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The Lost Tribe
The Lost Tribe
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The Lost Tribe

1983
1h 54m
Adventure
Horror
Mystery

Status

Released

Release

1983

Runtime

1h 54m

Storyline

"Altered states. Deadly fates."

Anthropologist Max Scarry mysteriously disappears while doing excavation/research of a lost New Zealand tribe on a remote island. His wife and his twin brother Edward are clueless as to what could have happened, a situation complicated by their city's police suspecting that one of the brothers murdered a local prostitute who was found with a strange tribal charm on her body matching one found in Max's abandoned hut. What most certainly isn't helping matters is the strange behavior of Max's daughter as she seems to have visions beyond possibility, warnings of a supernatural threat and her uncle's fate - and she's the film's narrator, to boot. Edward decides to go to the island to find out exactly what happened, but the deeper he goes into the mystery the more perilous and unknowable his world becomes, leading towards a shocking fate that raises more questions than it answers. (cont. http://view-from-the-paperhouse.blogspot.de/2014/10/the-threat-of-ancient-echoes-lost-tribe.html)

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 54m
Oct 1, 1983
Languages
English
Director
John Laing
John Laing
Production
New Zealand Film Commission
New Zealand Film Commission
Meridian Films
Meridian Films
Production Countries
New Zealand

Top Cast

14 Cast Members

John Bach

John Bach

Edward / Max Scarry

Darien Takle

Darien Takle

Ruth Scarry

Don Selwyn

Sergeant Swain

Martyn Sanderson

Martyn Sanderson

Bill Thorne

Emma Takle

Katy

Ian Watkin

Ian Watkin

Mears

Adele Chapman

Adele Chapman

Eileen Armstrong

Joanne Simpson

Louise

Barry Lynch

Barry Lynch

Policeman

Terry Connolly

Inspector Ford

Christopher Mills

Det Sgt James

Alex Aitchison

Ramsay

Nancy Renwick

Mrs. Ball

Michael Heath

Michael Heath

Drunk

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