Puffin Season (1975)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 45M

Director : Páll Steingrímsson
Writer : Páll Steingrímsson

Synopsis

This film is about the traditional puffin catch in the Westman Islands and shows the fowlers in action, often performing breathtaking feats in the soaring cliffs to accomplish their goal. Ancient hunting techniques are shown, and the extreme dangers that men faced to secure their livelihood. These techniques have passed on basically unchanged from generation to generation.

Actors

Crews

Páll Steingrímsson
Páll Steingrímsson
Director
Páll Steingrímsson
Páll Steingrímsson
Screenplay
Páll Steingrímsson
Páll Steingrímsson
Director of Photography
Ernst Rudolf Kettler
Ernst Rudolf Kettler
Director of Photography
Ernst Rudolf Kettler
Ernst Rudolf Kettler
Editor
Oddur Gústafsson
Oddur Gústafsson
Sound