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The White Dawn (1974) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1974 · 110 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Philip Kaufman
- Starring
- Timothy Bottoms, Warren Oates, Louis Gossett Jr., Jacob Partridge, Simonie Kopapik, Joanasie Salamonie
Based on true events, the film follows three men who survive a 1896 whaling ship wreck in the Canadian Arctic. Rescued by an Inuit community, they are taken in and taught the ways of the land, but their inability to adapt and repeated misbehavior strain relations, creating tension between the strangers and the tribe.
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