Tabu : a story of the south seas / Paramount Publix Corporation ; distributed by Image Entertaimnent ; Paramount presents [a] Murnau-Flaherty production ; director, F.W. Murnau ; screenplay, R.J. Flaherty, F.W. Murnau.
Publisher:
Milestone Film & Video,
Copyright Date:
2002
Description:
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
"Restored by UCLA Film and Television Archive." Matahi (the boy), Reri (the girl), Jean (the policeman), Hitu (the old warrior). Originally released as a motion picture in 1931. Silent film with music and English captions. Special features: Audio commentary by UCLA Film Professor Janet Bergstrom ; still gallery ; outtake footage ; short film: "Reri in New York" ; theatrical trailer.
Summary:
Two lovers are doomed by a tribal edict decreeing that the girl is "tabu" to all men.
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