Arne Sucksdorff
Arne Edvard Sucksdorff (3 February 1917 – 4 May 2001) was a Swedish film director, considered one of cinema's greatest documentary filmmakers. He was particularly celebrated for his visually poetic and scenic nature documentaries. His works include Pojken i trädet (The Boy in the Tree) and the Academy Award-winning Människor i Stad (Symphony of a City).
The Boy in the Tree (1961)
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 ... (more)
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 ... (more)
My Home Is Copacabana
(1965)
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 ... (more)
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 ... (more)
The Flute and the Arrow (1957)
A film about the muria people of the Bastar jungle in central India. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. (more)
A film about the muria people of the Bastar jungle in central India. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. (more)
The Great Adventure
(1953)
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 ... (more)
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 ... (more)
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971)
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 ... (more)
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 ... (more)
Symphony of a City (1947)
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. (more)
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. (more)
Summer's Tale (1941)
A lyrical short documentary about animal life in a Swedish forest. (more)
A lyrical short documentary about animal life in a Swedish forest. (more)
The Wind from the West (1942)
A short drama documentary about the life of a Sami family in the northernmost part of Sweden, Lappland. (more)
A short drama documentary about the life of a Sami family in the northernmost part of Sweden, Lappland. (more)
The Gulls (1944)
A nature documentary about the gulls, who are terrorizing other birds by killing their kids and raiding their nests for eggs. Often interpreted as an allegory of Nazism. (more)
A nature documentary about the gulls, who are terrorizing other birds by killing their kids and raiding their nests for eggs. Often interpreted as an allegory of Nazism. (more)
Shadows on the Snow (1946)
A nature documentary about the predators in the Swedish winter mountains: the owl, the bear and man. (more)
A nature documentary about the predators in the Swedish winter mountains: the owl, the bear and man. (more)
A Divided World (1948)
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 ... (more)
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 ... (more)
Break Up (1948)
A short about Romanis in Sweden breaking up camp and moving on. (more)
A short about Romanis in Sweden breaking up camp and moving on. (more)
The Dreamed Valley - Soria Moria (1948)
Ragnhild, a girl in the Norwegian mountains, is daydreaming when she should be fetching milk. (more)
Ragnhild, a girl in the Norwegian mountains, is daydreaming when she should be fetching milk. (more)
Strandhugg (1950)
A documentary about the fishing industry on the west coast of Sweden. (more)
A documentary about the fishing industry on the west coast of Sweden. (more)
Indian Village (1951)
A short documentary by Arne Sucksdorff about a village in India. Won the Special Prize of the Jury in Cannes 1952. (more)
A short documentary by Arne Sucksdorff about a village in India. Won the Special Prize of the Jury in Cannes 1952. (more)
Ett hörn i norr (1951)
Shows images from the industries in the Scandinavian countries and highlights the affinity between those countries. (more)
Shows images from the industries in the Scandinavian countries and highlights the affinity between those countries. (more)
The Wind and the River (1953)
Short documentary about people who live and work by the river Jhelum in Kashmir. (more)
Short documentary about people who live and work by the river Jhelum in Kashmir. (more)
Time for Common Rudd (1944)