Arne Sucksdorff

Arne Sucksdorff Trailers

Arne Sucksdorff: Uma Vida Documentando a Vida TrailerEn film om Arne Sucksdorff TrailerUma Vida Dividida Trailer

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).

Most Popular Arne Sucksdorff Trailers

Total trailers found: 28

The Gulls Trailer (1944)

01 April 1944

Arne Sucksdorff’s short documentary observes gulls raiding nests and stealing eggs with ruthless persistence.

This Land is Full of Life Trailer (1941)

10 February 1941

A Swedish short film directed by Johan Falck with cinematography by Arne Sucksdorff and poetic narration written by Nobel laureate Harry Martinson.

The Dreamed Valley - Soria Moria Trailer (1948)

17 September 1948

In the Norwegian mountains, young Ragnhild drifts into daydreams of the fairytale castle Soria Moria when she is supposed to be fetching milk, blurring the line between chores and imagination.

A World Apart Trailer (1976)

01 January 1976

Also known as A World Apart, this Brazilian documentary series by Arne Sucksdorff was produced during his years living in Mato Grosso with his wife Maria da Graça and local collaborators.

A Divided World Trailer (1948)

01 May 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.

June Night Trailer (1940)

03 April 1940

A woman flees to avoid rumors of promiscuity, but is trailed by a reporter who wants to expose her dark past.

Mr. Forbush and the Penguins Trailer (1971)

29 July 1971

A self-absorbed young biologist takes on a six-month research post in Antarctica to study a penguin colony.

Arne Sucksdorff: Uma Vida Documentando a Vida Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

Indian Village Trailer (1951)

01 April 1951

A short documentary by Swedish filmmaker Arne Sucksdorff portraying everyday life in a rural Indian village.

The Flute and the Arrow Trailer (1957)

26 December 1957

Arne Sucksdorff’s ethnographic feature documents the life and rituals of the Muria people in the Bastar jungle of central India, focusing on their traditions, music, and relationship to the natural environment.

My Home Is Copacabana Trailer (1965)

08 June 1965

Arne Sucksdorff’s drama follows four homeless children—Jorginho, Rico, Lici, and Paulinho—struggling to survive in the Rio de Janeiro slums.

The Boy in the Tree Trailer (1961)

25 September 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.

Break Up Trailer (1949)

17 October 1949

A short about Romanis in Sweden breaking up camp and moving on.

The Great Adventure Trailer (1953)

28 September 1953

Arne Sucksdorff’s celebrated nature film follows two brothers in rural Sweden as they witness a fox raid and secretly raise an orphaned otter.

Time for Common Rudd Trailer (1944)

21 August 1944

Also known as Reindeer Time and Inheritance, this 9-minute short by Arne Sucksdorff documents the Sámi people’s autumn migration as they guide their reindeer herds back to the forest lands.

Summer's Tale Trailer (1941)

01 January 1941

Arne Sucksdorff’s first film for Svensk Filmindustri, this lyrical short follows a fox cub through his playful explorations and predatory instincts in the Swedish forest.

Symphony of a City Trailer (1947)

15 August 1947

An impressionistic short film celebrating Stockholm’s rhythms of life, blending images of its streets, waterways, people, and architecture into a visual “symphony.

Uma Vida Dividida Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

Shadow of the Hunter Trailer (1944)

10 April 1944

Gryning is a short Swedish film by Arne Sucksdorff, presented without narration or dialogue. It follows a hunter tracking animals through the forest at daybreak, but as the dawn light transforms the landscape, he lowers his rifle, overcome by the beauty of the morning, and walks away.

Shore Trailer (1950)

01 April 1950

A documentary about the fishing industry on the west coast of Sweden.

Litsälven Trailer (1948)

01 January 1948

A short Swedish documentary directed by Arne Sucksdorff, produced for the Royal Swedish Waterfalls Board (Kungliga Vattenfallsstyrelsen).

On the Far Side of the Earth Trailer (1972)

16 September 1972

This four-episode Swedish documentary series by Arne Sucksdorff draws on footage shot over four years in Brazil—especially in the Pantanal wetlands—and is narrated from Sucksdorff’s personal diary.

Living Storm Trailer (1951)

01 April 1951

One of the so-called “Marshall films,” Living Storm was produced under the U.S.-backed European Recovery Program to illustrate postwar reconstruction.

En film om Arne Sucksdorff Trailer (2000)

01 May 2000

A documentary about the Swedish film-maker, photographer and writer Arne Sucksdorff by his apprentice Stefan Jarl.

The Wind and the River Trailer (1953)

01 April 1953

A lyrical short documentary by Arne Sucksdorff about life along the Jhelum River in Kashmir. Through images of the people who live and work on its banks, the film captures the interplay between daily labor, the landscape, and the rhythms of the river itself.

The Wind from the West Trailer (1942)

01 January 1942

A short drama documentary about the life of a Sami family in the northernmost part of Sweden, Lappland.

Shadows on the Snow Trailer (1946)

01 January 1946

A nature documentary about the predators in the Swedish winter mountains: the owl, the bear and man.

An August Rhapsody Trailer (1940)

09 February 1940

Arne Sucksdorff’s debut—made when he was 23— is a lyrical short about Sweden’s late-summer crayfish fishery: night-time trapping on water, daybreak on the shore, and the rhythms of August nature rendered in carefully composed images.