TABU.
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✎ Suggest a correctionAged emissary arrives by Western sailing ship to the island of Bora Bora, a small island in the South Pacific, on an important mission. He bears a message from the chief of Fanuma to the chief. A maiden sacred to their gods has died, and Reri has been given the great honour of replacing her because of her royal blood and virtue. From this point on, she is tabu: "man must not touch her or cast upon her the eye of desire"
Credits
- Cast
- Matahi, Anne Chevalier
Complete catalog record
TABU. 1931. 7,383 ft., sd. Credits: Director, F. W. Murnau; story, F. W. Murnau, R. J. Flaherty; musical setting, Hugo Riesenfeld. Paramount Publix Corp.; 3Aug31; LP2371.
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