Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

Here's a film that fetishizes the South Seas as only a German Expressionist could. A pearl diver and a maiden fall for each other, but she has been chosen as the tribe's virgin sacrifice. It's quite an accomplishment that a film this racist is also so boring.

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F. W. Murnau directed Tabu: A Story of the South Seas in 1931. See F. W. Murnau's full filmography, where to start with F. W. Murnau, or where to go after you've seen everything by F. W. Murnau.

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas was released in 1931 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 86 minutes.