Cinema
Knud
Jørgen Roos · 1966
Synopsis
The portrait of the polar explorer Knud Rasmussen, who mapped long stretches of the Greenland coast, founded the Thule trading post and collected the legends and testimonies of the Inuit while they still lived their own lives. Photographs, old footage and drawings follow his dog-sled expeditions across the island, and portray a man torn between two worlds, celebrated in Denmark but attached to the strength and beauty of solitude.
Context
Written by the director with Palle Koch, the film assembles photographs, archive footage and drawings around the life of Knud Rasmussen. It opens the long series of films that Roos devoted to Greenland in the sixties, a series that also takes a critical look at Danish colonisation. The short film is now available online through the platforms of the Danish Film Institute.
Who it is for
A short documentary film, narrated in Danish, made of archive footage. No prior knowledge is needed.
Prizes and reception
Golden Bear at Berlin and Bodil; the Dansk Biografisk Leksikon regards it as its author's masterpiece.
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