The Great Adventure

Sep 28, 1953

1h 34m

★ 6.9

Overview

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 six-year-old brother, Kjell. In secret, the boys cage the animal and finally 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 reveals to family and friends the otter's presence. Anders is so distressed that he runs into the woods with the otter. The otter breaks away and returns to its life of natural freedom. The film was a prize winner at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.

Genres

Adventure

Family

Drama

Production Companies

Arne Sucksdorff Filmproduktion

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Cast

Anders

Anders Nohrborg

Kjell

Kjell Sucksdorff

Kvast-Emil

Holger Stockman

Father

Arne Sucksdorff

Grandmother

Amanda Haglund

Annika

Annika Ekedahl

Teacher

Aina Fritzell

Narrator (voice)

Gunnar Sjöberg

Stina Andersson

Erik Bodin

Sigvard Kihlgren

Tryggve Thyselius

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