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Headhunters of Borneo

1936 · 65 min

A slow, earnest curiosity piece, half ethnographic record and half melodrama, feeling distant and a little stiff.

Directed by
Friedrich Dalsheim, Victor von Plessen
Genres
Documentary, Drama, Romance
Overview
An early ethnographic film. Made three years after Plessen's "Insel der Dämonen", "Kopfjäger von Borneo" is a half-fictional documentary. The plot involves a love story between a girl and a boy of incompatible social classes.

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Directed by
Friedrich Dalsheim, Victor von Plessen
Genres
Documentary, Drama, Romance
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • love
  • identity
  • power
Places
  • wilderness
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary, drama, romance
Directed by
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Written by
Gregor von Rezzori, Victor von Plessen, Hans von Praag, Walter Kiaulehn
Runtime
65 min
Country
Germany, Netherlands
Languages
German

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