The Gulls

Synopsis

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.”

Director

Arne Sucksdorff

Written by

Arne Sucksdorff

Music

Hilding Rosenberg

Studio

SF Studios

Released

1 April 1944

Genres

Documentary