Pathfinder | |
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Directed by | Nils Gaup |
Written by | Nils Gaup |
Produced by | John M. Jacobsen |
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Cinematography | Erling Thurmann-Andersen |
Music by | Nils-Aslak Valkeapää Marius Müller Kjetil Bjerkestrand |
Distributed by | International Film Exchange Carolco Pictures (United States) |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | Norway |
Language | Northern Sami |
Budget | NOK17 million |
Box office | NOK17.5 million[1] |
Pathfinder (original title in Sami: Ofelaš; and in Norwegian: Veiviseren) is a 1987 Norwegian action-adventure film written and directed by Nils Gaup. It is based on an old Sami legend.
It was the first full-length film in Sami, and it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1988.[2] The leading role was played by Mikkel Gaup as Aigin. Nils-Aslak Valkeapää played one of the parts as well as writing the music to the film, together with Kjetil Bjerkestrand and Marius Müller.