The Great Adventure ( Det stora äventyret )

The Great Adventure (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Det stora äventyret
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Sweden ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
91 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1953 and produced in:
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Arne Sucksdorff

Written By:
Arne Sucksdorff

Actors:
Gunnar Sjöberg ..... Narrator (Anders as an adult) (voice)
Luis Van Rooten ..... Narrator (Anders as an adult) (U.S. version) (voice)
Anders Nohrborg ..... Anders
Kjell Sucksdorff ..... Kjell
Holger Stockman ..... Kvast-Emil
Arne Sucksdorff ..... Father
Amanda Haglund ..... Grandmother
Annika Ekedahl ..... Annika
Aina Fritzell ..... Teacher
Stina Andersson ..... Mother
Erik Bodin ..... Store Keeper
Sigvard Kihlgren ..... Jens
Norman Shelley ..... Narrator
Tryggve Thyselius ..... Priest

Synopsis:

Cited by many as the most "personal" effort of Swedish filmmaker Arne Sucksdorff, The Great Adventure is also one of his few films to tie together its magnificent images with a dramatic narrative. "Adventure" means "life" to Sucksdorff, and that life is experienced by a group of Swedish farm children, two of whom are played by the director's own sons. The kids save a wild otter from a hunter, then attempt to tame the animal. When spring comes, the children realize without remorse that the otter will be happier roaming free in the wilderness. That is all there is to The Great Adventure (Det stora aventyret), but it was so gorgeously photographed and sublimely assembled that it earned the "superior technique" award at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.

Lyrical drama of a childhood year on a farm in the forests of central Sweden-scenes of nature and wild life.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 16 November, 2009.

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