Tabu : A Story of the South Seas (1931) - SFdb

Table of contents

Basic facts
Links and resources
Titles
Crew
Cast
Companies

About the film
Plot summary
Swedish censorship / rating
Technical specifications
Comments
Original work

Production location
Release dates
Soundtrack listing
Awards
Related films
Subjects

Holdings Film
Holdings Posters
Holdings Archive materials
Holdings Scripts
Holdings Stills
Holdings Promotion materials

Other manifestations of this work

Basic facts

Media (5)

Original title	Tabu : A Story of the South Seas
Film type	Feature
Category	Hybrid (fiction and documentary)
Director	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (as F.W. Murnau)
Screenplay	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (as F.W. Murnau) Robert J. Flaherty
Production country	USA
Production company	Golden Bough Inc.
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue	English
Swedish release	1931-07-30

Cast

Matahi
Matahi, pojken

Anne Chevalier (as Reri)
Reri, flickan

Hitu
Tabu, den gamle krigaren

Bill Bambridge (as Jean)
polisen

Jules
kaptenen

Kong Ah
den kinesiske köpmannen

Titles

Original title	Tabu : A Story of the South Seas
Swedish release title	Tabu
Alternative title	Söderhavets Tarzan Kärlekens ö Pärlfiskarnas ö Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

Crew

Director	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (as F.W. Murnau)
Screenplay	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (as F.W. Murnau) Robert J. Flaherty
Director of Photography	Floyd Crosby Robert J. Flaherty (ej krediterad)
Music	Hugo Riesenfeld W. Franke Harling (ej krediterad) Milan Roder (ej krediterad)
Film Editor	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (as F.W. Murnau) (ej krediterad) Arthur Brooks (ej krediterad) Edgar G. Ulmer (extra) H.H. Caldwell (extra) Katherine Hilliker (extra)
Production Mixer	L.E. Tope (ej krediterad)
Assistant Director	Bill Bambridge (as Wm. Bambridge)
Assistant Cameraman	David Flaherty (ej krediterad)
Narrator	Robert J. Flaherty

Cast

Matahi	Matahi, pojken
Anne Chevalier (as Reri)	Reri, flickan
Hitu	Tabu, den gamle krigaren
Bill Bambridge (as Jean)	polisen
Jules	kaptenen
Kong Ah	den kinesiske köpmannen

Companies

Production Company	Golden Bough Inc.
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Film AB Paramount	1931
	Ultrafilm	1940

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number	62147
Date	1940-11-27
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	2230 meters

Censorship number	46303
Date	1931-04-15
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	2329 meters
Notes	Kopiornas längd: 2267 meter.

Technical specifications

Aspect ratio	1.19:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	RCA Photophone System
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Length in metres	2250 meter
Length in minutes	82 min

Production location

				1929-10-16	1930-09
Bora-Bora	Tahiti
Takapota	Tahiti

Release dates

First showing	1931-03-18	Central Park Theatre	New York City, New York	USA	81 min
Release in Sweden	1931-07-30	Olympia	Stockholm	Sweden	83 min

Holdings Posters

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Holdings Archive materials

Type	Textkartong
Object title	Tabu
Size	210x163 mm

Holdings Scripts

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	Swedish

Holdings Stills

Black and white print	16
Album	No

Holdings Promotion materials

Type	Program/Reklamtryck

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