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The Great Adventure

Original title: Det stora äventyret

★ 7.0 TMDB Rating · 22 votes

Arne Sucksdorff’s celebrated nature film follows two brothers in rural Sweden as they witness a fox raid and secretly raise an orphaned otter. Told through an adult’s memories, it reflects on childhood, nature, and the fragile balance between wilderness and civilization. The film won the International Prize at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.

Director
Arne Sucksdorff
Release date
Sep 28, 1953
Original language
English
Origin
Sweden

Cast of The Great Adventure

  • Anders Nohrborg

    Anders

  • Kjell Sucksdorff

    Kjell

  • Holger Stockman

    Kvast-Emil

  • Portrait of Arne Sucksdorff

    Arne Sucksdorff

    Father

  • Amanda Haglund

    Grandmother

  • Annika Ekedahl

    Annika

  • Aina Fritzell

    Teacher

  • Portrait of Gunnar Sjöberg

    Gunnar Sjöberg

    Narrator (voice)

  • Stina Andersson

  • Erik Bodin

  • Sigvard Kihlgren

  • Tryggve Thyselius

Where to Stream The Great Adventure by Country

United States
Streaming on Metrograph, Plex
United Kingdom
Streaming on Netflix, Netflix Kids, Plex
India
Streaming on Plex
Canada
Streaming on Plex
Australia
Streaming on Plex

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