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Director F. W. Murnau′s last film: On a Southern Pacific island, pearl diver Matahi falls in love with the beautiful Reri. The two experience a romantic time together, until Reri is chosen by the village elders as the wife of the tribe′s gods. Now, she is taboo for other men. To save their love, Matahi and Reri flee the island. In a French colony, they try to build a new existence. But the wrath of the gods seems to follow them.
Credits
| Director: | F. W. Murnau |
| Screenplay: | F. W. Murnau, Robert J. Flaherty |
| Director of photography: | Floyd Crosby, Robert J. Flaherty |
| Editing: | F. W. Murnau, Arthur A. Brooks |
| Music: | Hugo Riesenfeld |
| Cast: | |
| Reri | Reri, das Mädchen |
| Matahi | Matahi, der Junge |
| Hitu | Tabu, der alte Krieger |
| Jean | Der Polizist |
| Jules | Der Kapitän |
| Kong Ah | Der chinesische Händler |
| Production company: | Murnau-Flaherty Productions (Los Angeles) |
| Producer: | F. W. Murnau, Robert J. Flaherty |
All Credits
| Director: | F. W. Murnau |
| Assistant director: | Jean, Hermann Bing (Postproduktion) |
| Screenplay: | F. W. Murnau, Robert J. Flaherty |
| Co-author: | Edgar G. Ulmer |
| Director of photography: | Floyd Crosby, Robert J. Flaherty |
| Assistant camera: | David Flaherty |
| Editing: | F. W. Murnau, Arthur A. Brooks |
| Sound: | L. E. Tope |
| Music: | Hugo Riesenfeld |
| Cast: | |
| Reri | Reri, das Mädchen |
| Matahi | Matahi, der Junge |
| Hitu | Tabu, der alte Krieger |
| Jean | Der Polizist |
| Jules | Der Kapitän |
| Kong Ah | Der chinesische Händler |
| Production company: | Murnau-Flaherty Productions (Los Angeles) |
| Commissioned by: | Paramount-Publix Corp. (New York) |
| Producer: | F. W. Murnau, Robert J. Flaherty |
| Unit production manager: | Edgar G. Ulmer |
| Production assistant: | David Flaherty |
| Shoot: | 16.10.1929-05.1930: Tahiti, Bora-Bora, Takapota-Islands [Teil 1: Das Paradies]; 03.1930-09.1930: Tahiti, Bora-Bora, Takapota-Islands [Teil 2: Das verlorene Paradies] |
| Length: | 2250 m, 82 min |
| Format: | 35mm, 1:1,19 |
| Picture/Sound: | s/w, R.C.A. Photophone |
| Screening: | Uraufführung (US): 18.03.1931, New York, Central Park Theatre; Kinostart (US): 19.03.1931 |
Titles
| Originaltitel (US) Tabu |
| Arbeitstitel (US) Turia |
| Untertitel (US) A Story of the South Seas |
| Verleihtitel (DE) Tabu |
Versions
Original | |
| Length: | 2250 m, 82 min |
| Format: | 35mm, 1:1,19 |
| Picture/Sound: | s/w, R.C.A. Photophone |
| Screening: | Uraufführung (US): 18.03.1931, New York, Central Park Theatre; Kinostart (US): 19.03.1931 |
Verleihfassung | |
| Verleihtitel (DE) : | Tabu |
| Length: | 8 Akte, 2311 m, 84 min |
| Format: | 35mm, 1:1,19 |
| Picture/Sound: | s/w, Tobis-Klangfilm |
| Rating: | Zensur (DE): 20.07.1931, B.29412, Jugendfrei |
| Screening: | Voraufführung (DE): 05.08.1931, Berlin, Gloria-Palast [Pressevorführung]; Kinostart (DE): 27.08.1931, Berlin, Ufa-Pavillion am Nollendorfplatz |
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