Tabu
Subtitle: a story of the South Seas
By: told by F.W. Murnau, R.J. Flaherty ; directed by F.W. Murnau
Contributors: Matahi, actor; Reri, Miss, actor; Jean, actor; Hitu, actor; Crosby, Floyd, 1899-1985, director of photography; Riesenfeld, Hugo, 1879-1939, composer (expression); Berriatúa, Luciano, 1949- film director; Kino Classics (Firm)
Edition: Restored version.
Published: 2015
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 86
Subjects: Drama; Tahitians; Man-woman relationships; Love; Pearl divers
Other titles: Story of the South Seas; Container of (work): Language of shadows (Motion picture); Container of (work): Hunt in the South Seas (Motion picture)
Work titles: Tabu (Motion picture : 1931)
Description: Filmed in Tahiti and Bora-Bora in 1928-29, Tabu is the story of the consecration of a maiden to the gods, who is, as a result, forbidden to all men. Unfortunately, she and a young fisherman fall in love and must flee their homeland.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1931.

Aspect ratio, 1.19:1.

National Film Registry selection, 1994.

Special features: The language of shadows: Tabu, a 15-minute documentary by Luciano Berriatúa on the making and restoration of the film ; takes & outtakes ; raw camera footage with naration ; "Hunt in the South Seas," a 1940 ethnographic short compiled from unused footage of Tabu.

Photography, Floyd Crosby ; musical setting, Hugo Riesenfeld

Matahi (the boy), Reri (the girl), Jean (the policeman), Hitu (the old warrior).

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD; NTSC; region 1; fullscreen (1.19:1) presentation ; mono 2.0.

Silent film with added musical soundtrack.