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Tabu
Running Time: 82 min.
Produced By: / Milestone Film & Video
Release By: Paramount

Summary:
Tabu is a lyrical documentary of Polynesian life, given added audience appeal with a fictional plotline. The story concerns a young island girl (Anna Chevalier, who like everyone in the cast is a non-professional) who has been consecrated to the gods... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew:
Matahi Hitu (Chief)
Matahi (Matahi)
Jules
Kong Ah (Chinese Tradesman)
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Review:
Tabu very nearly failed because of the clash in styles between its co-directors F. W. Murnau and Robert Flaherty, but it ultimately succeeded because cinematographer Floyd Crosby's work dominated the film. Murnau's greatest films -- Nosferatu (1922), ... Continue >>

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