Pathfinder

Pathfinder

When the invader comes...the hardest path to find is survival.

1987 · 86 min · ★ 6.9 · Adventure

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.

Directed by Nils Gaup · Written by Nils Gaup

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Mikkel Gaup Aigin
Svein Scharffenberg Tchude Chief
Ingvald Guttorm Vater
Nils Utsi Raste
Nils-Aslak Valkeapää Siida-Isit
Helgi Skúlason Tchude with Scar
John Sigurd Kristensen Tchude Strongman
Knut Walle Tchude Interpreter
Henrik H. Buljo Dorakas
Sara Marit Gaup Sahve
Anne-Marja Blind Varia
Ellen Anne Buljo Aigin's Mother

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