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
00:03:20 A foreign scent drifts elusively about the terrain.
00:05:03 It is chained up, longing for a dangerous butjoyful freedom.
00:06:15 But the den is so far away...
00:08:28 - continues as it always has. Many hungry mouths need to be fed-
00:13:56 A pair of terns appear out of nowhere.
00:20:33 The cubs are also a nuisance, why not use human technology?
00:24:52 In the forest, grief is quickly replaced by the struggle for survival.
00:31:15 But for the fox and otter, it's only playtime.
00:45:46 Hello! May I borrow your alarm clock?
00:46:42 Would you like a cup of coffee?
00:55:15 You'll see.
00:58:39 Anders?
01:01:02 It's like having entered into a pact with secretive, yet unknowing powers.
01:03:40 Otto needs food.
01:05:07 There's no time to rest.
01:06:09 What is 712?!
01:08:32 Look, Anders!
01:11:33 Suddenly cold and hunger seemed to vanish-
01:13:00 Nothing escapes it.
01:18:54 The orchestra of springtime, with castanets, liquid clucking sounds-
01:22:58 Anders! Your father wants a word with you.
01:26:46 Otto!
20:00:00 in a sinewy creature.