简介：SwedishfilmmakerArneSucksdorffwasfornearlyfiftyyearsastandardbearerintherealmofthedocumentary.AfterstudyingnaturalhistoryinStockholmandGermany,SucksdorfftookalongtriptoItaly.Hereturnedwithafullportfolioofscenicshotsandnaturestudies,whichwonhimaprizewhentheywerereprintedinaSwedishfilmmagazine.Fromstillphotography,Sucksdorffgraduatedtofilms,turningoutaseriesofconsummatelyphotographedSwedishshortsubjects(onehesitatestocharacterizethesewiththedemeaninglabel"travelogue"):AnAugustRhapsody(1939),ASummerTale(1941),ReindeerTime(1942)andmanyothers.Travellingtootherlandsforphotogenicmaterial,SucksdorffwonaCannesFilmAwardforthe1951shortIndianVillage;hehasalsofilmedextensivelyinBrazil.AnotherCannesawardwasbestoweduponArneSucksdorffforhis1957home-grownfeatureTheFluteandtheArrow.Neversellinghisnametoasponsororcause,ArneSucksdorffwrote,directedandphotographedmoviesessentiallyforhisownpersonalpleasure;itjustsohappenedthattheyalsoprovidedlimitlessenjoymenttomillionsofothers. AfterfilmingdocumentariesforsometwentyyearsSucksdorffmadethishisfirstfeaturefilm. Göte(TomasBolme)isayoungteenwhoseemstobeatoddswithhisfamilyandmaynotknowhisownmindthatwelleither.Discontentedandrebellious,Götejoinsupwithtwomean-spiritedgamepoachersinspiteofthefactthathelovesanimalsandnature.Thiscontradictionbetweenhisownfeelingsandhisneedtorebelreachesaclimaxwhenaforestrangerstartstotrackdowntheyoungmeninever-tighteningcircles.…