3, 1987
Limited theatrical · Oslo (premiere)
United States · April 1, 1989
Theatrical
France
January 11, 1989 · Theatrical
Germany
November 24, 1988 · Theatrical
Italy
June 2, 1989 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 22, 1989 · Theatrical
Norway
September 30, 1987 · Theatrical
Sweden
August 19, 1988 · Theatrical
Thailand
October 22, 1988 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 23, 1988 · Theatrical
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