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THE MOUNTAIN WANDERER

FILMED IN GREENLAND

IN THE SUMMER OF 1956 BY:

NORDISK FILM WISHES TO THANK:

THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

THE MINISTRY FOR GREENLAND

THE GREENLAND TRADE COMPANY

THE DANISH AIRFORCE

AND MANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS

Well if it isn't Pavia. Hello.

What are you doing here?

Are you here with Jens?

- No.

Did you kayak here?

- Yes.

From Sermilik? That's a long way.

This must be important.

Is it about the fishing boat?

- Yes.

It hasn't arrived yet, but the

schooner will be here today, -

maybe the papers

are in the mail today.

That's alright, Albert. Start

unloading and send up the mail.

Hello.

- Hello.

Eva Nygaard.

- Mariboe. I'm the factor.

I wasn't expecting passengers.

- It was a last minute decision.

How may I help you?

- I'm looking for Dr. Halsoe.

Halsoe, yes. Are you related?

He's my fiance.

He doesn't know I'm here.

All of a sudden, I'm here.

Where's the hospital?

It's at the other end of town.

How about coming home to my wife?

Wouldn't you like some breakfast?

Halsoe's not up yet.

- I'll wake him up then.

Put the suitcases

in the office.

Hello.

Hello, I'm looking for Dr. Halsoe.

I'm Eva Nygaard.

Kirsten Prage. Nice to meet you.

The doctor's busy right now.

Did you have a nice trip?

- Wonderful.

It's so beautiful up here.

Dr. Halsoe's not expecting you.

- No. It's a surprise.

Do you think that's proper?

You're acting so strangely.

What do you mean?

You haven't received his letter.

He wrote to tell you not to come.

Not to come?

Does this concern you?

- Yes.

I'm sorry to tell you,

but Erik and I

Erik? Where is he?

Did he ask you to tell me this?

- He doesn't know you're here.

I had to do this. In my defence,

it happened all at once.

Where is he?

- I'm the woman he needs.

You'll never get him. I didn't

steal him from you. He wanted me.

Let me get out of here.

Lie down again.

Where were you?

Take his temperature.

Where's the record?

Your Eva was here.

Eva? Here?

- She came to surprise you.

Where is she now?

- She hadn't received your letter

I told it like it is, and she left.

Was that really necessary?

You haven't given me enough.

That's only 10 kroner.

Is the factor here?

- No, he's not.

When's the next ship to Denmark?

- They don't sail every day.

There has to be a way home.

- Of course, but

So you've already

found your way down here.

Come on in and have a seat.

Please

I want to go home

as quickly as possible.

I can well understand.

What do you understand?

Let's go home to my wife.

She's very wise.

She always knows what to do.

Do you know

everything about me?

One hears things

in a small community like ours.

Things may look difficult,

but then everything fails into place.

To err is human.

Where is Pavia?

So here you are.

Lovely fish, eh?

Yes. And lots of them.

- So get to it, Pavia.

Here are the papers for the boat.

Ask Jens to help you.

No news about the boat?

Not yet. One has to be patient

here in Greenland.

Do you like my dahlias?

- Very lovely.

I didn't realize

you could grow them here.

Every woman in Greenland

has a greenhouse. It's our vice.

After six months of winter

one can't get enough flowers.

Mrs. Mariboe,

you've been so great, -

but I can't stand it anymore.

I can't keep on waiting here.

Everybody knows about me.

About things, they shouldn't.

I have to get home.

I can't keep imposing on you either.

You're not imposing.

Drink your tea. It's not for your

sake. I always drink tea at 3.30.

Up here good habits are important.

Otherwise, one would succumb

to beards and bad manners.

Is there a cup of tea for me?

Sure, dear

We're enjoying ourselves here.

I just saw Pavia off. Jens' Pavia.

He came all the way from Sermilik

in a kayak to check up on his boat.

He's just as impatient as a man in

Denmark waiting for his new car.

Have you gotten used to Greenland?

- When's there a ship going home?

Not until the ship has been up north

and back. In a week or so.

A week?

I can't stay here for another week.

Are we so unkind to you?

- I understand.

Is the schooner going to Sermilik?

Yes, but Miss Nygaard can't

Sermilik is up north. There's a

Danish trading station manager there.

Would you rather wait there?

- No offense, but anywhere but here.

But Jens? Do you think he ...?

- He's called Jens Lauridsen.

Maybe he can get you on a ship.

- I don't

I think it would interest you.

It's quite primitive.

You need some more practical clothes.

And be careful of the dogs.

They don't feed them during the

summer, so they're not so nice.

Could you speak to Jens

on the radio?

But of course.

Calling Frederiksminde.

Sermilik here. Telegram received.

Factor Mariboe wishes to speak -

to Jens Lauridsen. Over.

Hello, Marius.

Have you seen Pavia? Over.

He left yesterday. I'm sending you

the schooner with the goods.

And a young lady, who wants to get

home. Can you help her? Over.

I need those goods, but what am I

supposed to do with the lady?

I don't have

any ships leaving. Over.

I'm still sending her to you. She's a

nice girl who wants to go home.

There's no way.

I don't want a woman up here.

You keep her! Over.

Stop complaining. She's on her way,

so wash up. Over and out.

I say

Hello? Frederiksminde?

Hello? Well I never

I say...

Womenfolk.

There's a visitor coming.

We need to muck out this pigsty.

And tidy up in my room.

- Yes.

"Wash up".

Hello, Nuka.

Do you want to go hunting?

- I've got better things to do.

We need to go and see

if Pavia has arrived.

Remember this story, children, -

so that you may tell it yourselves.

Hello, Grandma.

Hello, Mother Caecilie.

- Hello.

Such nice skins.

Yes, my son Pavia is a great hunter.

Yes.

And Nuka will be hunting soon.

Nuka will also be a great hunter.

- Hunting.

And Pavia's getting his own boat.

Pavia's getting a boat.

Pavia is a hunter, not a fisherman.

It's good to be a fisherman.

It's good.

It's very lucrative, and he'll be

getting a new house.

A new house.

That's no good.

His father's house is a good house.

New houses aren't that good.

The house is alright. Time will tell,

Caecilie. Come on, Nuka.

Hello, Pavia.

That was some journey.

And you got a seal.

These are the papers for the boat.

Let's have a look at them.

Keep an eye on my kayak.

The boat will arrive

in Frederiksminde in a week or so.

It just needs to be tested.

Then we have to find the right crew.

That'll be hard.

Hunters don't like fishing.

We have to do this, Pavia.

Maybe the seals will disappear.

We have to learn to fish

in good time.

If you lead, the others will follow.

Maybe.

Always maybe. There is no maybe.

If you can fish, the others can, too.

I know the seal, but I don't know

where the fish are.

I know, and I'll help you.

You will?

Of course.

We have to catch a lot of fish.

- We will.

The first time is very important.

This package was in the kayak.

So you've been to the store.

- Yes.

Who might that be for?

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