In the prehistoric past, Keda, a young and inexperienced hunter, struggles to return home after being separated from his tribe when bison hunting goes awry. On his way back he will find an unexpected ally.
Cinematography
Albert Hughes shot this like a National Geographic fever dream.
Practical Effects
Real Czechoslovakian wolfdogs, zero CGI werewolf nonsense.
Sound
Invented prehistoric language, no subtitles, pure cinema.
Director
Albert Hughes
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Keda
Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson
Tau
Marcin Kowalczyk
Sigma
Jens Hultén
Xi
Natassia Malthe
Rho
Spencer Bogaert
Kappa
Mercedes de la Zerda
Nu
Leonor Varela
Shaman Woman
Priya Rajaratnam
Huntress (uncredited)
Michael Kruse-Dahl
Lion Tribe #4 (uncredited)
Kyle Glenn Thomas
Lion Tribe #9 (uncredited)
Louis Lay
Solutrean Hunter #2 (uncredited)
Patrick Flanagan
Solutrean Hunter #3 (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The five wolfdogs playing Alpha were Czechoslovakian Vlcaks, a breed literally created in 1955 to mimic wolves for military work. Method casting.
The invented language is based on Proto-Indo-European reconstructions by linguists — they actually built a plausible 20,000-year-old dialect instead of going 'Grug talk simple.'
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