The Great Adventure (1953)

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Original title	Det stora äventyret
Swedish release title	Det stora äventyret
International title	The Great Adventure
Distribution title	The Great Adventure (USA) The Great Adventure (Storbritannien) La grande aventure (Frankrike) Det store eventyr (Danmark) Det stora äventyret (Norge) Suuri seikkailu (Finland) Das grosse Abenteuer (Västtyskland) A grande aventura (Portugal)
Title for Swedish DVD release	Det stora äventyret

Director	Arne Sucksdorff
Screenplay	Arne Sucksdorff
Production Manager	Nils Gustaf Örn
Director of Photography	Arne Sucksdorff
Music	Lars-Erik Larsson (originalmusik)
Film Editor	Arne Sucksdorff
Production Mixer	Nils Gustaf Örn
Still Photographer	Astrid Bergman-Sucksdorff
Color Timer	Gustaf Carlsson (ljussättning)
Musical Arrangement	Lars-Erik Larsson
Re-recording Mixer	Evald Andersson (ljudläggning) Sven Persson (as Sven Rudestedt)
Other Crew	Hans Lagerkvist (assistent /partiellt/ åt Sucksdorff) Sigvard Kihlgren (assistent åt Sucksdorff) Åke Bäcklund (assistent åt Sucksdorff)
Narrator	Sven Bertil Norberg (fransk version) Gunnar Sjöberg (svensk version)

Anders Nohrborg	Anders
Kjell Sucksdorff	Kjell, hans yngre bror
Sigvard Kihlgren	Jens, bonde
Holger Stockman	Kvast-Emil, fiskare
Arne Sucksdorff	pojkarnas far
Annika Ekendahl	Annika, liten flicka på gården
Stina Andersson	pojkarnas mor
Amanda Haglund	gammelmor på gården
Tryggve Thyselius	präst i kyrkan
Erik Bodin	handelsman
Aina Fritzell	lärarinnan

Production Company	Arne Sucksdorff Filmproduktion AB
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Sandrew-Bauman Film	1953
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	199-
Distributor in Sweden (16 mm)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2015
Distributor in Sweden (Inst. Video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB	2009
Laboratory	AB Film-Labor

A fox vixen invades a chicken coop to provide food for her cubs. She returns to the farm and is shot by the farmer who then tracks the wounded animal to her den where he proceeds to kill the cubs, but one of them survives. An otter trapped trapped by a fisherman intent on killing it is rescued by ten-year-old Anders and his six-year-old brother Kjell. In secret, the boys cage the animal and 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 shows the otter to family and friends. Distressed at this betrayal, Anders runs into the woods with the otter. The otter breaks away and returns to its life in the wild.

Censorship number	82927
Date	1953-08-15
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	2585 meters
Notes	Speltid: 94 minuter. Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2585 meter
Length in minutes	94 min
Reels	6 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

				1951	1952
Brokvarn gård, Turinge	Nykvarn, Södermanland	Sweden
Ladvreta gård	Nykvarn, Södermanland	Sweden
Sjön Yngern	Nykvarn, Södermanland	Sweden
Sjön Måsnaren	Hovsjö, Södermanland	Sweden
Turinge kyrka	Nykvarn, Södermanland	Sweden
Adelsnäs	Åtvidaberg, Östergötland	Sweden
Sunnerbvo mossar, Ryssby	Ljungby, Småland	Sweden
Dagsnäs vid Hornborgasjön	Skara, Västergötland	Sweden
	Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland	Sweden

Release in Sweden	1953-09-29	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	94 min
First showing	1953-09-29	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	94 min
Other showing	1957		Warsaw	Poland
TV showing	1962-02-01			Sweden	90 min
	1965-08-06			Sweden	90 min
	1983-01-06	TV2		Sweden	90 min
	1991-12-28	TV2		Sweden	90 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	1995-03-14
TV showing	2001-05-27	SVT1		Sweden	90 min
DVD release	2009-08-05			Sweden
TV showing	2012-10-29	SVT1		Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2013-03-17
TV showing	2014-02-18	SVT1		Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2014-11-15	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2014-11-15
TV showing	2017-02-27	SVT1		Sweden
	2019-04-29	SVT1		Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2022-10-16		Stockholm	Sweden

Original title	Det är en ros utsprungen
Lyrics	Tekla Knöös	(svensk text)

Festival Award	Vichy	1960			(référendum International: special utmärkelse)
Commission Supérieure Technique du Cinéma	Cannes	1954
Filmbewertungsstelle (Wiesbaden)	Wiesbaden	1954			(prädikat: besonders wertvoll)
Office Catholique Internationale du Cinéma	Berlin	1954
Festival Award	Cannes	1954			(internationellt pris)
	Cannes	1954		Arne Sucksdorff	(hedersdiplom)
	Berlin	1954			(stora silverplakett för dokumentärfilm)
BAFTA	London	1954			(bästa dokumentär, Best Documentary, Storbritannien)
Evangelische Filmgilde		1954			("monatsbeste")

Pappa Sandrew (1964)	Citation included from	The Great Adventure (1953)
Från spex till sex (1971)	Citation included from	The Great Adventure (1953)
Skönheten skall rädda världen : Ett sista samtal med Arne Sucksdorff om hans filmer (2000)	Citation included from	The Great Adventure (1953)
Utti och pojkarna (1953)	Citation included from	The Great Adventure (1953)

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Quantity	2
Poster title	Arne Sucksdorffs långfilm DET STORA ÄVENTYRET
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Size	About 60 x 80 cm
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Poster title	Arne Sucksdorff DAS GROSSE ABENTEUER
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Size	About 60 x 80 cm
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Poster title	Arne Sucksdorff DET STORE EVENTYR
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Poster title	De geheel Nederlands gesproken Film van Arne Sucksdorff THE GREAT ADVENTURE

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Poster title	Arne Sucksdorffs långfilm DET STORA ÄVENTYRET

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Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Das grosse abenteuer.
Extent	9 s. + 1 s. produktionsuppgifter.
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Script title	The great adventure.
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Language	English

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Script title	Det stora äventyret. Dialogmanus.
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Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Det stora äventyret
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Behind the scenes prints	3
Slides	1
Album	No

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