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# Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931): cast and crew

5 cast and 15 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Matahi](https://film.one/person/matahi.md) as The Boy
- [Anne Chevalier](https://film.one/person/anne-chevalier.md) as The Girl (as Reri)
- [Bill Bambridge](https://film.one/person/bill-bambridge.md) as The Policeman (as Jean)
- [Hitu](https://film.one/person/hitu.md) as The Old Warrior
- [Jules](https://film.one/person/jules.md) as The Captain (uncredited)

## Directing

- [F. W. Murnau](https://film.one/person/f-w-murnau.md): Director
- David Flaherty: Assistant Director
- [Bill Bambridge](https://film.one/person/bill-bambridge.md): Assistant Director

## Writing

- [F. W. Murnau](https://film.one/person/f-w-murnau.md): Screenplay
- [Robert J. Flaherty](https://film.one/person/robert-flaherty.md): Screenplay
- [Edgar G. Ulmer](https://film.one/person/edgar-g-ulmer.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [F. W. Murnau](https://film.one/person/f-w-murnau.md): Producer
- [Robert J. Flaherty](https://film.one/person/robert-flaherty.md): Producer
- [Edgar G. Ulmer](https://film.one/person/edgar-g-ulmer.md): Production Manager
- David Flaherty: Associate Producer

## Camera

- [Floyd Crosby](https://film.one/person/floyd-crosby.md): Director of Photography, Camera Operator

## Editing

- Martha Dresback: Negative Cutter
- [Edgar G. Ulmer](https://film.one/person/edgar-g-ulmer.md): Supervising Editor
- [Arthur A. Brooks](https://film.one/person/arthur-a-brooks.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Hugo Riesenfeld](https://film.one/person/hugo-riesenfeld.md): Original Music Composer

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