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Arne Sucksdorff
Writer 1917 - 2001

Arne Sucksdorff

Stockholm, Sweden

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... Read full bio →

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Mitt hem är Copacabana

Mitt hem är Copacabana

Arne Sucksdorff 1965 1h 25m 6.0

Jorginho, his white friend Rico, Lici and Paulinho are homeless best friends living in a slum in a hill in Copacabana. They spend their hopeless life playing with kite; trying to survive getting food from the street market or the fishermen; learning how to pickpocket; working on the streets polishing shoes.

Pojken i trädet

Pojken i trädet

Arne Sucksdorff 1961 1h 26m 6.0

Gote is a young teen who seems to be at odds with his family and may not know his own mind that well either. Discontented and rebellious, Gote joins up with two mean-spirited game poachers in spite of the fact that he loves animals and nature.

En djungelsaga

En djungelsaga

Arne Sucksdorff 1957 1h 25m 7.0

A film about the muria people of the Bastar jungle in central India. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.

Det stora äventyret

Det stora äventyret

Arne Sucksdorff 1953 1h 34m 6.0

A year in the lives of the animals living near a small Swedish farm.

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