Arne Sucksdorff
2021
En kluven värld
Arne Sucksdorff
A ten-minute study of wild animal life in a Swedish forest; stoat, fox, hare, and owl, who stalk and savage one another, are photographed with extraordinary vividness and intimacy. It is perhaps the most striking of Sucksdorff's animal studies, in spite of an abrupt introduction and ending.
A Divided World
Det stora äventyret
Arne Sucksdorff
Anders Nohrborg, Kjell Sucksdorff
A vixen mother invades a chicken coop to provide food for her cubs. She continues to raid the coop until she is shot by a farmer. The cubs are attacked by the farmer and only one survives. An otter trapped in a burrow is rescued by 10-year-old Anders and his six-year-old brother, Kjell. In secret, the boys cage the animal and finally domesticate it. They obtain food for the Otter by fishing through the ice on a frozen lake. The boys manage to keep their secret from their family. On the eve of the May Day festival, Kjell reveals to family and friends the otter's presence. Anders is so distressed that he runs into the woods with the otter. The otter breaks away and returns to its life of natural freedom. The film was a prize winner at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.
The Great Adventure
Mitt hem är Copacabana
Arne Sucksdorff
Cosme dos Santos, Leila Santos
Homeless children in the slums of Rio are driven out of their temporary shelters by ruthless gangsters in this somber drama. The kids survive by shining shoes, stealing, and cutting the strings of the kites to sell them later to others. Tired of life on the streets, one boy turns himself over to the police in hopes he will be sent to reform school in a last desperate attempt to survive. This feature from acclaimed Swedish director Arne Sucksdorff appeared at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival.
My Home Is Copacabana
Människor i stad – En SF-kortfilm från Stockholm
Arne Sucksdorff
Mats Björne, Björn Näslund
Symphony of a City [Människor i Stad] is a 1947 Swedish documentary short film about Stockholm, directed by Arne Sucksdorff. It won an Oscar in 1949 for Best Short Subject, One-Reel.
Symphony of a City
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
Alfred Viola, Arne Sucksdorff
John Hurt, Hayley Mills
Life for Richard Forbush, brilliant biology student and conceited philanderer, is one long round of eat, drink and be merry. But his decision to accept a six-month research post in the Antarctic, making the first detailed study of a penguin colony, changes all that... Living in Shackleton’s derelict hut, Forbush is alone at the frozen edge of the world, his only links to civilisation a two-way radio and letters to his elusive, would-be girlfriend, Tara, in London. Through an often ferocious winter in the company of the penguins, he grows increasingly attached to his hardy, endearing subjects – learning profound lessons in endurance and humility.
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
Pojken i trädet
Arne Sucksdorff
Tomas Bolme, Heinz Hopf
Göte is a young teen who seems to be at odds with his family and may not know his own mind that well either. Discontented and rebellious, Göte joins up with two mean-spirited game poachers in spite of the fact that he loves animals and nature. This contradiction between his own feelings and his need to rebel reaches a climax when a forest ranger starts to track down the young men in ever-tightening circles.
The Boy in the Tree
