Archie Grey Owl is a trapper in Canada in the early 1930s when a young Iroquois woman from town asks him to teach her Indian ways. They live in the woods, where she is appalled at how trapped animals die. She adopts two orphaned beaver kits and helps Archie see his way to stop trapping. Instead, he works as a guide, a naturalist writer, and then the Canadian government hires him to save the beaver in a conserve by Lake Ajawaan in Prince Albert National Park. He writes a biography, which brings him attention in Canada and invitations to lecture in England. Before he leaves, he and Anahareo (Pony) marry. In England, his secret is revealed. Will Anahareo continue to love him?
Cinematography
Roger Pratt shoots Saskatchewan like a Group of Seven painting
Practical Effects
Actual trained beavers, Oscar-worthy animal performances
Costume
The 'Indian' outfits that aged worse than the beavers
Director
Richard Attenborough
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Attenborough fought for this project for 16 years, originally wanting to cast a Native actor before studio pressure. The beavers were notoriously difficult—one chewed through a $30,000 camera cable.
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