Documentary
The Gulls
Arne Sucksdorff’s short documentary observes gulls raiding nests and stealing eggs with ruthless persistence. Though presented as pure nature study, the film was widely read as an allegory of Nazism—a symbolic parable of predation and violence during wartime. Sucksdorff himself denied such intent, but remarked that “a film that is not open to interpretation is a dead film.”
Directed by Arne Sucksdorff
75
User score
2 votes
Status
Released
Released
April 1, 1944
Runtime
18m
Language
Swedish
