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  • 5/10
  • RUNTIME: 1h 5m
  • COUNTRIES: Germany,Netherlands
  • Subtitles: Deutsch

Baron Victor von Plessen's "Kopfjäger von Borneo" (1936) is a magnificent early ethnographic film. Made three years after Plessen's "Insel der Dämonen", "Kopfjäger von Borneo" is a half-fictional documentary much in the vein of Murnau's "Tabu" or de la Falaise's "Legong". The plot involves a love story between a girl and a boy of incompatible social classes, but I assume very much that Plessen first filmed the village life and the social customs of the people of Borneo and then used this footage to adapt it to tell a mythical tale well known in that culture. A tale told, however, mostly via voice-over narration; there is little to no dialogue. Read More

Watch Headhunters of Borneo online. Featuring , Headhunters of Borneo is classified as Documentary and Drama genre movie with an average rating across the web of 5. It is available for streaming online in the USA The movie was filmed in Germany and was released on 1936. Headhunters of Borneo was directed by Baron Victor von Plessen. Read Less