Qivitoq
1956, Danish. Directed by Erik Balling.
A young teacher, Eva Nygaard, arrives in Greenland from Denmark to surprise her fiancé, the Doctor Erik Halsøe, but is crushed to find he has not waited for her and he is about to be married to his assisting nurse. Eva travels to a small fishing village to await the next ship back to Denmark. There she enters into a tense and often confrontational relationship with Jens, a quiet moody Dane who manages a trading company outpost. Meanwhile, Jens is trying to persuade a Greenlander named Pavia to become a company fisherman, despite Pavia's fear of alienating his fellow villagers and upsetting the spirit, Qivitoq.
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Danish
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Cast & crew
- Erik BallingDirector
- Poul ReichhardtJens Lauritzen
- Astrid VillaumeEva Nygaard
- Gunnar LauringMarius Mariboe
- Randi MichelsenFru Mariboe
- Bjørn Watt-BoolsenDr. Erik Halsøe
- Kirsten RolffesSygeplejerske Kirsten Prage
- Niels PlatouPavia
- Justus LarsenNuka
- Dorthe ReimerNaja
- Johanne LarsenCæcilie
- Edward SivertsenZakarias
Details
- Released
- 6 November 1956
- Original title
- Qivitoq - fjeldgængeren
- Country
- Denmark
- Written by
- Leck Fischer
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Qivitoq runs 119 minutes (1h 59m).
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Qivitoq isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 November 1956. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Qivitoq?
Qivitoq (1956) was directed by Erik Balling and stars Poul Reichhardt, Astrid Villaume, Gunnar Lauring.