The Great Adventure
1953 · 77 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 351 VOTES · DIR. Arne Sucksdorff
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 245 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:06 THE GREAT ADVENTURE
00:03:26 The fox has met it repeatedly, and it is always equally unsettling.
00:05:26 The playful otters now have an audience.
00:06:48 The boldest cub dares to approach the shore, eagerly eating the leftovers.
00:09:16 The fox! The fox!
00:14:18 Now it's the sandpiper's turn.
00:21:15 The squirrels are already active.
00:25:49 - and the nights are warm. Waves lap the shore, there's a scent of hay.
00:32:59 Shorter days in blue mists and earthen brown. November.
00:46:04 Yes.
00:47:04 Who else would have thought of keeping an otter in a den in this way?
00:57:56 - Kjell? - Yes?
00:59:03 Some day you'll get into real trouble. You need to do your homework.
01:01:48 Otto loves to slide downhill.
01:04:22 Caps or bubble gum?
01:05:49 712.
01:07:35 712.
01:11:03 Kjell, let's dig a real grave for it.
01:12:45 All the frozen dams break.
01:17:40 Near the bog, the black grouse attack.
01:22:44 Kjell!
01:26:30 Otto!
01:30:23 But the simplest and purest adventure never ends.