Summary
A family of a German linguist lives with an indigenous tribe in Papua New Guinea.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 77GoodWatch 75
Audience score83%
IMDb7.1
Running time
2 h 11 min
Longer than most adventure movies, +28 min on the typical 103
typical 103131Half of all adventure movies run 93–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
2011
February 16, 2011
15 years ago
Genres
AdventureDramaLanguage
German
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishIndonesianMade in
Germany
Rated
No age rating yet.
Yes: its content advisories are violence and disturbing imagery, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids.
and 11 more17 people
- Thomas KretschmannVater Klaus Kuegler
- Nadja UhlMutter Doris Kuegler
- Michael BaralMichael
- Isolde BarthSchuldirektorin
- John KeoghAlec
- Sina TkotschSabine Kuegler - youth
- Tina EngelOma
- Stella KunkatSabine Kuegler - child
Claes BangHerb
Sven GielnikChristian Kuegler - youth
Tom HoßbachChristian Kuegler - child
Martina YskerJunge Dame im Internat
Clara DolnySusanne
Milena TscharntkeJudith Kuegler - child- ESEmmanuel SimeonAuri - child
- FTFelix TokwepotaAuri - youth
- WRWalter RizzardiniEisverkäufer
Directing · 1
- Roland Suso Richter Director, Additional Writing
Writing · 5
- Richard Reitinger Screenplay
- Florian Schumacher Screenplay
- Beth Serlin Screenplay
- Natalie Scharf Screenplay
- Sabine Kuegler Novel
Production · 1
- Sascha Schwill Line Producer
Other crew · 1
- Pia Hart Additional Writing
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